Elisa Leontovich
Axinn LLP
NY
19
years of professional experience
Results-driven Billing and Collections Leader with 15 years of experience in optimizing billing operations and resolving complex issues. Expertise in billing resolution, invoicing accuracy, and team development through effective leadership. Strong communicator with a proven ability to foster relationships with diverse colleagues and clients.
Work History
Complex Billing & Collections Lead
2 Years 2 Months- Developed best practices and processes to enhance billing and electronic billing efficiency for the firm
- Review and interpret new or updated client’s Outside Counsel Guidelines by summarizing critical billing terms and compliance factors for firm leadership
- Decrease billing errors and maintain full compliance by leveraging Onyx to enforce client-specific timekeeper and billing rules
- Support collection efforts and financial oversight by delivering reporting on client accounts receivable to the CFO and partners
- Maintain transparent financial records and maximized client satisfaction by resolving major payment discrepancies, including overpayments, duplicate payments, and shortfalls
- Resolved major payment discrepancies, including overpayments, duplicate payments, and shortfalls, ensuring transparent financial records and client satisfaction
- Managed annual attorney rate increases, new hires, and client fee rate arrangements in Aderant and ebilling platforms, facilitating communication with partners and billing team
- Assist Manager with month-end closing, training, ad hoc requests, and department projects, including Aderant upgrade
Billing & Collections Manager
2 Years 5 Months- Managed billing and conflict teams of 7 coordinators across multiple offices, supervising coordination of staff responsibilities and allocating work assignments to optimize team performance
- Improved billing accuracy, system proficiency, and procedural compliance by providing comprehensive training to team members and establishing a consistent development program
- Reviewed and exported time entries from time management systems into Aderant to ensure accurate billing processes
- Update Aderant with new timekeepers, users and rate information
- Addressed high volume of management, partner, and client requests regarding billing inquiries and reporting, ensuring timely resolution of issues
Finance Supervisor
6 Years 11 Months- Supervised daily operations for team of 2 to 7 billing, accounts payable, and conflicts/compliance coordinators, ensuring efficient workflow and timely task completion
- Prepared performance evaluations for finance team and provided training for areas of improvement
- Generated all monthly prebills and created month end reports for Finance Manager
- Review and processed complex bills upon request of billing partners
- Analyzed LEDES files and corrected errors to increase accuracy across client ebilling systems and ensure smooth submission
- Trained all new hires (attorneys, paralegals, and legal administrators) in Carpe Diem and provided orientation for billing and conflicts/compliance.
- Provided support to the conflict team, answered inquiries regarding searches, performed searches on special or off business hours requests, monitored engagement letters for receipt and rate agreements.
- Generated weekly/monthly reports for cash receipts, alternative fee billing, and write-down approvals, facilitating informed decision-making for finance manager and executive director
- Reviewed weekly accounts payable forecast and recommended payables, supporting accurate cash flow management for finance manager
Billing Coordinator
7 Years 7 Months- Generate, edit, process & post over 100 client bills
- Submit electronic billing for all clients using various e-billing platforms
- Ensure all bills are meeting client guidelines and policies for all types of billing and ledes submissions, including responding and settling all inquiries and/or rejections
- Ensured compliance of all bills with client guidelines and policies for various billing types, addressing inquiries and rejections promptly
- Prepared monthly and weekly accruals and budget reviews for billing partners and clients, facilitating informed financial decisions
- Process and report daily cash and wire receipts
- Researched and resolved overpayments, duplicate payments, and short payments, maintaining accurate financial records
- Assist Controller with Accounts Receivable reporting and provide documentation for collections
- Prepare and circulate the firm’s new matter memos. Including, assigning of new client/matters, entering client contact information, conflict details, and rate schedules in the firm’s systems
- Managed client engagement letters by verifying agreement details against billing system records. Confirm details of agreement are consistent within billing system
Education
Bachelor of Science
Skills
Aderant expertise
Chrome River
BillingPoint expertise
iTimekeep
Carpe diem expertise
Legal Tracker
CounselLink
Collaborati
Coupa
BrightFlag
Ascent
Onyx
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Billing Process Optimization
- Client Relationship
- Collections & AR
- Staff Training & Mentoring
- Client Rates
- Conflicts & Compliance
- Invoice Management
- Electronic Billing
- Intake & Onboarding
Timeline
Complex Billing & Collections Lead
Axinn LLP
06.2024 - CurrentRead More
Billing & Collections Manager
Axinn LLP
01.2022 - 06.2024Read More
Finance Supervisor
Axinn LLP
01.2015 - 12.2021Read More
Billing Coordinator
Axinn LLP
05.2007 - 12.2014Read More
York College of the City University of New York
Bachelor of Science
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