Billing Manager

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Billing Manager is an integral part of Latham’s Office Accounting team and will be responsible for supporting the office(s) by leveraging knowledge and experience of generally accepted billing procedures and policies to contribute and support the firm’s Finance Committee objectives, while coordinating with the Global Billing team to implement and administer firmwide billing best practices, procedures, and roll-outs of new software and financial system upgrades. This role will be located in our Chicago office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Other key responsibilities include:

• Providing interpretation, guidance, and assistance to attorneys, paralegals, and staff regarding all aspects of the firm's billing and alternative fee arrangements.
• Acting as a liaison with local Finance Committee members in support of Finance Committee objectives; facilitating the preparation and participation of Finance Committee calls and facilitating any actionable next steps resulting from calls, with close coordination with the Global Support team
• Maintaining a continuing review of billing-related procedures to bring about improvements with regards to efficiency and use of resources; acting as resource for information as well as the interpretation of accounting policies and procedures
• Managing billing completion percentages and ensuring timely billing of inventory
• Meeting and communicating with clients upon request from billing attorneys to resolve special billing, payment, and collection problems
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate the ability to develop thorough knowledge and understanding of the firm’s billing system
• Exhibit well-developed, professional interpersonal skills, and the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm
• Possess the ability to work in a team environment with a customer-service focus

And have:

• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a related field
• A minimum of ten (10) years of increasingly complex accounting experience, including a minimum of four (4) years of law firm billing processes and practices
• A minimum of four (4) years of experience in a law firm supervisory capacity

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional Development programs
• Employee discounts
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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