Accounting Specialist - Milwaukee Joint

Individual(s) must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for immigration support or sponsorship from Milliman now or in the future.

Milliman is seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented individual to join our accounting staff as an Accounting Specialist. This professional will be responsible for invoicing clients, reviewing cash receipts, processing accounts payable, and various other accounting related administrative tasks.

Who We Are

Independent for over 75 years, Milliman delivers market-leading services and solutions to clients worldwide. Today, we are helping companies take on some of the world's most critical and complex issues, including retirement funding and healthcare financing, risk management and regulatory compliance, data analytics and business transformation.

Job Responsibilities

• Review application of cash receipts to client invoices; resolve and investigate any discrepancies
• Gather billing instructions from client facing professionals to generate invoices
• Learn our general ledger coding and various practice expense polices in order to be able to detail review and process employee expense reports
• Monitor for completion of timesheets of other practices
• Roll-up monthly timesheets for billing purposes
• Understand and generate department and practice reports from our financial statement system
• Ensure contract compliance with regard to invoicing, and ensure appropriate linkage between invoices and their respective contract
• Assist with submitting invoices to client contacts and via client portals
• Perform various departmental clerical tasks as needed (filing, invoice drafting, accounts payable filing, process refunds for client overpayments, etc.)
• Contribute to department efficiency by innovating new or different workflows for our internal processes
• Have the opportunity to develop and distribute practice and office wide financial reports
• Work with the team to maintain various client, employee, and inventory databases
• Assist with the development and implementation of both local and firm-wide initiatives and systems
• Be expected to learn, but also be willing to make improvement suggestions
• Other responsibilities as assigned

Minimum requirements

• Associate's degree in accounting, business, finance, or related field of study is required; four-year Bachelor's degree preferred
• 3 or more years of experience in an accounting or finance department, preferably in a law firm or professional services environment
• Working knowledge of electronic time and billing software, programs, and concepts
• Basic knowledge of accounting and financial principles
• Strong problem-solving and analysis skills
• Strong analytical aptitude
• Basic working knowledge of all Microsoft Office products
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel
• Experience with professional services billing operations, with contract compliance preferred
• Any programming (C+, C++, Python, etc) and/or database management experience (SQL, PowerBI, Power Query, etc) preferred

Competencies and Behaviors that Support Success in this Role

• Resourcefulness, creativity, and initiative - independently and instinctively seeks out information, ideas, and solutions; can develop procedures and solutions from scratch and improve current ones
• Effective communication - clearly communicates (orally and in writing) in a helpful and succinct manner; considers their audience and communicates appropriately
• Exceptional organization - has a natural tendency to bring about order, logic, and effectiveness to procedures and systems; enjoys organizing
• Professionalism - is kind and respectful; extends the benefit of the doubt; is trustworthy and dependable; takes ownership of work and accepts accountability; gives and receives feedback in a humble manner
• Quality and accuracy - naturally pays attention to the big and small details; takes pride in work products
• Balances independence and teamwork - knows when, how, and why to collaborate with others or work alone, depending on the task at hand
• Time management and flexibility - prioritizes work and adapts to changes; is flexible with schedule and availability to accommodate time-sensitive tasks; has "client first" mentality
• Interpersonal skills - interacts professionally and effectively with all levels of staff

The Department/Team

We are a hard-working, fun-loving team. The department manager currently oversees seven accounting staff: six full-time billing specialists and one full-time accounts payable specialist. All team members are functionally cross-trained, and each is generally responsible for training the other. Our monthly work-flow ebbs and flows with respect to how busy the practices we serve are. Different practices are busier at different times of the year, but it is usually the middle-to-end of the month when this team is busiest. Collaboration between team members plays an important role in the success of the department. Certain workflows have more interdependence on the team than others, but otherwise, collaboration ensures we can retain flexible scheduling, while also ensuring business continuity.

We are a part of the operational team that supports our office. We partner with the Human Resources and Facilities teams to accomplish things like employee on-boarding, policy drafting and enforcement, and other practice-specific tasks. The total team enjoys camaraderie when working side-by-side on office wide initiatives.

Within Milliman, our particular work group is a shared-services team. We are responsible for supporting six practices (aka business units). Primarily, this team handles invoice generation, review of cash application, fixed asset management, processing vendor invoices, and expense reports.

This work group is not client facing, but focused on serving and managing the client-facing professional consultants within the practices we serve. Professional consultants own the client relationships, but we help manage the details with respect to billing, ensuring contract compliance and application of special bill rates, managing the unbilled inventory, and serving as advisors to consultants for inventory management.

Salary:

The overall salary range for this role is $49,900 - $97,865.

For candidates residing in:

Alaska, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York City, Newark, San Jose, San Francisco, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, or the District of Columbia:

• $57,385 - $88,895 if overall experience is less than 5 years; and
• $63,135 - $97,865 for experience greater than 5 years.

All other states:

• $49,900 - $77,300 if overall experience is less than 5 years; and
• $54,900- $85,100 for experience greater than 5 years

A combination of factors will be considered, including, but not limited to, education, relevant work experience, qualifications, skills, certifications, etc.

Location: It is preferred that candidates work on-site at Milwaukee, WI office. Remote candidates will be considered.

The expected application deadline for this job is May 25, 2026.

Benefits

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support employees' health, financial security, and well-being. Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision - Coverage for employees, dependents, and domestic partners.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Confidential support for personal and work-related challenges.
• 401(k) Plan - Includes a company matching program and profit-sharing contributions.
• Discretionary Bonus Program - Recognizing employee contributions.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) - Pre-tax savings for dependent care, transportation, and eligible medical expenses.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) - Begins accruing on the first day of work. Full-time employees accrue 15 days per year, and employees working less than full-time accrue PTO on a prorated basis.
• Holidays - A minimum of 10 observed holidays per year.
• Family Building Benefits - Includes adoption and fertility assistance.
• Paid Parental Leave - Up to 12 weeks of paid leave for employees who meet eligibility criteria.
• Life Insurance & AD&D - 100% of premiums covered by Milliman.
• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability - Fully paid by Milliman.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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