Overview
General Office Clerk – Law Firm Jobs in Portland, OR at Farleigh Wada Witt
Role: Legal Invoice Review Quality Assurance Analyst
Job Type: Hybrid
Work location: Minneapolis-South Fifth St 100 South Fifth St Fifth Street Towers Minneapolis MN 55402-1466 United States, OR St Cloud-Sauk View Dr 6815 Sauk View Dr St. Cloud MN 56303
Key Word: Legal Billing, Invoice Review, E-Billing Software, LEDES Format, Attorney Billing, Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCG), Auditing.
Job Description
We are looking to onboard an accomplished Legal Invoice Review Quality Assurance Analyst (“QA Analyst”) to join our client in the USA. The candidate will be responsible for the Legal Bill Analysis process which involves the prompt, accurate and efficient auditing of electronically submitted legal fees and expense invoices submitted by law firms and vendors of our clients.As part of our quality assurance process, the QA Analyst will conduct an expert peer review of invoice analysts’ work while independently utilizing his or her specialized legal expertise, knowledge base and education.
Skill / Qualifications
Bachelor’s Degree required. Juris Doctor degree from an ABA-accredited law school is required.
Experience: 0-2 years of the following experience:
Prior experience in a legal services or legal invoice auditing environment.
Prior experience with direct communication with law firms in a legal billing context.
Experience with handling conflict with law firms, in writing and telephonically.
Highly developed communication skills, including both excellent written and verbal skills.
Firm grasp of the Federal and/or State Rules of Civil Procedure.
Insurance defense and civil litigation experience preferred.
Prior legal invoice auditing experience either in-house or with a third-party legal invoice auditing company strongly preferred.
Preferred Experience:
Prior US and International legal invoice review and analysis experience in a legal invoice analyst role.
Prior experience in auditing claims litigation.
Prior work experience with an insurance company.
Experience in handling appeals of legal invoice claims adjustments.
Prior experience with direct communication with law firms in a legal invoice review context.
Experience with handling conflict with law firms, in writing and telephonically.
Highly developed communication skills, including both excellent written and verbal skills.
Job Responsibilities
The QA Analyst will also provide guidance to business unit partners regarding issues or opportunities within the LBA process.
Drive the results of the LBACOE quality assurance process, as follows:
Conduct review of LBACOE Legal Invoice Analysts’ line-item adjustments and non-adjusted invoice lines, applying specialized legal subject matter expert knowledge to context of legal invoice line items for quality assurance.
Using sound individual discretion and with minimal supervision, conduct gap-filling analysis to decode the legal “story” of an invoice by utilizing required law school education, and/or related specialized legal expertise.
Verify compliance to legal billing guidelines by law firms and vendors submitting invoices.
Verify the accuracy of the UTBMS task codes (Fee, Activity and Expense codes) applied to invoice line items.
Independently make further adjustments to invoice line items as necessary based on his or her assessment of the legal context of the invoice while utilizing specialized his or her legal subject matter expert knowledge to extract core critical legal terminology and concepts.
Document reasons for any additional adjustments made to invoice line items, identifying the billing guideline violated and the rationale for the amount adjusted.
Use legal knowledge and careful discretion to make corrections to adjusted and non-adjusted invoice lines as needed.
Forward the audited and peer-reviewed legal invoice through the review chain as required.
Promptly and professionally resolve law firm appeals.
Receive and organize law firm requests for reconsideration from Operations Support Specialists or management and/or work the intake queue for requests for reconsideration.
Join our team as a Billing Analyst and contribute your expertise to our dynamic finance department.
Job Types: Full-time, Contract
Pay: $30.00 – $31.00 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week
Benefits:
401(k)
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Life insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Minneapolis, MN
Title: General Office Clerk – Law Firm
Company: Farleigh Wada Witt
Location: Portland, OR
