Legal Billing Specialist

Are you an experienced billing professional looking for a dynamic and supportive environment to further your career?

Tyson & Mendes is seeking a detail-oriented Legal Billing Specialist to join our Accounting Department. This role is perfect for someone with a solid background in legal billing and a passion for accuracy and efficiency. At Tyson & Mendes, we value innovative thinking and are dedicated to investing in our team’s growth and success. As a Legal Billing Specialist, you'll be integral to our operations, ensuring precise and timely billing while working collaboratively with attorneys, clients, and vendors. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and are eager to contribute to a trailblazing law firm, we encourage you to apply and join our mission to deliver exceptional results.

Overview:

Tyson & Mendes is looking for a Legal Billing Specialist to join our Accounting Department. A successful candidate has relative experience working in a law office or professional services firm. The Legal Billing Specialist is responsible for editing, compiling, and submitting attorney billing. Expectations for this candidate are inclusive of, but not limited to, proficiency with Microsoft Office, knowledge of client-based electronic billing platforms, and experience with ProLaw Enterprise (or a comparable legal billing software). Successful candidates must be comfortable communicating with staff, attorneys, clients and vendors in both written and verbal methods.

Position Responsibilities:

• Review and edit pre-bills in response to attorney requests; execute preparatory tasks necessary to submit bills electronically, split bills between clients, apply retainer funds, etc.
• Compile and bill attorney/paralegal hours to firm clients based on clients’ guideline.
• Submit electronic bills through billing websites; resolve any submission issues.
• Maintain the ability to produce a high volume of bills per cycle.
• Ability to review/confirm accuracy of billing and supporting documentation as necessary.
• Demonstrate a willingness to research, troubleshoot and respond to billing issue inquiries.
• Effectively utilize billing guidelines provided by clients; ensure accuracy and adhere to client expectations inclusive of rates, billing frequency, cost management, etc.
• Communicate regularly with Accounting Manager to ensure billing expectations are met.
• Work collaboratively with other Billing Specialists to establish short and long-term projects/initiatives related to billing.
  
• Handle billing exceptions and ensures timely submission of bills while working closely with professional staff.
  
• Understand technical aspects of billing software and troubleshoot any issues with billing software.

Position Requirements:

• 3+ years billing experience at a professional services firm, legal billing experience required. 

• Demonstrate proficiency with Microsoft Office products (emphasis on Excel and Outlook). 

• Experience with legal billing software; preferably ProLaw Enterprise. 

• Experience with third party administrative systems, eBilling Hub or similar application. 

• Ability to multitask, organize workflow, and use time efficiently. 

• Ability to prioritize, anticipate work needs, and show strong attention to detail. 

• Experienced with electronic billing, invoice submissions, budgeting, and timekeeper requests. 

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

• Ability to maintain calm disposition in high stress environment. 

• Willingness to learn; flexibility to adapt to all situations. 

Benefits:

• A variety of healthcare plans (some at no cost to the employee)
• 401K matching
• Paid parental leave
• Internal diversity and inclusion programs, such as the Women’s Initiative and Young Professionals Initiative
• Firm-wide charitable giving program

Why Tyson & Mendes?

As one of the country’s fastest growing civil defense firms, we have steadily and successfully made our mark as a trailblazer in the legal ecosphere. We are a progressive, dynamic and diverse firm that prides ourselves in breaking the mold upheld by the “traditional” law firm. Here, you will discover an exceptionally smart, deeply talented team, who have continuously made a profound impact on the lives of literally hundreds of thousands of people. From Howell vs. Hamilton Meats, to our many trial wins, our mission every day is to provide unparalleled service and achieve exceptional results for our clients.  In addition to our outstanding legal work, we take an innovative approach to law firm management that invests wholly in our employees.

OK, now for the legal copy (we are a law firm, after all). It is Tyson & Mendes’ policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors. By the way, if you read all of this, congratulations – we can already tell your attention to detail is exceptional.

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Compensation$25-$33.33/hr