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At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you'll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.
THE OPPORTUNITY:
As a Regional Billing Supervisor you will participate in daily billing and collections work, establish and communicate expected service levels in keeping with firm standards and goals, make decisions about billing attorney assignments, coordinate work flow and seek additional assistance, as needed. You will ensure timely production, posting, sending and reporting of bills, maintain current records of bills sent to clients and generally follow firm and industry "best practices".
THE DAY-TO-DAY:
On any given day, you will be supervising a team of billers across multiple offices, monitoring their workload, communicating with office leadership about the progress to goals, making decisions about assigned billing attorneys, processing bills, following-up on collections, and seeking additional support, as needed. You will:
- Be proactive in spotting trends in collections and billing issues and bring them as soon as possible to the attention of Billing Management.
- Meet regularly with local Office Administrators and Office Managing Partners to establish standards for local office billing teams, set strategy for the office and update one another on billing and collections' progress.
- Liaise with the Finance group to ensure the office is meeting all firm standards, raise questions and concerns, and collaborate on process improvements.
- Assign work as necessary to billing team members and act as elevated support person on more complex issues.Process billing as needed.
- Act as an system expert and answer questions and/or provide solutions to software challenges. Use the system to the firm's best advantage. Participate in software upgrades/conversions, ideally as a pilot user.
- Mentor and coach staff. Provide professional development opportunities to them, and seek them for yourself. Ensure that all billers understand our billing system's functionality and use it appropriately. Ensure the core values of the firm are reflected in the billing staff.
- Write and conduct annual staff reviews. Manage any performance concerns in concert with Human Resources.
- Other duties and projects as assigned.
YOU HAVE:
- 5-7 years of billing experience
- 1-3 years of supervisory experience
- Bachelor's degree strongly preferred
- Aderant Expert experience a plus
- Familiarity with the E-Billing Hub or BillBlast and various ebilling vendor sites
- Basic Microsoft Office suite and related technologies
- Strong interpersonal and client relationship skills
- Strong customer service and collaboration orientation
- Exceptional oral and written communications skills
WHAT WE PROVIDE:
Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits at all levels, and our culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals like no other firm. Our professional staff are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; everyone participates in our commitment to excellence.
We are also proud to be an influential leader in inclusion and diversity. The firm has been recognized for our efforts by the Human Rights Campaign and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. We are Mansfield 5.0 certified, a reflection of our ongoing commitment to advancing candidates from underrepresented groups.
MORE ABOUT SEYFARTH:
With more than 900 lawyers across 18 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/.
Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.
If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click EEO is the LAW and the Supplement poster through the followinglink:https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf
The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $140,000 annually. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in New York. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's pay within the salary range will be based on numerous factors including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, experience, skills, and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for an annual merit increase and bonus pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).
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This position is based in New York, NY 10018
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