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Together with his or her team, the eBilling Associate Manager will support the eBilling Senior Manager and will work with personnel across all of the Firm’s offices and at various levels throughout the organization, ensuring that the team is providing the highest level of customer service to the Firm’s partners and clients. The eBilling Associate Manager regularly collaborates with other accounting departments, including Billing, Accounts Receivable, Client Accounting, Pricing, Financial Terms Management, Accounts Payable, and Revenue Management, to help minimize any financial exposure to the Firm.\nDuties and Responsibilities:\nEnsure compliance with the requirements of all of the electronic billing systems the Firm currently uses and effectively communicate those requirements to the appropriate Firm personnel.\nEvaluate our current processes and procedures related to electronic billing implementations and timekeeper rate submissions to identify opportunities for improvement.\nEnsure the Firm’s various Legal Electronic Data Exchange Standard (LEDES) billing formats (specifications, limitations, etc.) comply with our clients’ requirements; work with eBillingHub and internal IT team to implement new formats as necessary.\nCritically evaluate processes relating to the eBillingHub, eBilling vendor portals and timekeeper rate submissions to implement process improvements to ensure the efficient and effective use of the systems.\nSupervise staff on managing invoice statuses in the eBillingHub to ensure accuracy of status.\nProvide status reports on issues of electronically submitted invoices to Billing managers, including rejected, reduced, or unsubmitted invoices. Provide guidance on how to resolve the issues.\nAddress questions and issues that arise due to electronic billing and timekeeper rates from individuals across the Firm’s offices worldwide and at various levels and from clients.\nIn addressing questions, issues, and normal daily activities, conduct root cause analysis to identify opportunities for process improvements and training that could prevent similar issues in the future.\nDirect and supervise staff, including review of work, training, and coaching. Complete staff evaluations annually.\nPrepare documentation of all processes related to the electronic exchange of billing and other information between the Firm and clients.\nTogether with their team, review new matters for electronically billed clients of the Firm to ensure that all relevant electronic billing information is properly entered into our billing system so that invoices are ready to submit electronically when approved. Follow-up with Billing group, partners and secretaries, and clients as appropriate to obtain the required information.\nProvide excellent customer service to our attorneys, clients, Billing and other Firm personnel.\nEducation and/or Experience:\nRequired:\nA minimum of 5 years' relevant work experience\nPrevious experience working in a law firm or other professional services firm\nExperience with electronic billing systems, including eBillingHub\nExperience in defining processes, conducting root cause analysis, and delivering process improvements\nAdvanced capabilities and knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel\nPreferred:\nBachelor’s degree in Accounting, Business, or related field\nExperience with 3E billing application\nPrevious supervisory experience\nOther Skills and Abilities:\nThe following will also be required of the successful candidate:\nStrong organizational skills\nStrong attention to detail\nGood judgment\nStrong interpersonal communication skills\nStrong analytical and problem-solving skills\nAble to work harmoniously and effectively with others\nAble to preserve confidentiality and exercise discretion\nAble to work under pressure\nAble to manage multiple projects with competing deadlines and priorities\n#LI-Hybrid\nThe target salary range for this role is:\n$98,300 - $120,000 if located in Illinois.Salaries vary by location and are based on numerous factors, including, but not limited to, the relevant market, skills, experience, and education of the selected candidate. Our compensation package also includes bonus eligibility and a comprehensive benefits program. Benefits information can be found at Sidley.com/Benefits.\nTo perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform the Duties and Responsibilities above satisfactorily and meet the requirements. The requirements listed above are representative of the minimum knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job. If you need such an accommodation, please email  (current employees should contact Human Resources).\nSidley Austin LLP is an Equal Opportunity Employer.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5024,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":5,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Legal Services"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-23T04:38:01Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":14,"expected_fill_days":50,"reasons":["conf:4","velocity","win:early","comp:junior"],"computed_at":"2026-11-05T05:54:30Z"},"pay":{"stated_usd_annual":120000,"is_top_pay":true},"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-ebilling-associate-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/sidley-ebilling-associate-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-05T15:12:15Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":19755,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-06T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":15213},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=15213"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fsidley-ebilling-associate-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fsidley-ebilling-associate-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fsidley-ebilling-associate-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/sidley-ebilling-associate-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fsidley-ebilling-associate-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3132972}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"sidley.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3132972},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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