Hybrid Legal Billing Specialist — Data-Driven

Lyft; Nashville (TN); Hybrid; USD 59,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Mental health benefits

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Parental leave

Commuter benefits

Lyft credits

Lyft Pink membership

Job summary

Lyft, Nashville-based, seeks a detail-driven Legal Billing Specialist to join its Legal Operations Team. You will own day-to-day outside counsel and vendor billing across our eBilling platforms, review invoices, enforce guidelines, and ensure spend accuracy and timeliness.

The ideal candidate is tech-savvy, numbers-oriented, and comfortable with recurring deadlines, collaborating with attorneys, law firms, and Finance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher preferred; accounting/finance or business background is a plus.
• At least 2+ years of legal billing or eBilling experience in-house or in a law firm.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, review, and process outside counsel and vendor invoices; audit prebills and invoices, flag rate errors, block-billing, math discrepancies, and billing-guideline violations before approval.
• Manage the day-to-day operation of the eBilling and matter management platform (Onit), including invoice intake, LEDES processing, rejections and appeals, accruals, and international / AP invoice processing.
• Enforce compliance with Lyft’s Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCG) and negotiated fee arrangements; process write-offs, write-downs, and adjustments with clear documentation and audit trail.
• Manage timekeeper and billing-rate submissions and approvals; maintain accurate rate cards, matter budgets, and phase/task coding across the portfolio.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for billing inquiries and disputes; resolve discrepancies promptly by partnering with attorneys, law firms, and support staff.
• Partner closely with the Legal Operations eBilling Lead and with Finance / Accounts Payable on accruals, month- and quarter-end close, reconciliation, and payment status.
• Onboard outside counsel and vendors to our billing program, including engagement letters, budgets, and billing-guideline acknowledgment.
• Develop and iterate on spend metrics, dashboards, and benchmarking through data analytics to measure efficiency, surface trends, and identify cost-savings opportunities.
• Codify billing workflows into playbooks and intake templates; support platform efficiencies, configuration, testing, and report validation.
• Support broader Legal Operations initiatives and process improvements as needed.

Skills

Legal billing

eBilling

Analytical skills

Excel

Communication

Collaboration

Process improvement

Attention to detail

Time management

Tech-savvy

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Accounting/Finance/Business background

Tools

Onit

Legal Tracker

Brightflag

LEDES

Google Suite

Job description

Lyft, Nashville-based, seeks a detail-driven Legal Billing Specialist to join its Legal Operations Team. You will own day-to-day outside counsel and vendor billing across our eBilling platforms, review invoices, enforce guidelines, and ensure spend accuracy and timeliness.

The ideal candidate is tech-savvy, numbers-oriented, and comfortable with recurring deadlines, collaborating with attorneys, law firms, and Finance.