Leads the corporate legal billing team by designing scalable billing support models, improving workflows, establishing policies, and ensuring accurate, compliant client billing. Builds relationships with attorneys and firm leadership, monitors service levels, implements billing technologies, and develops training and onboarding protocols. Manages, coaches, and cross-trains billing professionals while driving continuous improvement and operational resilience across complex law firm billing processes.
Overview
Foley & Lardner LLP is seeking a Billing Manager to lead our Business Law billing team. The Billing Manager is responsible for strategically designing, implementing, and continuously enhancing the billing support model for the firm’s clients and attorneys. This role requires a strategic and relationship-driven leader who can build trusted partnerships with Partners, Department Chairs, Practice Leadership, and support teams to ensure billing processes are aligned with the long-term needs of the practice. The Billing Manager will collaborate with billing leadership to establish best practices and service standards necessary to provide proactive, scalable, and high-quality support across the firm’s billing function. In addition, this role will lead, coach, and develop an agile team of billing professionals capable of adapting to changing client requirements, attorney expectations, and operational priorities.
Responsibilities- Build strong, credible relationships with attorneys, Department Chairs, practice leadership, and key administrative support teams to understand business needs and deliver high-quality billing support aligned with department goals.
- Develop and implement a long-term billing support structure for the practice that ensures consistency, scalability, responsiveness, and strong attorney service across the firm.
- Lead the development of a proactive billing support model that anticipates attorney and client needs, identifies risks or service gaps early, and implements solutions before issues escalate.
- Partner with the Billing Operations Manager to create clear training protocols and onboarding processes for new billers to ensure consistency in service delivery, technical knowledge, and understanding of attorney and client expectations.
- Serve as a strategic resource and subject matter expert for pro forma implementation and related billing technologies to ensure tools are optimized for the needs of partners, attorneys, and clients.
- Proactively monitor team performance, service levels, and operational trends, making recommendations and adjustments as needed to ensure long-term success and continuous improvement.
- Understand the firm’s clients, partner billing preferences, billing guidelines, and practice-specific requirements in order to establish effective and sustainable billing workflows.
- Establish, document, and continuously refine policies, procedures, and best practices for all clients with an emphasis on efficiency, accuracy, compliance, and client service.
- Build, mentor, and develop a high-performing and agile billing team that can adapt quickly to changing workloads, client demands, and departmental priorities.
- Establish and develop clear subject matter experts within the team for key billing processes, promoting cross-training, knowledge sharing, and operational resilience.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement, workflow redesign, and organizational enhancements that strengthen support for attorneys, improve client service, and increase team effectiveness. #LI-hybrid
- High School Diploma required; Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration or related field desired
- Minimum of eight (8) years of progressive experience within the revenue cycle of a law firm
- Minimum of three (3) years in a people manager role within the revenue cycle of a law firm
- Prior 3E experience strongly desired
- Experience supporting complex billing structures in a large law firm environment desired
- Deep understanding of legal billing and collection processes, including the ability to implement process improvements and organizational changes
- Demonstrated ability to lead proactively, identify issues before they become problems, and implement thoughtful solutions
- Ability to balance competing priorities, respond effectively to changing business needs, and maintain a high standard of service and accuracy in a dynamic environment
In support of transparency and equity in the workplace, Foley provides salary ranges for all positions. The figures below represent the full compensation range of this position. The actual offered amount will be between the range minimum and midpoint based on the following factors: education, experience, geographic market, and internal pay equity at Foley. Orlando & Tampa - $116,900 to $175,400Chicago, Dallas, & Houston - $128,600 to $192,900
Foley & Lardner LLP Chicago, Illinois, USA Office
321 North Clark Street, Suite 3000, Chicago, United States, 60654
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