The Consultant - LBA for Wolters Kluwer will be responsible for performing Legal Bill Analysis (“LBA”) in the Legal Bill Analysis Center of Excellence (“LBACOE”). This role will also be responsible for the prompt, accurate and efficient auditing of electronically submitted legal fee and expense invoices submitted by law firms and vendors of our clients. Responsible for making adjustments to invoice line-item entries, where those line-item entries violate provisions of the relevant billing guidelines and documenting the justification for such adjustments. This person will provide guidance to business unit partners regarding issues or opportunities within the LBA process.
Job Summary
Requires basic knowledge of theories, principles and concepts and applies general knowledge of business and industry practices within multiple job families under Consulting/Professional Services job family group. Working under instruction, guidance and direction from more senior level roles, works on projects of limited complexity. Work is reviewed by management or more senior peers. Responsible for output (documents, analysis, product) in specific work area to appropriate time and quality targets. Plans and prioritizes own work and meets agreed timescales.
Essential Responsibilities
Efficiently and accurately review legal invoice entries.
Receive legal invoice assignments from the Operations Support Specialist and/or work the intake queue for self-assignments.
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.
Document reasons for any adjustments made to invoice line items, identifying the billing guideline violated and the rationale for the amount adjusted.
Forward the audited legal bill through the review chain as required.
Communicate and calibrate with Legal Invoice Analyst and Quality Assurance Analyst team members.
Excellent ability to review, analyze and evaluate legal fee and cost/expense invoice entries and to exercise discretion and sound judgment when making audit and adjustment decisions.
Strong understanding of legal terminology and claims legal situations, multijurisdictional exposure preferred.
Self-motivated with an ability to work independently and with very limited supervision after training.
Excellent computer skills with the ability to learn the electronic legal bill submission and auditing software.
Sound command of the English language-- grammar, syntax and style -- including an understanding of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization
Excellent spelling and proofreading skills.
Effective communication skills - ability to obtain information from others and deliver information to others orally and in written form.
Organizational skills, including the ability to organize work in an orderly fashion conducive to the prompt, efficient review of an appropriate number of legal invoices in a given day or time period.
Experience, Knowledge and Tools
Minimum Experience:
2 years of experience in a legal services or legal auditing environment, including:
Experience with legal billing processes.
Firm understanding of the federal and/or state rules of civil procedure.
Minimum Education:
Paralegal Certification or Bachelor’s degree in legal related discipline and/or equivalent work experience
Required Competencies:
· Communications: Strong arbitration and organizational skills are critical to being successful in this role. Strong communications skills and the ability to organize and motivate team members in a matrix environment are essential.
· Team Work: Must work collaboratively with people within LBACOE and throughout the entire WK organization, while providing constructive feedback to LBACOE from the Business Units.
· Problem Solving: Capable of independent thinking and rendering sound decisions. Astute at identifying and engaging the necessary resources to help in decision making. Takes quick actions to identify and resolve the cause of any problem. Proactive in nature.
· Leadership: Exhibits individual control over day to day responsibilities as well as the ability to work collaboratively with team members to obtain results.
· Planning and Organizing: Must be able to implement plans with the purpose of achieving short and long term goals. Must be able to prioritize in order to accomplish these goals in a given time period.
· Technology: Has work across technology platforms with ease and have the ability to partner with experts in the technology field to identify technology gaps and requirements necessary to develop position and impactful solutions.
· Learning: Ability to acquire new or modify existing knowledge to support a changing market place and workforce. Can demonstrate a capability to learn by study, experience, or instruction.
· Initiative and Enterprise: Is self-directed and has the ability to translate ideas into action and get things done.
Tools:
· Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
Our Interview Practices
To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.
Compensation:
$62,900.00 - $107,300.00 USD
Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.
Additional Information:
Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.