Position Title: Billing Coordinator
Salary: $55,000-60,000
Onsite position: Addison, TX
******Legal Billing experience required******
Position Summary:
Responsibilities include the coordination of billing and month-end cutoff’s, audit of time entries, overall preparation of attorneys’ billing books and bills to clients by various means and assist with Accounts Receivable collections. Reports to the Controller and the Senior Accountant.
Essential Functions
- Attorney time entry and billing book preparation:
- Coordinate billing and month-end time entry cut-off deadlines
- Audit entered time; identify and correct errors
- Verify all bills posted
- Printing and delivery of billing books
- All electronic billing and all issues related to its preparation and send
- Unallocated expenses:
- Print and distribute unallocated reports prior to billing cut-off
- Transfer time and expenses when unallocated reports are received back after review
- Daily tasks
- Posting of time
- Management of daily requests and questions from Firm personnel
- Answer client inquiries
- Assist in identification of payments received on an as-needed basis
- Assist with coordination of billing issues and address change requests
- Assist Attorneys with client collections/account reconciliation and follow up regarding same
Other Responsibilities
- Audit and implementation of Fee Rate changes
- Provide back-up assistance for cash receipts, daily deposits on an as-needed basis
- Assist with Accounts Receivable adjustments and write offs
Education, Experience and Skills Required
- Proficient computer skills
- Working knowledge of MS Office, WordPerfect and Excel
- Advanced knowledge of Juris
- Advanced knowledge of accounting and electronic billing processes.
- Ability to understand and follow directions as given.
- Self-motivated, able to work with minimal supervision.
- Ability to understand basic Accounting principles, basic mathematic functions, and basic filing principles.
- Good communication skills.
- Ability to interact with personnel of all levels in a professional, friendly manner.