Billing Coordinator - Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP : Job Details

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible for the management of the billing process for a selected group of Billing Attorneys to provide billing support, special requests and projects.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Works closely with the Billing Team, clients, attorneys and their assistants in the preparation of client billing, and is responsible for primary billing relationships with billing attorneys and clients
• Reviews time entries to ensure proper matter coding, billing rates, compliance with client guidelines and/or e-billing guidelines and missing time
• Prepares client bills, including narrative description bills, as well as detailed time/cost bill formats directly from Elite 3E
• Assists with cash receipts, including researching cash receipt problems
• Responsible for tracking billing attorney's completion and report to Manager
• Responds to Partner billing-related inquiries accurately and timely, responds to client inquiries and maintains a high-standard level of accuracy in preparing and reviewing billing analysis and research
• Manages the billing cycle for selected group of billing attorneys ensuring that the client bills are processed timely and in accordance with the client agreement
• Perform daily activities of the billing function in support of Partners and Clients, including but not limited to proforma generation and edits and report generation
• Monitor the status of proformas; identify issues and work with billing attorneys to resolve aged unbilled and other billing issues
• Monitor client guidelines and e-Billing applications to ensure billing instructions are current and adhere to client requirements
• Respond to billing inquiries and requests from attorneys, collection team and Management team
• Assist Billing Manager during other team absence or provide support to billing team members

EXPERIENCE AND COMPETENCIES

• Technical Skills: The ability to quickly learn and integrate new technical skills and knowledge; seeks out avenues to enhance technical skills.
• Understanding of the Firm/Organization: Understands how the firm operates and generates revenue.
• Problem Solving/Analysis: Ability to alone or in concert with others to evaluate an issue and devise a successful plan to address it.
• Team Oriented: Works cooperatively and productively with others within the same team and across teams to achieve a common goal.
• Proactive: The ability to see opportunities to make improvements and independently choose strategies to achieve them; envisions new and innovative possibilities and acts on them independently to achieve benefits.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• 2+ years experience in legal billing
• Knowledge of Elite 3E, Microsoft Excel and Word
• Experience with various e-billing vendors and requirements
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills needed to communicate clearly and concisely with senior management, and with Partners and clients
• Proficiency in e-billing
• Strong analytical skills

SALARY RANGE

$55,000 - $75,000 based on experience

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP is an equal opportunity employer; the firm actively seeks diversity among its staff. The firm does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, veteran status, mental or physical handicap or disability, age, citizenship status, alienage, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression or any other criteria prohibited under applicable federal, state or local law.