Billing Specialist - law firm, entry-level, need accounting exp

Client Billing Account Specialist

Annual raise and bonus in January

This is a great position to learn and grow within a large law firm in billing, accounting, or finance

Hours: 37.5 flex 8:30, 9, 9:30 ending at 5, 5:30, 6 with occasional paid overtime

Remote: must live within 2 hours of an office location.

This prestigious international law firm seeks a Client Billing Account Specialist to join the firm’s accounting team in any of the following offices: Washington, DC; Reston, VA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; or New York City.

Incredible management, tremendous training program, and outstanding opportunities for promotion.

As the Client Account Specialist, you assist Client Account Managers and Client Account Supervisors in client billing throughout the firm.

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for all billing aspects for designated billing attorneys: distribution, logging, preparation, processing, and mailing of client billing
• Provide prompt and accurate assistance to attorneys, clients, and staff in resolving complex billing problems by providing billing analysis/adjustments
• Research all inquiries regarding past and present billing
• Provide guidance and training to new billing attorneys, as necessary
• File and prepare the past month's billing for electronic scanning
• Review and summarize engagement letters about special financial agreements
• Implement and maintain special fee and cost rate structures
• Implement and maintain client and matter database

Required Skills & Experience

Once trained, being proficient in the Microsoft Office suite, iManage, and other firm applications, including Excel.

Prior experience with the principles of math, billing, accounting, billing rates, and client accounting procedures

Preferred

· Associate or bachelor’s degree in math, accounting, finance, business, or another related field

• Prior law firm experience
• Previous 3E and electronic billing experience
• 10 key-by-touch

Benefits

A full range of elective benefits, including medical, health savings account (with the applicable medical plan), dental, vision, health and dependent care flexible spending accounts, pre-tax commuter benefits, life insurance, AD&D, long-term care coverage, backup care for children and adults and other parental support benefits. In addition to elective benefit options, benefited employees receive firm-paid life insurance, AD&D, LTD, short-term medical benefits, 20 days of Paid Time Off, and 10 paid holidays each year. The firm also offers generous parental leave and fertility benefits. Raise and bonus in January