Job Title: Associate, Structured Teams
Job Responsibilities:
- Conduct comprehensive legal bill reviews, analyzing invoices submitted under alternative fee arrangements (AFA) and hourly agreements.
- Review expense documentation and line entries to ensure compliance with outside counsel billing guidelines and billing task and expense codes.
- Ensure accuracy, compliance with billing guidelines, and reasonableness of charges in legal invoices submitted by outside counsel.
- Monitor adherence to outside counsel billing guidelines, focusing on time entry descriptions, billing rates, staffing models, and expense charges.
- Identify billing discrepancies, unauthorized charges, excessive time entries, and non-compliant billing practices; communicate findings with internal stakeholders and law firms.
- Collaborate with legal, finance, and procurement teams to support budgeting, forecasting, and cost control of legal services.
- Provide feedback and training to law firms on billing expectations and compliance issues.
- Maintain and update billing guidelines and support their enforcement through contract terms and engagement letters.
- Use e-billing platforms like TyMetrix, CounselLink, Serengeti, and Legal Tracker to facilitate invoice workflow, reporting, and analysis.
- Track and report key metrics related to legal spend, savings opportunities, and billing compliance.
- Assist in developing internal policies and procedures to streamline the legal bill review process and improve cost efficiency.
Education and Experience Information:
- A Bachelor’s degree is required, with a preference for legal, finance, or business-related fields. A JD or paralegal certification is considered a plus.
- Experience ranging from 0-5 years in legal auditing or legal bill review, legal operations, law firm billing, or legal spend management.
- Familiarity with tools such as Collaborati/TeamConnect, TyMetrix, CounselLink, Legal Tracker, BillingPoint, Brightflag, Coupa, and Ariba.
- Understanding of law firm billing practices, legal service delivery models, and legal billing software.
- Experience with outside counsel billing guidelines, engagement terms, and legal cost control.
- Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills for interaction with legal and non-legal professionals and external counsel.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Salary Information:
- Not available in the text.
Company Values:
- Excellence: Striving to make every client an advocate.
- Passion: Acting because of care.
- Collaboration: Winning together through teamwork and communication.
- Agility: Flexing, adapting, and embracing change.
- People: Valuing, respecting, and investing in teammates.
- Vision: Creating clarity of purpose and a clear path forward.
Legal Note:
- Company is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
