What are the responsibilities and job description for the Legal Invoice Analyst position at IT Associates?
6 Month Contract to Hire Position
Location - Minneapolis, MN (2 days a week onsite)
Our client is looking to add a Legal Invoice Analyst that will be responsible for the prompt, accurate and efficient auditing of electronically submitted legal fee and expense invoices submitted by law firms and vendors of our clients. The candidate will be responsible for making adjustments to invoice line item entries, where those line item entries violate provisions of the relevant billing guidelines and documenting the justification for such adjustments. The Legal Invoice Analyst I will provide guidance to business unit partners regarding issues or opportunities within the LBA process.
- Efficiently and accurately review legal invoice entries.
- Receive legal invoice assignments from the Operations Support Specialist and / or work the intake queue for self-assignments.
- Verify the compliance to legal billing guidelines by law firms and vendor submitting invoices.
- Verify the accuracy of the UTBMS task codes (Fee, Activity and Expense codes) applied to invoice line items.
- Document reasons for any adjustments made to invoice line items, identifying the billing guideline violated and the rationale for the amount adjusted.
- Forward the audited legal bill through the review chain as required.
- Communicate and calibrate with Legal Invoice Analyst and Quality Assurance Analyst team members.
- Excellent ability to review, analyze and evaluate legal fee and cost / expense invoice entries and to exercise discretion and sound judgment when making audit and adjustment decisions.
- Strong understanding of legal terminology and claims legal situations, multijurisdictional exposure preferred.
- Self-motivated with an ability to work independently and with very limited supervision after training.
- Excellent computer skills with the ability to learn the electronic legal bill submission and auditing software.
- Organizational skills, including the ability to organize work in an orderly fashion conducive to the prompt, efficient review of an appropriate number of legal invoices in a given day or time period.
- Familiarity with common business math and possess appropriate business telephone skills.
Minimum Requirements :
Paralegal Certification or Bachelor’s Degree in legal related discipline
Minimum Experience : 1-3 years of experience in a legal services or legal auditing environment
The anticipated hourly rate range for this position is ($24-$26 / hr). Actual hourly rate will be based on a variety of factors including relevant experience, knowledge, skills and other factors permitted by law. A range of medical, dental, retirement and / or other benefits are available after a waiting period.
Salary : $24 - $26
