Billing Compliance Specialist

Position Summary

Ogletree Deakins has an opportunity for an experienced Billing Compliance Analyst to join the Firm’s expanding team. The Billing Compliance Specialist is responsible for ensuring the successful submission of all assigned electronic bills by confirming that a matter complies with relevant legal and internal policies, such as engagements and billing guidelines.

This position may be remote, but the successful candidate must reside in a state where we have a physical office.

We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for the position in accordance with the Fair Chance Ordinance.

Essential Functions

• Review client billing guidelines and manage appropriate rates in ebilling systems.
• Maintain a list of special arrangements, billing guidelines, attorney preferences, billing rates, fee caps, formatting and expense requirements for client/matters and ensure these requirements are adhered to.
• Work with Attorneys and Billing Specialists to ensure ebills are prepared accurately in accordance with clients’ outside counsel policies.
• Submit timekeeper data to clients for approval via email or ebilling system.
• Work with Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard (LEDES) format for invoice submissions to clients.
• Assist eBilling Appeals team, Billing Attorneys and Billing Specialists to address invoice reductions and appeals for assigned invoice submissions.
• Request budget information from Billing Attorneys to provide to the client for approval
• Prepare and submit accruals according to client requests
• Generate reports and invoices for analysis of financial and historical data.
• Resolve complex billing issues by working with the Billing Attorney and client.
• Limited submission of invoices with complex billing requirements, including flat fees, phase billing and multi-payor set up.
• Evaluate insurance company billing engagements to ensure compliance with billing requirements including procedures on invoice submission electronically to insurance company, payment tracking and invoice submission to client.
• Manage special projects and ad hoc projects and requests from Billing Attorneys and/or Controller.
• Update Aderant by documenting progress of pending issues with invoices.
• Access procedures and proactively recommend improvements to existing processes.
• Prioritize and meet aggressive deadlines.
• Work with eVendor technical support to resolve issues with invoice submissions and user accounts on behalf of attorneys and staff.
• Ebilled Invoice Management and Rejection Resolution: Resolve rejected invoices within one month of rejection. Ability to manipulate Ledes files as needed. Update status in BillBlast weekly.

Requirements

• Knowledge and understanding of general accounting policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of eBilling, collections, and invoice processing procedures.
• Aderant and BillBlast experience preferred.
• Preferred experience with service industry billing and collections software and document management systems Professional oral and written communications skills.

Wage Transparency

The pay range for this remote position varies by location. Pursuant to the applicable state and local regulations the pay range for each location is listed below. Actual compensation is contingent on relevant experience, education, skills, and other job-related factors as permitted by law. This role is also eligible for performance-based bonuses and the benefits described below. The application deadline for this position is December 31, 2026.

Ogletree is a multi-state employer. The pay ranges listed reflect compensation for the specific location identified. For roles performed in locations not listed, compensation will be determined based on the applicable location for the position.

California: Pay range $68,864 to $104,562.

Colorado: Pay range $72,930 to $94,380.

Connecticut: Pay $72,930 to $99,414.

Illinois: Pay range $76,820 to $99,414.

Jersey City, New Jersey: Pay range $80,798 to $104,562.

Maryland: Pay range $68,864 to $89,118.

Massachusetts: Pay range $80,798 to $104,562.

Minnesota: Pay range $68,864 to $89,118.

Nevada: Pay range $66,742 to $86,372

New Jersey: Pay range $80,798 to $104,562.

New York City, New York: Pay range $80,798 to $104,562.

New York State: Pay range $66,742 to $104,562.

Ohio: Pay range $66,742 to $86,372.

Rhode Island: Pay range $66,742 to $86,372.

Washington, D.C.: Pay range $76,820 to $99,414.

Washington (State): Pay range $76,820 to $99,414.

Benefits

Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our Staff including: Paid Time Off, Paid Sick Leave, a 401(k) matching program, Profit Sharing, Paid Holidays, Paid Parental Leave, affordable Health and Life Insurance including Dental & Vision coverage, Health Savings Account /Flexible Spending Accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, Tuition Reimbursement and an Employee Assistance Program.

Contact Information

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Firm Overview

With more than 1,200 attorneys in 62 offices worldwide, Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management. We handle all types of employment-related legal matters, including traditional labor and employment, workplace safety, employee benefits, and business immigration matters. Guided by ourClient Pledge, we focus on understanding clients’ business and objectives, collaborating and anticipating needs, harnessing technology and innovation, communicating effectively, and providing quality representation with exceptional value.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.

Equal Opportunity Employer.