Billing Specialist

Billing Specialist

Location : Dallas, TX

Schedule : 8 : 30 AM to 5 : 00 PM, Mon-Fri

FLSA : Non-Exempt

Position Type : Full-Time / Regular

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. We are currently seeking a Billing Specialist in our Finance department, reporting directly to the Revenue Manager and Revenue Supervisor.

The position will reside in the Dallas office, with hybrid work capabilities, and will be responsible for preparing monthly pre-bills, maintaining billing filing system, working with Collections staff to collect aged accounts receivables, monitoring the e-billing process, and ensuring that special billing arrangements are carried out. The Billing Specialist is expected to perform all responsibilities with a commitment to providing superior service to the firm's clients, attorneys, advisors and staff, and maintaining an atmosphere of teamwork and continuous improvement.

Key responsibilities of this position include :

• Prepare monthly prebills for distribution to attorneys.
• Monitor local monthly billable WIP and report status to management.
• Communicate with attorneys and secretaries to address any billing questions or report requests.
• Edit, prepare and finalize monthly prebills.
• Work with Collections staff to collect aged accounts receivables.
• Monitor the e-billing process for those clients that are electronically billed to ensure that invoices are successfully submitted.
• Verify daily new business memo and ensure correct input of information and special billing arrangements for assigned clients.
• Handle incoming and outgoing accounting correspondence.
• Maintain billing filing system on a monthly basis.
• Assist with various time and billing reports as needed.

Qualifications (Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities) :

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP participates in E-Verify for purposes of verifying employment eligibility.