Billing Specialist The Firm Barry Nilsson is a national law firm with a 60 year history and over 430 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 Team This Billing Specialist role joins our greater Business Services team, a vibrant and collegiate group who sit under the umbrella of the firm's CEO.
This position will report directly to the Manager of Billing and Practice Management Systems and will provide national support to the whole firm.
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.
The Successful Candidate: 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; - Knowledge of e-billing file formats (LEDES), UTBMS codes and eBilling protocols would be advantageous We understand that you may not have all of the experience mentioned above, however if you have a background in billing, accounts or as a legal secretary, a general understanding of electronic billing processes and a keen interest - we will provide full on the job training.
We are open to full-time and part-time applicants for this role in either Brisbane or Sydney as we have offices in both locations.
The Benefits: Barry Nilsson offers a broad range of benefits including: - 9.5 day fortnight – whilst still receiving full pay; - Annual performance bonus (subject to eligibility criteria); - Our health and wellbeing program 'BN Well' which includes free EAP services, an annual health and wellbeing day and health and wellbeing allowance; - Structured mentoring, as well as internal and external training and education; - Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents; and - A friendly team with an 'open-door' policy.
How to Apply If you would like to apply for this opportunity with the firm, click the 'Apply Now' button and submit your application via our online careers site.
Please address your application to the People & Culture Officer, Lizzy Hancock.
Barry Nilsson is committed to being an inclusive law firm that employs and retains the best and most diverse talent.
We value diversity and foster a culture where our people are happy to come to work as their true selves feeling respected, valued and supported.
We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and from people of all backgrounds regardless of gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability or ethnicity.
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