Responsibilities:
1. Assist with research, analysis, and implementation of various client billing requirements including but not limited to, billing rate arrangements, phase/task coding, and timekeeper approval.
2. Process requests from various departments in the billing system to update client and matter settings.
3. Monitor and update various client discount arrangements; including setting tracking alerts.
4. Entry and upkeep of client arrangements in firm deal database.
5. Assist with year end and ad hoc updates to client and timekeeper changes in billing rate arrangements.
Essential Functions of Job:
1. Collaborate with Pricing Operations Manager and intake team on maintenance initiatives including but not limited to: rate updates, phase/task code updates, matter tagging, client deal information updates.
2. Work with the relevant stakeholders to ensure that client financial arrangements are properly articulated, updated, and documented in Firm’s pricing database.
3. Manage the data-mining process for new and existing matters. This includes gathering and maintaining information on fee arrangements, matter types, cost drivers, task coding, among other items.
4. Monitor compliance with Firm budgeting and pricing policies, as well as the financial aspects of client guidelines and terms; provide guidance to attorneys and support staff as needed.
5. Collaborate with Billing, eBilling, and Practice Specialists to ensure most current client financial arrangements are communicated and properly administered.
6. Collaborate with lawyers, practice management colleagues, and the marketing department to respond to RFPs, pitches, and other pricing proposals.
7. Work with partners to enter budgets and other fee arrangement data into online matter management tool, then monitor and provide regular status reports to partners and management. This will be done in conjunction with the Budget Control Analyst.
8. Prepare recurring and ad hoc reports related to all aspects of practice management.
9. Complete special projects as assigned.
Any graduate