Job Description

Join our dynamic Finance team in Toronto! An exciting career opportunity awaits you as a Billing Rate Analyst, where you'll play a pivotal role in maintaining our firm's client billing rates and ensuring a consistent fee structure. If you’re a customer-oriented analyst with a keen attention to detail, then this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure accurate communication of billing rates and requirements to lawyers, the Client Services Team, and Business Services Support Teams.
• Manage billing rate agreement renewals on an annual and ad hoc basis, collaborating with responsible lawyers.
• Maintains the Special Fee Rate report, highlighting any special billing rate arrangements to the Toronto Finance Committee.
• Communicate any rate inconsistencies with the responsible lawyer(s) and coordinate the agreement process.
• Analyzes and proposes billing rates for new timekeepers, without predetermined set rates.
• Manages the New Matter Intake System, as it relates to billing requirements, for new clients and new matters firmwide.
• Develops intimate knowledge of client arrangements with financial institutions and assists with setting annual rates.
• Manages billing rate databases, reports and trackers, adhering to the higher level of confidentiality.
• Reviews client Outside Counsel Guidelines with a specific focus on billing rates, alternate fee arrangement and staffing of the file.
• Assists in documenting and refining processes and procedures.
• May perform other duties within the nature and level of the job.

Job Specifications:

Knowledge and Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree or College Diploma in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• 3+ years of experience in Accounting, Finance, or office administration.
• Experience in the legal industry or a professional services environment is an asset.
• Previous billing or eBilling experience is an asset.

Skill and Abilities:

• Excellent project coordination and organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, coupled with a quick grasp of new technologies.
• Proficient in CMS or Elite experience is an asset.
• Strong and confident communicator with outstanding written and verbal communication skills
• Problem-solving mindset with the ability to use good judgment when balancing competing priorities.
• A team player able to collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders.

Salary Range (Toronto Only):

$65,000- $75,000 annually.

The position is for an existing vacancy.

Stikeman Elliott is committed to accommodating people with disabilities as part of our hiring process. If you have special requirements, please advise Human Resources during the recruitment process.