BillingManager Legal

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Providing interpretation, guidance, and assistance to attorneys, paralegals, and staff regarding all aspects of the firm's billing and alternative fee arrangements.
• Acting as a liaison with local Finance Committee members in support of Finance Committee objectives; facilitating the preparation and participation of Finance Committee calls and facilitating any actionable next steps resulting from calls, with close coordination with the Global Support team.
• Maintaining a continuing review of billing-related procedures to bring about improvements with regards to efficiency and use of resources; acting as a resource for information as well as the interpretation of accounting policies and procedures.
• Managing billing completion percentages and ensuring timely billing of inventory.
• Meeting and communicating with clients upon request from billing attorneys to resolve special billing, payment, and collection problems.
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains.

Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field.
• MUST HAVE- 3E/Elite experience.
• A minimum of ten (10) years of increasingly complex accounting experience, including a minimum of four (4) years of law firm billing processes and practices.
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in a law firm supervisory capacity.
• Demonstrate the ability to develop thorough knowledge and understanding of the firm’s billing system.
• Exhibit well-developed, professional interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm.
• Possess the ability to work in a team environment with a customer-service focus.

Additional Information:

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.