Senior Billing Specialist

Syntagma Group; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services provider in New York seeks a Senior Billing Coordinator to manage and draft client invoices while monitoring unbilled inventory. This role requires strong communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on attention to detail. A Bachelor's Degree and 5-10 years of law firm billing experience are essential. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with partners and clients to ensure compliance with billing requirements and create tailored billing plans.

Responsibilities

• Proactively monitor unbilled index of each assigned billing partner to identify opportunities to issue bills.
• Communicate with partners to determine which matters require draft preparation.
• Prepare draft bill narratives for partner/associate review.
• Review and analyze time entries to enable drafting of legal bills.
• Research and investigate time entry narratives for appropriateness.
• Liaison between partners, clients and billing support staff to finalize invoices.

Skills

Strong written and oral communication skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Strong attention to detail skills

Good organizational skills

Proactive

Results oriented

Good analytical skills

Ability to deal with all levels of firm personnel

Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Education

Bachelor's Degree

5-10 years of law firm billing experience

Job description

The Senior Billing Coordinator will be responsible for drafting narrative and detailed client invoices. Proactively review and monitor unbilled inventory, work with partners to ensure compliance with client billing requirements. This individual will work to develop relationships with assigned partners and secretaries and create individualized billing plans according to partner preference.

*The scheduled hours for this position are 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. E.T.*

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Proactively monitor unbilled index of each assigned billing partner to identify opportunities to issue bills.
• Communicate with partners to determine which matters require draft preparation.
• Prepare draft bill narratives for partner/associate review.
• Review and analyze time entries to enable drafting of legal bills as necessary for partner review and summary memoranda to clients.
• Research and investigate time entry narratives for appropriateness as necessary.
• Liaison between partners, clients and billing support staff to finalize, render and submit invoices to clients.

Qualifications

• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong attention to detail skills
• Good organizational skills
• Proactive
• Results oriented
• Good analytical skills
• Ability to deal with all levels of firm personnel
• Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment

Education And/or Experience

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5-10 years of law firm billing experience