Billing Clerk

Hartline Barger LLP; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 40,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life/AD&D Insurance

401(k) savings plan

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Hartline Barger LLP in Dallas seeks a Billing Clerk to support billing and collection activities, with a heavy emphasis on electronic billing. The role requires attention to detail and ability to work in a team to meet tight invoicing deadlines.

Responsibilities include data entry into billing systems, opening matters, processing pre-bills and invoices, monitoring A/R and unbilled inventory, and ensuring adherence to client billing guidelines.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on billing experience in a law firm.
• Experience with multiple e-billing systems is preferred.
• Ability to meet deadlines in a deadline-driven environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine data processing tasks and input relevant information into billing systems.
• Update internal systems for opening matters to ensure accurate reflection of data.
• Process transfers and edits to ensure accuracy of rates, narratives, and time/expense records.
• Prepare and distribute pre-bills and invoices to billing attorneys and clients.
• Monitor invoice status, document A/R and unbilled inventory, and follow up for timely collections.
• Identify and help resolve patterns that may affect billing and collections.

Skills

Billing experience

Electronic billing

Communication skills

Organization

Tools

Aderant Expert

Job description

Description

The Dallas office of Hartline Barger LLP is seeking a Billing Clerk to support the processing and administration of billing and collection activities for the assigned clients, practice groups, and/or billing attorneys. The majority of this individual's workload will be e-billing. This position requires an individual who is attentive to detail and who can work effectively in a team environment to meet billing deadlines.

Requirements

Essential Functions:

• Perform routine data processing tasks and input relevant information into systems utilized to facilitate the billing and collections processes
• Update internal processes and systems for opening matters to ensure all internal systems accurately reflect the data processed
• Implement transfers and edits to ensure accuracy of rates, narratives, time and expense records, and matter identification fields for pre-bills and invoice processing
• Process and distribute pre-bills and invoices for delivery to billing attorneys and clients
• Monitor invoice status for clients and document A/R and unbilled inventory status in the system; follow-up in efforts to ensure timely collection of invoices
• Identify and help resolve problematic patterns and situations that may adversely impact billing and collections

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on billing experience in a law firm environment, including extensive electronic billing experience with multiple e-billing systems.
• Experience with insurance clients involving split billing and other complex billing arrangements a plus.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and a willingness to work with others at all levels of the firm are a must.
• Ability to operate in a deadline-driven environment.
• Aderant Expert software experience a plus.
• Strong organization and problem-solving skills.
• Follow through on open items with minimal direction and own initiative.
• Ability to adapt to client-driven billing guidelines and technology platform changes.

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D Insurance, 401(k) savings plan and generous paid time off.

Hartline Barger, LLP is a law firm founded in 1994, serving clients across the country, with offices in Dallas, Corpus Christi, Houston, Texas and Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico. Nationally recognized for our work in product liability litigation and a broad spectrum of practice areas—from personal injury defense, commercial litigation and toxic torts to warranty and deceptive trade practice litigation,we have built our firm with lawyers who, simply stated, like to try cases.