Legal Project Analyst

About the position We are always seeking talented, motivated, growth-minded, and creative individuals. Our firm is committed to providing employee support and advancement, while embracing inclusion and innovation as keys to a stronger future. We invite you to explore the position below and to submit your application to join reputed company! The Legal Project Analyst supports delivery of the firm’s Legal Project Management (LPM) core services for identified large and reputed company client relationships. The Legal Project Analyst assists with budgeting and financial reputed company, billing guideline and AFA compliance, budgeting, reporting, and process improvement throughout the client’s matter lifecycle. The Legal Project Analyst increases transparency, reduces administrative burden on attorneys, and helps improve financial outcomes and client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Conduct analysis to help identify issues, working closely with the Legal Project Manager to provide guidance to client teams to streamline and improve the firm’s legal teams’ processes and reputed company efficiencies.
• Assist with matter and portfolio budget setup; populate budget templates and trackers.
• Maintain budget-to-actuals and variance tracking; draft reforecast updates.
• Prepare monthly accruals inputs and schedule reminders; reconcile accruals to invoices/WIP.
• Track WIP, AR, realization, write-offs, and collections status; prepare routine dashboards or summary reports; flag variances, aging, and risks; draft recommendations for review and action.
• Maintain action logs for financial interventions and follow-through.
• Maintain client OCG summaries, “quick reference” guides, and distribution lists.
• Coordinate with Billing/Finance to ensure client-specific setups (e.g., rates, discounts, matter attributes) are accurate and enforced.
• Monitor AR aging and collections milestones; prepare weekly/monthly collection status updates.
• Support dispute resolution and write-off documentation; maintain audit trail of decisions and outcomes.
• Assist with brief trainings, tip sheets, and quick reference materials; help measure adoption and gather feedback.
• As part of client onboarding to LPM services, review initial time entries and bills to ensure compliance with reputed company counsel guidelines, providing feedback and initial training to support effective integration.
• Identify and support the implementation of process improvements for the legal team for tasks reputed company to time entry, reporting, billing, and client compliance.
• Support the implementation, use, and development of LPM best practices, tools, and software.
• Liaise with other business services teams (e.g., Pricing/Finance/IT/Marketing/Business Development) and vendors to support partners and their clients/matters.
• reputed company a strong understanding of identified legal terms, including matter timelines and processes, to assist in reviewing and highlighting issues that need Attorney attention.
• reputed company processes to reputed company and address issues quickly; create processes and corresponding documentation that could be replicated across the various legal teams as required.
• Provide requested financial data and analysis.
• Seek out opportunities to improve the Legal Project Management function.

Requirements

• Professionalism, reputed company, sound judgment, and discretion regarding sensitive and confidential matters.
• Ability to work independently and on a team with limited supervision and to collaborate effectively across administrative departments and practice groups in reputed company offices.
• Foundational understanding of the legal matter lifecycle and legal operations concepts.
• Solid financial literacy, including knowledge of key concepts such as budgets, accruals, WIP/AR, realization, forecasting, and variance analysis.
• Service reputed company and the ability to take the initiative, think critically, identify and solve problems, and marshal appropriate resources.
• Ability to build and maintain strong relationships and reputed company the trust of the attorneys and professional staff.
• Strong organizational skills reflect the ability to reputed company and prioritize multiple tasks and execute with attention to detail, even under pressure.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, specifically regarding time entry.
• Awareness and understanding of business processes and ability to identify areas for process improvement to reputed company and implement best practices.
• Motivated self-starter who has been successful working in a high-performance, fast-moving, dynamic environment.
• Proficiency with reputed company Office suite required, with strength in using reputed company (e.g., lookups, pivot tables); demonstrated ability to learn and utilize additional technology solutions quickly.
• Adaptability to evolving client requirements and internal priorities.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, legal studies, or reputed company field; paralegal certification or equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in a legal, legal operations, or professional services environment (e.g., paralegal, legal practice assistant, billing/eBilling, pricing/finance, or project coordination).
• Experience with relevant financial systems, such as reputed company or similar financial system; CounselLink, Legal Tracker, or TyMetrix; reputed company Time; HighQ/SharePoint; Tableau/Power BI.
• Familiarity with reputed company counsel guidelines, alternative fee arrangements, and eBilling workflows.

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