Junior Legal Invoice Analyst

Summary:

• Location: Minneapolis, MN
• Work Mode: Hybrid
• Duration: 6 Months - Temp to Perm

Responsibilities:

• 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 compliance with 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.

Requirements:

• Paralegal Certification or Bachelor’s Degree in a legal-related discipline and/or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in a legal services or legal auditing environment.
• Experience with legal billing processes.
• Firm understanding of the federal and/or state rules of civil procedure.

Preferred Skills:

• 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 the ability to work independently and with very limited supervision after training.
• Excellent computer skills with the ability to learn electronic legal bill submission and auditing software.
• Organizational skills, including the ability to organize work in an orderly fashion conducive to the prompt, efficient review of an appropriate number of legal invoices in a given day or time period.
• Familiarity with common business math and possess appropriate business telephone skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).