***Legal Invoice Analyst | Hybrid in Minneapolis, MN***
About the role
The Legal Invoice Review Quality Assurance Analyst ("QA Analyst") for company, Fulfillment Center of Excellence will be responsible for performing the quality assurance testing for the Legal Bill Analysis Center of Excellence (LBACOE).
The Legal Bill Analysis ("LBA") process involves the prompt, accurate and efficient auditing of electronically submitted legal fee and expense invoices submitted by law firms and vendors of our clients.
Responsibilities
- Conduct review of LBACOE Legal Invoice Analysts' line item adjustments and non-adjusted invoice lines, applying specialized legal subject matter expert knowledge to context of legal invoice line items for quality assurance.
- Using sound individual discretion and with minimal supervision, conduct gap filling analysis to decode the legal "story" of an invoice by utilizing required law school education, law firm experience and/or related specialized legal expertise.
- Verify the compliance to legal billing guidelines by law firms and vendor submitting invoices.
- Verify the accuracy of the UTBMS task codes (Fee, Activity and Expense codes) applied to invoice line items.
- Independently make further adjustments to invoice line items as necessary based on his or her assessment of the legal context of the invoice while utilizing specialized his or her legal subject matter expert knowledge to extract core critical legal terminology and concepts.
- Document reasons for any additional adjustments made to invoice line items, identifying the billing guideline violated and the rationale for the amount adjusted.
- Use legal knowledge and careful discretion to make corrections to adjusted and non-adjusted invoice lines as needed.
- Promptly and professionally resolve law firm appeals, as follows:
- Receive and organize law firm requests for reconsideration from Operations Support Specialists or management and/or work the intake queue for requests for reconsideration.
- Address law firm requests for reconsideration of adjusted amounts while utilizing careful judgment, legal knowledge.
Qualifications
- Attorney - Legal degree (JD, LLM) required.
Skills
- Specialized legal subject matter expertise.
- Sound individual discretion and minimal supervision.
- Knowledge of UTBMS task codes (Fee, Activity and Expense codes).
- Ability to document reasons for adjustments and corrections.
- Proficiency in resolving law firm appeals.
Benefits
- Discretionary bonuses.
- Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
- Company's 401(k) retirement plan.
Pay
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco by Highspring depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to: · the individual's skill sets, experience and training; · licensure and certification requirements; · office location and other geographic considerations; and · other business and organizational needs. With that said, as required by local law, Vaco by Highspring believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure.
Schedule
6-months Contract (Potential conversion)