Legal Billing Specialist

at  Barry Nilsson

THE FIRM

Barry Nilsson is a national law firm with a 60 year history and over 450 staff. We have an award winning reputation for leadership in insurance & health and family law.
For the last 6 years, BN has been listed as an Employer of Choice in the Australasian Lawyer Employer of Choice awards. Our people describe our culture as friendly, professional, flexible and down-to-earth and the top three things they value most about working at BN are the people they work with, the flexible working options and work/life balance. In our most recent staff engagement survey 93% of respondents said that their manager is approachable, accessible and responsive and our people felt that their manager genuinely cares about their wellbeing.

THE ROLE

We’re seeking someone with experience in billing processes to manage the full life cycle of eBilling for our national firm. In this role, you will be required to:

• Monitor and audit the opening of new matters for compliance with eBilling guidelines;
• Create matters in eBilling systems and assist with budgets;
• Create, review, and manage timekeeper rates in the eBilling systems;
• Review time and disbursement entries on prebills;
• Upload invoices to eBilling systems, and monitor and manage their progress through to approval;
• Review deductions and make appeal recommendations to fee earners;
• Track progress of invoices;
• Stay up to date with clients’ evolving outside counsel guidelines to serve as an expert to fee earners;
• Build eBilling vendor relationships; and
• Assist the eBilling Manager with implementation of new eBilling systems, client outside counsel guidelines and service level standards.

This role will suit a candidate with the following:

• Previous experience with legal billing/ebilling processes and systems;
• Previous experience using Aderant Expert software;
• High level of initiative, proactivity and a willingness to take ownership of the eBilling life cycle;
• Excellent attention to detail with good numeric, analytical and problem solving skills;
• Good excel skills;
• The ability to build relationships with various internal and external stakeholders; and
• Knowledge of e-billing file formats (LEDES), UTBMS codes and eBilling protocols would be advantageous