Senior Paralegal - Military Veterans

The Claim Review Assessor's responsibilities include:

• Pre-screen: Responsible for "pre-screening" claims at the eligibility, compensation, and amendment stages. This includes deactivating claims and dispositioning amendments as needed, and identifying and entering appropriate missing information requests and placing claims on feeds.
• Feed management: Responsible for compiling presence and compensation feed requests, and manages special feed requests by review team.
• Claim Preparation: Populates claim review worksheets and claim summary templates, including incorporating data from the initial checks completed in pre-screen.
• Administrative Checks: Performs administrative checks prior to peer review or production of the claim to a decision maker in conjunction with the claim reviewer.
• Special Projects: Works on special projects as assigned, focusing on claim review and coordination. Examples include tracking appeals in conjunction with the hearings team, assisting in the tracking of NIOSH disability evaluation requests, coordinating with NIOSH on private physician verifications, tracking of Congressional interest or other claims with unique circumstances, and other projects as needed.

Competencies:

• Understands tasks, task objectives and the context of those tasks in the claim review lifecycle
• Has a collaborative nature and is comfortable coordinating across teams and with various managers, supervisors, and team members
• Comfortable working in an environment with high volume inputs, outputs, and deadlines
• Passionate about attention to detail, deadlines and work quality
• Highly organized, able to multi-task, prioritizes tasks and consistently and accurately performs detailed work under pressure without compromising quality
• Proactively identifies issues that impact claim review coordination and proposes alternate solutions to address issues
• Has excellent typing/keyboarding skills and written and oral communication capabilities

Qualifications:

• Must be able to obtain and maintain MRPT facility credentials/authorization. Note: US Citizenship is required for MRPT facility credentials/authorization at this work location.
• Bachelor's degree with a minimum of 3 years' related experience or Master's degree; paralegal certificate preferred but relevant experience may be substituted with the approval of the Contracting Officer
• Proficient with MS Excel (intermediate user or higher), MS Access and other Microsoft Office suite products
• Strong research and auditing skills
• Experience in claim management or processing environments
• Experience in government programs or litigation support preferred

Reporting Relationships:

• Reports to the Claim Review Support Team Project Manager

Amentum is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran's status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.

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EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans