Senior Strategic Legal Billing Lead

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

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.