Perkins Coie · 1 week ago
Billing Supervisor
Phoenix, AZ
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$95K/yr - $145K/yr
5+ years expPerkins Coie is a law firm seeking a Billing Supervisor to oversee the Client Accounting Administrator billing team. The role involves supervising billing staff, ensuring timely and accurate client invoicing, and providing support to the Billing Manager.
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Responsibilities
Supervise billing staff, providing technical assistance and policy guidance in performing routine as well as non-routine tasks
Oversee the daily work of the billing team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of deliverables, electronic invoice submission, and Account Receivable status updates for the team. Provide periodic reporting regarding the productivity of the group
Assist Billing Manager in establishing and maintaining billing department policies and procedures to enhance efficiency and staff morale
Responsible for resolving employee relations issues and initiating corrective action, if needed, and for conducting the annual performance review of staff
Participate in the hiring process for new billing staff
Maintain 50% workload
Responsible for generating, tracking, and reporting of monthly prebills and time entries by firm timekeepers
Perform special projects and research as requested, including past/present balances, unbilled/billed fee statuses, bill revisions, document copies and back up
Answer client inquiries by telephone and email, conferring with lawyers regarding bill content, concerns, and requests when appropriate
Meet with lawyers and legal staff to discuss special billing arrangements and billing system capabilities
Perform other duties, as assigned
Be present at work during regularly scheduled working hours and as needed in the position, consistent with the Firm’s attendance expectations
Qualification
Required
Supervise billing staff, providing technical assistance and policy guidance in performing routine as well as non-routine tasks
Oversee the daily work of the billing team, ensuring accuracy and timeliness of deliverables, electronic invoice submission, and Account Receivable status updates for the team
Provide periodic reporting regarding the productivity of the group
Assist Billing Manager in establishing and maintaining billing department policies and procedures to enhance efficiency and staff morale
Responsible for resolving employee relations issues and initiating corrective action, if needed, and for conducting the annual performance review of staff
Participate in the hiring process for new billing staff
Maintain 50% workload
Responsible for generating, tracking, and reporting of monthly prebills and time entries by firm timekeepers
Perform special projects and research as requested, including past/present balances, unbilled/billed fee statuses, bill revisions, document copies and back up
Answer client inquiries by telephone and email, conferring with lawyers regarding bill content, concerns, and requests when appropriate
Meet with lawyers and legal staff to discuss special billing arrangements and billing system capabilities
Perform other duties, as assigned
Be present at work during regularly scheduled working hours and as needed in the position, consistent with the Firm's attendance expectations
Strong written and oral communication skills
Strong attention to detail, efficient organizational skills, and the ability to multi-task
Ability to effectively train, apply good judgement, and provide direction to employees
Perform well under the pressures of heavy volumes and requests and execute assignments with virtually no direction
Must possess strong supervisory skills, as well as the ability to lead a large group of skilled individuals on a day-to-day basis
Ability to accurately type 40-wpm and use a ten key by touch
Working knowledge of MS Office applications, specifically Excel and Word
Requires a Bachelor's degree and 5 years of Financial/Accounting experience, or equivalent
Three to five years of successful supervisory experience in Professional services required
Preferred
Knowledge of electronic billing and Elite 3e strongly preferred
Benefits
Great health insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Paid sabbaticals
Annual discretionary bonus
401(k) plan
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Accrued paid time off plan starting at 20 days annually
Personal medical and parental leave
Up to 10 paid holidays
Family care benefits
Company
Perkins Coie
Perkins Coie is a law firm that specializes on corporate law, litigation, and real estate law.
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
unknown2025-11-17Acquired
Leadership Team
David Delafield
CFO
Roger Wilkes
COO
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