We are looking for a talented individual to join our team in a new role. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is tech-savvy, detail-oriented, and eager to learn.
Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000 per year
About the Role
McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff LLP, a Chicago-based, full-service intellectual property law firm, is seeking an Accounting & Billing Specialist. This person will work closely with our accounting team (accounting manager, legal billers, and finance Partner) to help streamline our internal financial operations, allowing our practitioners to remain focused on delivering industry-leading service to our clients.
For this role, you will be working full-time primarily out of our downtown Chicago office.
Essential Job Functions
General Billing Support: Monthly prebill generation; perform revisions or edits during invoicing when required; review and ensure accuracy of client invoices with attention to client and/or billing attorney preferences; utilize computerized billing software programs, including third-party vendors for e-billing
Revenue Account Resolution: Proactively engage with billing partners and clients to facilitate the timely resolution of outstanding balances, ensuring a seamless and professional financial experience.
Month-End and Year-End Support: Assist the accounting team with data verification and the gathering of supporting documentation for the month-end and year-end closing process.
General Financial Administration: Maintain organized digital financial files and provide general operational support to the Accounting Manager to ensure the smooth daily functioning of the department.
Required Knowledge/Skills
- Experience: 2-4 years of billing experience, preferably in a professional service or legal environment
- Technically savvy with a demonstrated ability to learn and develop expertise in various software-based systems and tools.
- Experience with Elite 3E
- Advanced knowledge in Microsoft Office Suite, particularly in Excel
- Proficiency with Microsoft Forms and Teams is a plus but not required
- Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize and complete tasks efficiently based on competing deadlines, and to manage a high volume of work in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate in a clear, organized, and to-the-point manner, and with a positive tone.
- Works well independently, takes ownership of projects, and takes initiative to proactively identify and help solve problems with a focus on moving projects to completion.
- Eager to learn, motivated, and excited to be working as a team with practitioners and our administrative staff to advance the firm’s primary goal of providing industry leading service to our clients.
- Flexibility with work hours and/or overtime as needed.
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance, a plus but not required
Salary Range: $55,000 - $65,000 per year
Location: Chicago, IL (In-person) - Benefits: Please visit our website to learn more about benefits provided https://www.mbhb.com/culture-and-development/ (If the hyperlink does not open automatically, please copy and paste the URL into your browser)
MBHB is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other protected group status under the law. MBHB is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer in accordance with regulations adopted by the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities.