Billing Specialist - Litigation & Dispute Resolution

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Litigation and Dispute Resolution | Melbourne Metropolitan

Closing date: 02/10/2025

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About the role

We are currently seeking a Billing Specialist to join our Litigation and Dispute Resolution team based in our Melbourne office. This position will specifically support the Medical Insurance group and be responsible for delivering all billing related tasks for a key client.

What does the role involve?

Coordinating and managing client billing and reporting processes, including preparing bills for settlement and submission.

Developing and maintaining client billing guidelines and providing training and advice on processes.

Ensuring all lawyers timesheets are submitted and captured in the system.

Management of disbursements to matters.

Finalising invoices including sending to clients and uploading to client's finance portals where required.

Ensuring billing workflows have appropriate documentation and approvals in place.

Processing time transfers

Maintaining matter budgets on the system

General administration and ad hoc reporting.

About you

You will have billing experience in a corporate environment as well as experience with using financial billing systems (ideally but not necessarily 3E). Legal experience is also preferred but not essential.

You will be comfortable working with and providing guidance to a large number of professionals across the firm. You will need high level computer skills, strong organisational skills and the ability to prioritise your work to meet deadlines. A genuine passion for supporting others to achieve their goals is essential, as is a strong work ethic and the ability to work autonomously.

The extras

K&L Gates promotes equal opportunities for all employees to progress in their careers.

Initiatives include:

Professional development programs

Structured mentoring program

Flexible working options

26 weeks paid parental leave

Volunteering opportunities

Health and wellbeing programs - including gym subsidies

Social events - social club and sporting teams

About Us

The firm’s Australian operations provide vast knowledge of the Australian legal marketplace across a wide spectrum of industries. With lawyers located in four established offices in Australia’s leading financial and commercial centres and possessing substantial experience.

At K&L Gates, we foster an inclusive and collaborative environment across our fully integrated global platform that enables us to diligently combine the knowledge and expertise of our people to create teams that provide exceptional client solutions. We marry process with vision, success with dedication, method with passion, and innovation with creativity. The outcome: The K&L Gates Experience.

Located across five continents, we represent a broad array of leading global corporations in every major industry, capital markets participants, and ambitious middle-market and emerging growth companies. We also serve public sector entities, educational institutions, philanthropic organisations, and individuals. Our lawyers counsel clients on their most sophisticated legal challenges in all areas of corporate and regulatory law as well as litigation.

We are leaders in legal issues relating to industries critical to the economies of both the developed and developing worlds—technology, manufacturing, energy, transportation, telecommunications, financial services, and life sciences, among others.

Do you like what you see?

Please apply via our Careers page at www.klgates.com

For more information pleae contact Carla Boglis, Recruitment Coordinator at carla.boglis@klgates.com

For more information about K&L Gates please see our website www.klgates.com

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K&L Gates is an equal opportunity employer and promotes the safety, wellbeing and inclusion of those with a disability. We also welcome applications from people who have an indigenous and/or culturally and linguistically diverse background.

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