Bryan Murray
Woodside
Summary
Focused, analytical, team oriented, and driven financial professional with strong communication skills and ability to multi-task and perform autonomously and/or collaboratively in a rapid-paced, high-pressured environment. Results oriented, self-starter dedicated to providing excellent customer service to all internal and external clients with over 20 years accounting and billing experience at international law firms.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Revenue Manager
Seward & Kissel LLP
09.2023 - Current
- Manage and direct the activities of the billing & collection team, financial system admins and cash receipts team (20 individuals); distribute and monitor workload to ensure high level productivity, quality and client service standards are maintained.
- Increased revenue by implementing effective billing and collections strategies.
- Hired, trained and managed finance department team members and developed engaged, high-functioning performers.
- Assisted in budget development processes, ensuring alignment with company-wide revenue goals and objectives.
- Responsible for $200M in inventory.
- Core member of the 3E conversion/implementation team.
- Coordinate with CFO/COO to create/implement new policies and procedures to enhance efficiency throughout the finance department.
- Bi-weekly meetings with staff and partners to discuss inventory.
- Report to the CFO bi-weekly on billing and collections progress.
- Prepare mid/end year performance evaluations for my staff and coordinate with them monthly to ensure their goals and growth plans are aligned.
- Conduct high level meetings with executive committee to ensure monthly/quarterly goals are met.
Revenue Operations Manager
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
02.2022 - 09.2023
- Manage and direct the activities of the billing and collection team, pricing and new matters (16 individuals); distribute and monitor workload to ensure high level productivity, quality and client service standards are maintained.
- Responsible for $500M in inventory.
- Report to the Director of Revenue and CFO weekly on billing and collection progress.
- Collaborate with Director and New Matters department on new and complicated billing billing scenarios.
- Coordinate with team on new systems, Arcs, BillStream.
- Weekly meetings with billers to discuss inventory.
- Meet with Billing and Collection Committee, including the Managing Partner monthly to determine financial goals and to discuss at risk accounts.
- Troubleshoot eBilling issues with clients and Billing Coordinators
- Prepare yearly performance evaluations for the staff and work with them to complete and attain yearly professional goals.
- Interact with billing attorneys and administrative assistants regarding all aspects of billing services and procedures, including following up with partners regarding aged work-in-progress.
Collections Supervisor
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
01.2020 - 02.2022
- Produced weekly and monthly performance measurement reporting for collection teams.
- Responsible for $245M of inventory.
- Meet with management and partners to discuss and review monthly WIP and A/R.
- Work with Director of Revenue Management, Revenue Operations Manager, Collections Manager and the Compliance & Cash Receipts Supervisor to ensure firm revenue goals are met.
- Managed lead collection improvement process projects to maximize efforts.
- Lead billing/collection meetings with top clients.
- Modeled collection protocols for team to increase performance.
Senior Billing Coordinator
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
06.2015 - 01.2020
- Processed hundreds of proformas/bills for my assigned partners.
- Handled all of the inventory for 2 of the top 3 partners in the firm.
- Conducted follow ups on AR and aged WIP daily.
- Met with Billing Supervisor weekly to discuss stats and future projections.
- Resolved customer inquiries related to billing issues or discrepancies.
- Followed up weekly with partners on aging WIP (unbilled totals)
- Collaborated with external auditors to provide requested information as part of annual audit process.
- Assisted in training new team members on departmental procedures related to billing operations.
Accounting Supervisor
K&L Gates
02.2014 - 06.2015
- Report directly to the Director of Administration.
- Work closely with attorneys to ensure all financial needs are met.
- Manage all accounting and billing functions.
- Review of aged inventory, unapplied funds and budget variance.
- Preparation of annual expense budget.
- Review and approve all invoices and expense reports for processing.
- Maintain client trust and firm bank accounts.
- Review policies and procedures for control and efficiency.
- Reporting and analysis of financial performance and attorney utilization.
- Oversee generation and monthly distribution of proforma run.
- Create monthly reports for Director of Admin and Managing Partner.
- Met frequently with attorneys regarding their collection and billing inventory.
- Ensured time for attorneys and paralegals is entered by the daily deadline.
- Reviewed and reported on billing activity for Director of Administration and Managing Partner.
- Assist lawyers with preparation of alternative fee arrangements for clients including but not limited to financial analysis and comparison to past deal structures.
- Conduct high level billing/collection meetings with top firm clients and liaise with responsible partners and staff regarding same, address areas of concerns/successes to introduce new departmental initiatives.
- Assigning of billing responsibilities to the team.
- Organizing and overseeing training of new employees.
- Ensuring that billing workloads are appropriately balanced so that skill levels are effective.
Billing Coordinator
K&L Gates
02.2008 - 02.2014
- Generate and distribute monthly billing reports and prebills for attorney review.
- Edit, finalize and mail approved invoices with adherence to firm policy and client billing requirements.
- Upload and monitor E-billing invoices.
- Work with attorneys to determine status of aged inventory.
- Attend to attorney and client queries.
- Monitor and manage use of unallocated credits and trust balances.
- Train new hires.
- Create custom reports as requested by the Director of Finance.
- Process accounts receivable write-offs.
- Respond to attorney’s inquiries or concerns regarding accounts receivables for all billed matters, billed, unbilled time.
- Assist billing manager with various projects daily.
- Maintain and update Trust Balances and Unallocated funds for New York.
Cash Receipts/Collections Coordinator
Wilson Elser International Law Firm
01.2006 - 02.2008
- Generated monthly reports detailing collection activities, delinquencies, trends.
- Received payment and posted to appropriate customer accounts.
- Generate and distribute monthly billing reports and prebills for attorney review.
- Assist billing manager with various projects daily.
- Processed Pre Bills on a daily basis.
- Assist collections supervisor with monthly reports.
- Sent out 200 bills a month based on practice group
Cash Receipts Clerk
Wilson Elser International Law Firm
02.2004 - 01.2006
- Performed daily reconciliation of cash applications from multiple sources.
- Researched and resolved payment discrepancies, customer inquiries, and account discrepancies.
- Processed incoming payments by verifying and posting receipts to appropriate accounts.
- Analyzed open receivables and identified unapplied cash items for resolution.
- Assisted with month-end close activities such as the preparation of journal entries related to cash applications.
Education
Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft word
- Arcs
- Elite Enterprise
- SAP
- Upfront
- Alp Executive Inquiry
- Alp proforma Pro
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- AS400
- Prioritizing and Planning
- Proactive and Focused
- Customer Service
Timeline
Revenue Manager
Seward & Kissel LLP
09.2023 - Current
Revenue Operations Manager
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
02.2022 - 09.2023
Collections Supervisor
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
01.2020 - 02.2022
Senior Billing Coordinator
Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP
06.2015 - 01.2020
Accounting Supervisor
K&L Gates
02.2014 - 06.2015
Billing Coordinator
K&L Gates
02.2008 - 02.2014
Cash Receipts/Collections Coordinator
Wilson Elser International Law Firm
01.2006 - 02.2008
Cash Receipts Clerk
Wilson Elser International Law Firm
02.2004 - 01.2006
Criminal Justice
John Jay College of Criminal Justice of The City University of New York
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