Legal Assistant Finance
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Job Description
The Opportunity
We are seeking an experienced Legal Assistant to join our leading and awardwinning Finance practice group to be based in Melbourne on a fulltime basis.
As Legal Assistant you will play a pivotal role supporting Partner Andrew Booth and team of senior lawyers with all administrative needs.
Your day will involve:
As a trusted member of the team your day will be filled with a variety of tasks including:
- Managing billing processes for your direct team including clients with specific and more complex billing and administration requirements
- Assisting with meeting and event preparation
- Managing Partners internal and external appointments with appropriate meeting lead times including travel and diary management
- Assisting with the teams business development needs
- Coordinating and managing a broad variety of responsibilities and deliverables.
Skills & experience:
The successful candidate will have a proactive approach to delivering your work and strong attention to detail.
You will also have:
- A minimum of 3 years Legal Assistant experience
- Previous billing experience is essential
- Ability to anticipate Partner requirements to reduce administrative time
- Prior experience supporting 1 or more Partners in a busy practice group
- Previous matter management experience
- Strong time management and organisational skills
- Diary management experience
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Suite
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- A demonstrated ability to build effective relationships with stakeholders.
What you can expect from us:
- Were a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia we are committed to high performance collaboration diversity and digital innovation. We are clientcentred commercially driven and renowned for our solutionfocused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.
- We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.
- We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences supportive challenges team collaboration mentors and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.
- We value your wellbeing both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support youll have it and well empower you to harness your personal strengths navigate uncertainty embrace opportunities and effectively manage things within your control.
- For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click/ copy this link into your browser https://marketing.hsf/20/29354/landingpages/hsfbenefits.pdf
- Join us to be part of a human bold and outstanding team at Australias market leading law firm.
We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our ValuesHuman Bold and Outstanding.
For a confidential conversation please contact Kara Powell Recruitment Adviser on For all applications please apply via this advertisement.
This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you.
Team
FinanceWorking Pattern
Location
MelbourneContract type
Permanent ContractDiversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our ValuesHuman Bold and Outstanding.
Employment Type
Full-Time
