[Hiring] Senior Legal Billing Specialist @Holland & Hart LLP

Role Description

The Senior Billing Specialist is responsible for processing client bills using full knowledge and understanding of accounting software, including electronic billing and third-party vendor sites. This position provides assistance to attorneys and secretaries to ensure accurate time and disbursement entries and completes all billing to meet established deadlines. This role possesses a higher level of billing skills and is highly knowledgeable regarding all aspects of billing and E-billing. This is a temporary position, estimated four - six months in duration.

• Prepares and handles all aspects of billing for specified attorneys and/or clients as assigned.
• Assists attorneys and staff with billing questions.
• Works directly with clients relating to their billing guidelines, e-billing setup, and any other billing questions or issues.
• Processes various time, disbursement, and billing reports for attorneys, staff, and clients.
• Reviews client intake memos for billing guidelines, e-billing requirements, billing rates, client and contact information and verifies that all data is updated in client and e-bill databases.
• Assists the Client Accounts Supervisor with researching client credit and trust amounts, account reconciliations, and other research projects.
• Assists with accounting functions necessary for month end closing.
• Performs back-up duties for Client Accounting team as needed.
• Maintains proficiency in accounting software, Word, and Excel, and participates in training and preparation for regional conferences, and software upgrades as related to billing functions.
• Relied on to stay informed and assist with teaching, training, testing, and other requirements of experienced and highly knowledgeable staff.
• Assists with training as necessary and maintains a high level of billing knowledge and experience including e-billing requirements.

Qualifications

• Five (5) + years of related experience or Associate Degree and equivalent experience.
• Requires fundamental knowledge of accounting software and basic accounting principles.
• Requires analytical skills to apply knowledge to practical situations and the ability to foresee problems and effect solutions.
• Ability to work independently under pressure and pre-set deadlines in an accurate manner with consistently high production.
• Exceptional attention to detail and proofreading skills.
• Requires above average typing and ten key skills, and proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite of products (Outlook, Word, and Excel).
• Requires good organizational and planning skills to prioritize and complete assigned bills accurately and in a timely manner and to assess, recommend and implement improved work procedures.
• Good interpersonal/communication skills to work effectively with personnel at all levels within the firm.
• Dependability, the willingness to meet the requirements of the position, accepting a wide variety of assignments with a positive attitude and team spirit.
• Requires absolute confidentiality and discretion.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand and/or walk for extended periods of time.
• Manipulate (lift, carry, move) weights of at least ten (10) pounds.
• Have repetitive wrist/hand/finger movement to work on a computer and/or related office equipment.
• Speak clearly and concisely so listeners can understand.
• Regularly understand the speech of another person.

Work Environment

Professional office atmosphere. Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting or standing for prolonged periods. Position may require occasional off-hour meetings and events.

Schedule

At this time this position allows for a fully remote schedule with flexibility as needed. The remote/hybrid work structure may change at any time, including the number of in-office days requirement.

Compensation

Holland & Hart offers of employment take into consideration a candidate’s education, training, and experience, as well as the position's work location, external market and internal value, including seniority and merit systems, and internal pay alignment when determining the salary level for potential new employees. The Colorado, Nevada, and Utah salary range is $30.50 to $50.84 per hour. The Idaho salary range is $28.98 to $48.30 per hour.

Benefits

• Promotes work/life balance with a 37.5-hour scheduled work week for most staff employees.
• Robust wellness program and generous PTO and holiday pay for eligible employees.
• Full-time employees become eligible for benefits on the date of hire, including medical, dental, vision, life, AD&D, EAP, STD, and LTD.
• Voluntary income protection benefits such as supplemental life, accident, critical illness, and hospital indemnity insurances.
• 401(k)-retirement plan with a company match.
• Programs that may provide for educational assistance, free or discounted legal services, and opportunities through the Holland & Hart Foundation.
• Part-time employees may have access to some of these benefits on a pro-rated basis.