Billing Assistant - Audit & Compliance

Job Summary & Objectives

Under general supervision and working in conjunction with the Lead Billing Assistant, the Billing Assistant - Audit & Compliance is responsible for audit & documentation compliance, administering personal charges for legal and professional staff, monitoring various shared mailboxes, facilitating release of Timekeepers' diaries from InTapp into 3E, and for assisting Billing Coordinators with billing related inquiries, proformas, invoice processing, data processing and related administrative duties.

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor and action requests to facilitate release and conversion of timekeepers' diaries in Intapp Time; ensure necessary approvals are received before actioning.
• Action requests to transfer, edit, revise timekeeper diaries in 3E
• Effectively communicate with timekeepers regarding firm diary policies.
• Route out-of-scope requests to the appropriate teams for actioning.
• Bill and pay personal charges for legal and professional staff; ensure completion of documentation and verification of coding when needed.
• Assist with internal audit of bill packets to ensure compliance with firm policy.
• Administer monthly invoice register checks and ensure ongoing progress.
• Assist Billing Coordinators with various requests, including pulling invoice copies and disbursement backup, performing proforma edits, creating and editing bill drafts, processing on account applications, processing write offs, processing finalized invoices and filing bill packages in compliance with policy.
• Assist with electronic client invoice submissions.
• Assist with updates of internal comments and coding regarding billable matters.
• Ensure incoming requests to shared mailboxes are being handled in a timely manner.
• Observe confidentiality of client and firm matters.
• Flexibility to work additional hours as needed
• Assist with special projects as needed
• Perform other duties as assigned

Education

Required

Preferred

Skills and Experience

Required

Preferred

Physical Demands (required to perform essential job functions)

Sedentary work : Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and / or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.

Work Environment

The worker is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as in typical office or administrative work (normal light, air and space in the work environment)

Salary Information

NY Only : The estimated base salary range for this position is $65,000 to $75,000 at the time of posting.

The actual salary offered will depend on a variety of factors, including without limitation, the qualifications of the individual applicant for the position, years of relevant experience, level of education attained, certifications or other professional licenses held, and if applicable, the location in which the applicant lives and / or from which they will be performing the job. This role is non-exempt meaning it is overtime pay eligible.

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