Legal Billing & Cost Control Specialist (U.S. Legal Focus)

About World Business Lenders ( www.wbl.com)

World Business Lenders (WBL) provides general purpose short-term real estate collateralized commercial loans to a broad customer base comprised of small and medium sized businesses throughout the United States that lack access to traditional funding. WBL services its loan portfolio and loan portfolios for third parties, specializing in the management of non-performing loan pools and REO.

WBL is a U.S.-based company with a 100% remote workforce.

This is a remote Contract / Consultant position.

Working hours will be 9 : 00am-6 : 00pm Eastern Time, Monday through Friday.

The job requires excellent oral and written command of the English language.

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About the Role

We are seeking a highly detail-oriented Legal Billing & Cost Control Specialist with solid U.S. legal experience to join our Treasury and Asset Resolution team. This role will serve as the single subject matter expert in legal billing oversight, cost analysis, and spend optimization.

The ideal candidate brings a deep understanding of U.S. legal billing structures and financial controls, combined with strong analytical and negotiation skills. This position will play a critical role in reducing external legal costs, improving billing accuracy, and implementing sustainable review and reporting processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and approve large volumes of legal invoices from U.S. law firms and vendors.
• Identify billing discrepancies, non-compliant charges, and inefficiencies in spend.
• Develop and implement standardized billing review protocols, reports, and dashboards.
• Collaborate with Finance, Legal, and Asset Resolution teams to align budgets, approvals, and payments.
• Support vendor management, rate negotiations, and billing dispute resolution.
• Prepare regular analytics and performance reports on legal spend and savings achieved.

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