Senior Client Accountant

Position: Senior Client Accounting Coordinator

Location: Palo Alto, CA (Hybrid)

Salary: $95K – $110K + Bonus

Growing Prestigious Law Firm seeks a Senior Client Accounting Coordinator to join their Team!

Responsibilities:

· Handles multiple complex billing and client analysis projects.

· Reviews outstanding balance reports and is proactive about trouble spots.

· Prepares bills and internal forms including appropriate back-up required to process requests.

· Implements Client Accounting procedures, processes and goals by coordinating work effort including timely preparation of client bills and follow-up on outstanding balances with secretarial and other Firm business services professionals.

· Understands and responds to inquiries and requests made by clients, attorneys, and business services professionals.

· Provides relevant information, guidance and support to others in the Firm.

· Ability to formulate strong work team relationships, both internally and externally.

· Works with supervisor(s) to coordinate departmental workflow, provide solutions to problems and develop creative approaches to accomplishing departmental goals.

· Communicates issues and escalates as needed.

· Identifies and communicates to supervisor training and coaching needs of department business services professionals.

· Trains, mentors and assists Client Accounting Assistants and Coordinators as needed.

· Ability to assume a leadership role when supervisor/manager is absent.

· Maintains complete and up-to-date files for each partner and/or client.

· Actively seeks to enhance knowledge of all Client Accounting procedures and processes.

· Demonstrates effective interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills to facilitate effective work relationships with others.

· Manages Firm resources responsibly.

· Complies with and understands Firm operation, policies and procedures.

· Performs other related duties as assigned.



Qualifications

· Bachelor's degree

· Minimum of five years of legal billing work experience including account analysis related functions

· Aderant, Elite or 3E experience

· Demonstrates effective interpersonal and communication skills, both verbally and in writing