Client Billing Specialist

Job Description

At K&L Gates, we are looking for smart, imaginative and hard-working people with diverse backgrounds, experiences and ideas to join us.  Perhaps our search for talented visionaries and your search for important and impactful work lead to the same place.

The Washington, DC Office of K&L Gates LLP seeks a Client Billing Specialist to assist in the preparation, review, editing, and submission of client invoices.  

Job Description:

• Prepare, edit, review and finalize invoices for 25 billing attorneys
• Assist with monthly proformas distribution
• Follow-up with billing attorneys on outstanding proformas
• Submit e-billing invoices in e-billing hub, Tymetrix 360, Bridgeway/Corridor, Ascent, Serengeti, Datacert, CounselLink and Collaborati etc.
• Enter monthly accruals, budgets and status updates and new timekeeper information in all e-billing systems
• Resolve all e-billing invoices rejections and issues promptly
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as directed Participate in department projects as assigned    

Experience/Skills Required: 

• Minimum of 3 years prior work experience in a law firm billing department working with 20 plus billing attorneys
• Experience working with clients, and e-billing vendors
• Elite experience preferred
• Ensure a high level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Ability to multi-task, work under pressure, handle interruptions while maintaining flexibility in work assignments
• High School Diploma or equivalent

ABOUT THE FIRM

K&L Gates is a fully integrated global law firm with approximately 2,000 lawyers across five continents. We have experienced dramatic growth in the past decade and now rank among the largest U.S. based law firms in the world.  We take pride in constantly striving for innovation, imagination and an entrepreneurial spirit. We come up with big ideas and then roll up our sleeves to get the job done, guiding our clients through their most complex issues in a variety of industry sectors and across multiple regions of the world.

The industry recognition the firm has garnered in the past five years emanates from the foundation of a global community aligned on behalf of our clients. The people at K&L Gates are committed to working together to create a legacy for each other, the firm, our clients, and the communities in which we serve. We thrive in an inclusive and socially conscious environment that embraces diversity and takes a holistic approach to the career evolution of all our professionals.

To learn what makes us different from other law firms, including our collaborative approach, entrepreneurial spirit, and our commitment to diversity, check out our video, “Grow Your Career at K&L Gates.”

If you agree that we are different from other law firms - and the right place for you to grow your career - please apply for this position.  For more information or to view other job opportunities, please click here to go back to our careers page.

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BENEFITS

We offer a dynamic work environment and excellent benefits.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

The Firm is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the Firm that employment decisions shall be based on merit, qualifications and competence. Employment practices shall not be influenced or affected by virtue of a person’s race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, disability, military status or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. This policy governs all aspects of employment including, without limitation, recruiting, hiring, compensation, benefits, promotion, assignment and dismissal. In addition, it is the Firm’s policy to provide an environment that is free of unlawful harassment of any kind including, without limitation, that which is sexual, racial, age-related, disability-related or ethnic background-related.