E-billing Analyst
McCarthy Tetrault LLP
- Toronto, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Ensuring billing deadlines, accruals and status updates are met for e-billing clients, including appropriate communication to billing lawyers and billing analysts.
- Supporting the set-up of new electronic billing requirements for clients, including providing the matter and timekeeper information, creating and modifying various invoice formats and set-up of new phase and task code sets, when necessary.
- Assisting lawyers and billing assistants with submitting budgets and opening new matters in the e-billing vendor sites. Monitoring monthly and annual rate submission deadlines for e-billing clients, liaising with business analysis function to obtain new rates, and ensuring submission is completed prior to deadline.
- Performing monthly reconciliation on portfolio of e-billing clients, ensuring all bills have been properly processed, list of approved timekeepers is up to date and all matters have been opened in each e-billing sites. Ensuring all rejections are logged into the e-billing issues document for appropriate monitoring.
- Monitoring e-billing issues log to support lawyers, billing analysts and collectors for tracking of status on all unresolved issues; working closely with external clients to resolve such issues, including new maters, new timekeepers, budgets, etc..
- Escalating unresolved issues to management where appropriate.
- Maintaining personnel setups for billing analysts, collectors, lawyers and legal assistants within the various e-billing vendor sites and proactively providing training on such sites to billing analysts and collectors.
- Preparing monthly statements for billing assistants, lawyers and/or external clients where applicable; coordinating such reporting requirements with billing analysts /Business Analysis team.
- Meeting with Finance Managers monthly to discuss ebilling issues and escalation requirements.
- Preparing and submitting annual rate increases to clients through e-billing vendor sites.
- Performing project work, leading and co-ordinating or participating in projects as assigned.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Post-secondary education in Accounting or Finance is an asset (College Diploma or University Degree).
- Minimum of 3 years of related experience, in a finance/accounting capacity for example: billing, collections and\or accounts receivable, preferably in a professional services firm.
- Familiarity/Experience with Aderant Expert or a similar accounting system would be an asset but not required.
- Ability to prioritize concurrent activities, follow through on open items and provide status updates, unprompted.
- Ability to synthesize complex issues in simple terms and be a pro-active communicator with key stakeholders: lawyers, management and staff.
- Excellent analytical and problem solving skills, demonstrated accuracy, detail oriented and well organized.
- Confident and professional manner when interacting with others.
- Outstanding benefits from day one, including insurance premiums paid by the Firm and wellness and technology reimbursements.
- Competitive compensation, paid overtime and generous time off, including a day off to volunteer and a day off for your birthday.
- A commitment to professional development and growth opportunities for our people at all levels, supported by a culture that fully embraces and encourages two-way feedback.
- Strong community involvement and a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion.
- A collaborative, cohesive culture that connects lawyers and business teams through collective purpose.