Job Location: Seattle, WA
Job Description:
At Perkins Coie, we look for individuals that are self-motivated, dedicated to providing value and superior services and, above all, people who have a high degree of integrity and enthusiasm for their work. We’ve created a company culture that is based on collaboration, devotion to serving our clients, and mutual respect. Perkins Coie is committed to advancing
diversity and inclusion
both within the firm and throughout our collective communities. Work for
one of the 100 Best Workplaces in America
, get great health insurance, tuition reimbursement, your birthday off, and paid sabbaticals.
GENERAL PURPOSE
The Client Financial Operations Analyst is responsible for facilitating every aspect of financial service delivery to firm clients. This role is responsible for ensuring compliance with client outside-counsel guidelines and billing requirements, coordinating between timekeepers, LPAs, and financial business professionals, and providing superior client service across all financial-operations functions. The client financial operations analyst will provide critical, client-focused insights on processes and best practices to LPAs and lawyers in a variety of different practice areas. This role will serve as the single point of contact with internal and external clients for all questions concerning client financial management.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The client financial operations analyst will be responsible for supporting the overall financial operations of a defined set of client leads. These essential functions are primary job duties that incumbents must be able to perform unassisted or with some reasonable accommodation.
- Provide budget support and analysis to lawyers, LPAs, clients, and finance teams, including initial budget submissions to the client, internal budget set-up, and close monitoring of budgets against client-approved amounts. Proactive analysis and engagement with lawyers and internal teams on budget status and subsequent budget revisions and resubmissions. Develop procedures for the above processes that can be replicated as needed to expand to additional clients. Collaborate with the billing team on the invoicing process.
- Analyze client and matter billing setups for accuracy and compliance with outside-counsel guidelines, including billing arrangements and exceptions for matters opened outside of the usual scope of business or agreement with a client. Coordinate implementation and set-up of rate agreements both internally and in client-facing environments, including collaboration with other administrative departments.
- Manage relationships with clients and client leads to improve and resolve challenging financial operations processes. Collaborate with clients and client leads to better understand and implement adherence to client-specific billing guidelines in order to improve the speed and accuracy of the billing cycle.
- Coordinate internal workflow processes for client billing. Publish, communicate, and update the workflow internally so legal/finance teams know the go-to path for inquiries and problem-solving.
- Provide financial reporting as necessary to client leads and clients regarding overall client inventory (AR and WIP), accruals, the status of budgets, and other ad hoc reporting requests.
- Review all new clients and matters opened by assigned client leads to ensure all financial-related information is complete and accurate.
- Coordinate workflow between primary client leads, collaborating lawyers, the financial billing team, and others in regard to proforma review and submission to the billing team.
- Coordinate processing of outside costs to ensure timely inclusion on client invoices.
SPECIFIC SKILLS REQUIRED
Ability to express self effectively, both orally and in writing. Superb communication skills. Proficiency with MS Office. Above average problem-solving and systems thinking skills. Personable, welcoming, and approachable demeanor. Ability to analyze and organize work for maximum efficiency. Strong eye for detail, and critical thinking skills. Ability to present oneself well on the phone and in video conference calls. Ability to work in a client-centric, deadline-driven environment.
SPECIFIC SKILLS PREFERRED
Familiarity with Elite 3E.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
This position requires 3+ years of professional services or accounting experience. 4-year undergraduate degree or equivalent preferred.
This position may be filled in Colorado or New York. These ranges are specific to Colorado and New York, depending on qualification and experience and may not be applicable to other locations. Colorado compensation range: $65,510 to $97,330 annually, New York compensation range: $76,010 to $112,940 annually. Perkins Coie may provide a discretionary bonus annually and information regarding benefits can be found
here
.
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