Billing Assistant
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP is one of the top law firms in the U.S., seeking a Billing Assistant to join their team. This role involves assisting the Billing Team with maintaining records, creating invoices, and supporting billing system tasks while offering the flexibility to work remotely within reasonable commuting distance from various offices.
Responsibilities
- Use Aderant Expert Billing to process prebills and generate invoices in compliance with attorney instructions and client guidelines
- Provide out-of-office and overflow coverage for Billing Specialists and Billing Proofreaders
- Work in collaboration with E-Billing Department, Rates Team, and other Finance teams to ensure invoices are processed accurately and in a timely manner
- Monitor, reroute, and assist with tasks in the centralized Billing inbox
- Provide reporting support to legal assistants and attorneys to meet client-required accrual deadlines
- Respond to attorney inquiries regarding time entry records and general billing requests
- Assist with billing system updates such as task and activity codes, narrative edits, and time entry modifications upon request
- Assist with Finance projects, as needed, to promote best practices
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance and punctuality; adhere to schedule by being timely on breaks, lunches and meetings
Skills
- 1+ years of relevant experience in a professional office environment
- High School diploma or GED required; Bachelor's degree preferred
- Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word
- Strong written and verbal communication skills including the ability to build effective relationships with all levels of staff and attorneys
- Excellent customer service
- Ability to problem-solve
- High degree of accuracy, attention to detail, and quality control
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to heavy workloads and new assignments in a fast paced environment
- Ability to work overtime as needed
- Bachelor's degree preferred
Benefits
- Choice of health and vision insurance plans
- 2 paid volunteer days for qualifying community service work
- Dental plan
- Fertility and adoption benefit
- Paid sabbatical after 13 years of service
- Tuition reimbursement
- Commuter benefits
- Retirement contribution
- Full time employees may be eligible for a bonus
- Health insurance with an optional HSA
- Long term disability
- Dental insurance
- Vision care
- Telemedicine and virtual short term solution based counseling services
- Life insurance
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Subsidized backup care and caregiving resources
- 401(k)
- Vacation
- Sick time
- 11 paid holidays each year
- Employee assistance program
- For full-time employees, the initial vacation benefit is 15 days per year and 11 days of sick leave per year, accrued bi-weekly
- Additional voluntary programs include: voluntary accident insurance, voluntary life, voluntary disability, voluntary long term care, and pet insurance
- Commuter and Transit programs are also available
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