The Collection & AR Specialist will play a critical role in supporting the Finance team by helping manage the collection lifecycle for firm invoices. This role is responsible for proactively following up on past-due accounts, ensuring timely resolution of outstanding receivables, and maintaining the integrity of collection data. This role will also monitor and manage overdue accounts, ensuring timely follow-up on outstanding receivables to reduce aged accounts and improve cash flow.
Responsibilities
- Contact clients—via email, phone, or letters—regarding overdue invoices and facilitate payment arrangements.
- Liaise with billing attorneys and internal finance teams to understand and resolve disputes, invoice issues, and coordinate collection actions.
- Prepare, analyze, and distribute collections metrics and aging reports to leadership and billing partners.
- Collaborate with clients' accounts payable departments and third-party e-billing vendors to track invoice submissions, identify delays or rejections, and ensure successful resubmission where necessary.
- Document all collection activities, cash allocations, disputes, adjustments, and write-offs in the firm’s accounting system (3E).
- Analyze aging reports and collection metrics to prioritize efforts and identify at-risk accounts that require escalation collection strategies.
- Partner with the Billing Manager to implement process improvements, enhance automation, and contribute to initiatives that strengthen the firm's overall revenue cycle.
- Maintain a high level of professionalism and confidentiality when interacting with internal teams and external clients.
- Assist with other Billing Department support as needed.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Education
- Law firm experience in a billing and/or collections capacity preferred.
- Experience with 3E, Elite Enterprise accounting system is desirable.
- Motivated, flexible to work extra hours as needed.
- Strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy.
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills to communicate with attorneys, staff and clients.
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite.
- High school diploma at a minimum.
Salary range: $100,000 to $110,000.
The salary range does not guarantee, obligate, nor set expectations of an applicant’s salary in the event of hire. Actual compensation will depend upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s years of experience, qualifications and skill set.
Please send your resume via email to: recruiting@bressler.com.
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