Billing Manager

Join Goodwin's Global Operations Team

Make a real impact on a global scale. At Goodwin, we work with some of the world's most successful and innovative investors, entrepreneurs and disruptors in the life sciences, private equity, real estate, technology and financial industries, and where they converge. As part of the Global Operations Team all business professionals at the firm you'll collaborate with colleagues from varied backgrounds and experiences, fostering an environment where cross-functional learning, networking, and collaboration are at the core of what we do.

Here, we're not just supporting a law firm; we're partnering with attorneys and clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions in high-stakes litigation and dispute resolution, world-class regulatory compliance and advisory services, and complex transactions. Our commitment to integrity, ingenuity, agility, and ambition drives us, and we're proud to have been recognised as the "Best Business Team" by The American Lawyer.

This is your opportunity to grow professionally in a dynamic, global environment, surrounded by forward-thinking peers.

What You Will Do :

• Manage Billing Department and oversee their coordination of staff responsibilities. Allocate and monitor work assignments to the team. Oversee and facilitate the annual review process for the Billing Department.
• Manage, train and inspire the Billing team in developing and documenting best practices in the performance of all duties and responsibilities.
• Foster and promote a culture that is inclusive, diverse, equitable, team centric and collaborative.
• Participate in regular Billing Department meetings, monitor billing issues and concerns, and assist in directing the departments to achieve departmental and firm initiatives and goals.
• Establish internal procedures for processing client billing in accordance with Firm policy. Establish and adhere to Billing team ongoing training to ensure compliance and cross functional training.
• Ensure SRA, Hong Kong Law Society, and HMRC (VAT) rules and regulations are met in accordance with international invoices.
• Interact with billing attorneys and secretaries regarding all aspects of billing services and procedures, including following up with partners regarding aged work-in-progress, and communicating with Firm Management, Business Unit Leaders and Business Unit Directors to escalate at risk accounts when necessary.
• Encourage billing attorneys to establish monthly billing procedures and practices. Work closely with billing attorneys in achieving monthly / yearly Firm targets, while monitoring and securing the integrity of aged work-in-progress.
• Manage month-end close procedures relating to billing and help ensure all monthly billing reports are distributed timely and accurately to Management and billing attorneys.
• Assist in the development of best practices and processes to support billing and electronic billing for the firm.
• Oversee the Billing team during quarterly and annual billing initiatives to ensure Firm goals are met.
• Oversee the Billing team in the coordination of daily and month-end processes and reporting relating to Firm billing and cash postings, prebill distributions, quarterly collection pushes, aged work-in-progress and receivable clean-up, write-down and write-off approval processes, monthly reserve reporting, and fiscal year-end forecasting.
• Respond to high volume of Management, Partner, and client requests relating to billing inquires and reporting.
• Reconcile client accounts as needed and provide analyses when necessary.

Who You Are :

Benefits and More

At Goodwin, you will discover your next career opportunity with a rewarding compensation package and comprehensive benefits, including :

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Goodwin Procter LLP is an equal opportunity employer. This means that Goodwin Procter LLP considers applicants for employment, and makes employment decisions without unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, age, religion, national origin, citizenship status, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or other legally protected status.