Billing Specialist

500+ professionals and 350+ business professionals, Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP is a multidisciplinary, integrated national professional services firm known for quality and an extraordinary commitment to clients. The Firm’s groundbreaking approach—bringing together legal services, advocacy and business strategy—differentiates Manatt from its competitors and positions the firm to provide a distinct and compelling value proposition. Opportunity: We currently have a great opportunity for a Billing Specialist in our New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Tampa, San Diego or Orange County office. This position will process a large volume of bills on a monthly basis. Bills will need to be processed accurately and timely in accordance with billing professional instructions, client guidelines, and billing department policies and procedures. Essential Job Functions: Accurately and timely process high volume of bills each month, including complex bills with requirements such as split party billing, flat fee arrangements and multiple discounts by matter for client-level bills. Familiarize self with special fee arrangements for clients and act as resource to billing professionals on how to best implement arrangements. Monitor select matter billings against budgets to track and alert of potential overage/deficit. Create and maintain accurate and up-to-date client and/or billing professional specific billing instructions. Review client and matter setup for accuracy and consistency. Review and edit pre-bills according to billing professional instructions and compliant with client billing guidelines Submit invoices electronically, monitor and promptly resolve reduction and appeals. Communicate effectively with billing professionals, assistants, and clients to solve problems that arise during the billing process to ensure that bills are mailed timely. Escalate to the Billing Supervisor, if necessary, clearly articulating the issue and possible solutions. Actively listen to issues raised by billing professionals and offer suggestions to the Billing Supervisor on process changes that address the issues. Clearly articulate Firm’s billing policies, including policies on write-offs and carry forwards to billing professionals and their assistants. Monitor carry forwards and write-offs and alert Billing Supervisor of problems. Coordinate with Accounts Payable to ensure that all costs are captured timely, particularly in the case of an out-of-cycle invoice, such as when a closing occurs. Troubleshoot with Collections to resolve billing issues resulting in payment problems. Create billing schedules and bill and payment analyses as required. Assist with special billing projects as needed. Qualifications: Must have a minimum of two years of legal billing experience. Bachelor's degree strongly preferred. Knowledge of billing systems such as Aderant required. Experience with e-billing. Self-starter who proactively focuses on providing excellent and responsive client service. Q