Billing Coordinator – Master Files

About the role

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms, advising businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. The Coordinator – Master Files is an integral part of Latham’s Revenue Operations team, responsible for maintaining the timekeeper and client matter master billing files, managing workflow, and supporting practice offices.

Responsibilities

• Create new timekeeper set-ups and validate complex rate logic for each timekeeper.
• Coordinate new timekeeper set-ups with practice office human resources regarding PCN paperwork and follow-up items.
• Process master file matter maintenance change management billing file set-ups, including billing rates and exception rate hierarchies, and provide guidance to billing staff.
• Prepare and maintain complex rate logic schedules included in the firm’s annual rates book and confirm client arrangements for special rate needs.
• Maintain and manage client matter and timekeeper master billing files, employee personal charge matters, and record archives, following up with practice offices to ensure maintenance is accurate and timely.
• Evaluate and input appropriate billing and exception rates into 3E.
• Protect and maintain any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains.

Qualifications

• Possess well-developed and professional interpersonal skills, including excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to interact with people at all organizational levels.
• Demonstrate the ability to take initiative and work both independently and in a team environment with a customer-service focus.
• Show strong organizational skills to manage time effectively, prioritize tasks, and handle multiple deadlines.

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and a welcoming environment, along with a generous total compensation package including bonuses based on individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program, which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute. Latham & Watkins LLP will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the City of Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance (FCIHO).