Jr. Legal Invoice Analyst

Overview

We are a national staffing firm and are currently seeking a Paralegal/Jr Legal Invoice Analyst (Hybrid) for a prominent client. This position is in Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid). Details for the position are as follows:

• Pay: $26/hr based on experience
• Contract: 6+ month contract - (potential to extend or convert based on performance & budget).
• This is a hybrid role
• Responsible for the prompt, accurate and efficient auditing of electronically submitted legal fee and expense invoices submitted by law firms and vendors of our clients.
• The candidate will be responsible for making adjustments to invoice line-item entries, where those line-item entries violate provisions of the relevant billing guidelines and documenting the justification for such adjustments.
• The Legal Invoice Analyst I will provide guidance to business unit partners regarding issues or opportunities within the LBA process.
• Efficiently and accurately review legal invoice entries.
• Receive legal invoice assignments from the Operations Support Specialist and/or work the intake queue for self-assignments.
• Verify the 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.
• Document reasons for any adjustments made to invoice line items, identifying the billing guideline violated and the rationale for the amount adjusted.
• Forward the audited legal bill through the review chain as required.
• Communicate and calibrate with Legal Invoice Analyst and Quality Assurance Analyst team members.
• Excellent ability to review, analyze and evaluate legal fee and cost/expense invoice entries and to exercise discretion and sound judgment when making audit and adjustment decisions.
• Strong understanding of legal terminology and claims legal situations, multijurisdictional exposure preferred.
• Self-motivated with an ability to work independently and with very limited supervision after training.
• Excellent computer skills with the ability to learn the electronic legal bill submission and auditing software.
• Paralegal Certification or bachelor’s degree in legal related discipline and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum Experience:
  
  1-3 years of experience in a legal services or legal auditing environment, including:
• Experience with legal billing processes.
• Firm understanding of the federal and/or state rules of civil procedure
• Experience with MS Office

If you are interested in hearing more about the position, please respond to this posting with your resume attached or contact me at .