Baker Donelson

Billing Manager

Baker Donelson$80K — $95K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of billing management experience in a law firm context.
  • Strong knowledge of billing functions and legal billing cycles.
  • Proficiency in Excel and familiarity with Aderant and Prebill Viewer systems.
  • Detail-oriented with excellent organizational skills and ability to multitask.
  • Strong analytical, written, and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor the Billing team to enhance performance and ensure quality billing processes.
  • Monitor workload and identify opportunities for efficiency improvements in billing and collections functions.
  • Maintain hands-on knowledge to provide training and support across all billing tasks.
  • Manage all Billing Department functions to meet deadlines with accuracy.
  • Analyze billing statistics and review progress against budgets and targets.
  • Conduct training sessions for billing software users and maintain training manuals.

Benefits

  • Supportive working environment promoting operational excellence and professional growth.
  • Opportunities for continuing education and training in billing software.
  • Engagement with a diverse team within a law firm structure that values collaboration.
Full Job Description
POSITION: Billing Manager

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

DEPARTMENT: Revenue Services

SUPERVISOR: Director of Revenue Services

SUMMARY: Under general supervision and in accordance with Firm policies and procedures, the Billing Manager is responsible for leading, developing, and supporting the Billing Team while overseeing all aspects of the firm's billing operations. This role ensures the accurate and timely preparation, processing, and distribution of client invoices, serves as a key resource for resolving complex billing issues, and collaborates closely with attorneys and administrative departments to support efficient revenue cycle management. The Billing Manager monitors team workloads, promotes operational excellence, and fosters a high-performing, service-oriented billing function.

The Billing Manager serves as a working supervisor responsible for overseeing the firm's day-to-day billing operations and leading a team of billing professionals. This role manages the billing process from prebill preparation through invoice generation and posting, ensures billing accuracy and timeliness, resolves complex billing issues, and serves as a key liaison between attorneys, staff, and firm leadership. The Billing Manager monitors team workloads, supports operational efficiency, and collaborates across departments to promote effective revenue cycle management and outstanding internal client service. Reporting to the Director of Revenue Services, this position plays a critical role in supporting the firm's financial operations and billing objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential functions are primarily job duties that incumbents must be able to perform unassisted or with some reasonable accommodation made by the employer.
  • Motivate, mentor, and provide leadership to the Billing team, including but not limited to, establishing controls to ensure the quality and integrity of the billing processes.
  • Monitor workload distribution and overtime requirements, identifying areas where efficiencies of the billing and/or collections function can be improved. Work with the Director of Revenue Services to implement approved changes.
  • Maintain hands-on knowledge of all billing related functions in order to provide proper training, back-up, and support, including, but not limited to bill preparation, bill review, pre-bill review, write off management and exception rate management.
  • Manage and oversee all Billing Department functions and organization, assuring work is completed accurately and effectively within defined deadlines.
  • Monitor actual billings against budgets/targets and liaise with other Revenue Managers when necessary.
  • Conduct group and individual training for all billing software users.
  • Maintain and update billing training manual and related presentations, as required.
  • Leading the Billing team with a results-focused approach.
  • Review of billing progress including compiling reports and analysis of billing statistics.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES REQUIRED
  • Strong working knowledge of the billing functions and legal billing cycles.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Highly proficient in Excel.
  • Experience with operations/ financial systems (Aderant and Prebill Viewer).
  • Previous law firm billing management experience.
  • Detail orientated, efficient, organized with the ability to multitask.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
  • Possess strong organizational, interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills.
  • Possess an aptitude for detail.
  • Ability to work efficiently and ability to work under pressure with or without direct supervision.
  • Must be able to handle multiple projects and be familiar with computerized databases and on-line services.
  • Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, extreme temperatures and the like.

ADDITIONAL INFO

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements.

All employees are required to comply with BDBCB's information privacy and security requirements including its acceptable use policy. Such requirements are dictated by laws and regulations, by professional standards and by the marketplace and are directly applicable to BDBCB as well as to BDBCB through its clients.

About Baker Donelson

Baker Donelson is a law firm that provides legal services to clients in a variety of industries, including healthcare, financial services, and real estate. The firm's practice areas include corporate law, litigation, and intellectual property. Baker Donelson has offices throughout the United States, including in Atlanta, Birmingham, and New Orleans.
Learn more about Baker Donelson
Size
1,500 employees
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Founded
1888

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