Responsibilities:
As a successful candidate you will be required to perform the following:
•Serving as the Law Organization’s liaison with outside counsel.
•Oversight of the Matter Management and e-billing system.
•Guidance of Strategic projects and initiatives, relevant policies and procedures.
•Tracking and analyzing relevant billing data, statistics, and trends.
•Providing billing reports and analysis to Law Management to assist with decision making.
•Assisting in budget monitoring and forecasting.
•Negotiating with outside counsel to ensure competitive and fair billing.
•Resolving billing disputes and discrepancies.
•Developing and implementing cost control initiatives, whilst optimizing outside counsel spend.
•Evaluating rate increase requests, implementing alternative fee arrangements, tracking and monitoring performance scorecards, and coordinating annual outside counsel meetings and other programs.
•Evaluating requests for proposals with outside counsel.
•Conducting risk assessment and developing commensurate contingency plans.
•Identifying resource requirements, processes, costs and timelines.
•Leading the sourcing of legal vendors.
Identifying trends influencing the Law •Organization’s legal spend and matter workload
Minimum Requirements
As a successful candidate you will have:
•Bachelor degree in business, engineering or a related discipline. Law is preferred
•Minimum 12 years relevant experience with a large corporation, law firm, or professional services company.
•Demonstrable understanding of traditional and alternative fee arrangements.
•Working knowledge of relevant systems and tools available for matter, document, and vendor management, including e-billing systems.
•Ability to influence and leverage relationships within and outside the Law Organization.
•Excellent analytical skills and the ability to make informed recommendations.
•Ability to present complex information in an accurate and persuasive manner to all levels of management.
•High level of professionalism, team player, and a strong client service orientation; and,
•Ability to easily handle shifting priorities and multi-tasking in a deadline-oriented environment.
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