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A leading economic and financial consulting firm located in New York City is actively seeking a Senior Legal Executive Assistant to join their team. The successful Senior Legal Executive Assistant will have primary responsibility for providing administrative support to 3-5 local executives to optimize efficiency, while independently managing administrative tasks and coordinating special projects. The Senior Legal Executive Assistant will be responsible for handling confidential firm information, which requires a high level of discretion while simultaneously anticipating administrative needs, managing workload, and producing work of the highest quality in a timely manner. The firm is looking for an innovative problem-solver with a great eye for detail and an even greater sense of ownership. The ability to juggle multiple tasks, requests, and priorities while also mentoring and collaborating with team members is essential to success in the role.
How You’ll Help the Team Succeed:
- Assist with monthly billing duties for executives including proofreading and editing billing narratives for client invoices and tracking accounts receivables.
- Assist with conflict checks, generate engagement letters, and create correspondence files.
- Mentor junior staff members and lead administrative staff training sessions.
- Manage executives’ calendars, travel arrangements, and process expense reports.
- Assist with the coordination of promotional materials for business development.
- Coordinate internal or client meetings and special events.
- Create, organize and maintain administrative structure for each project (LAN and hard files, document storage, project set up and closure.
- Compose and process routing correspondence. Proofread all written materials.
What You’ll Need to Be Successful:
- 3+ years of directly related experience – law firm experience as a legal secretary, legal assistant or even paralegal is highly preferred, pretty much required as there is a large billing portion of this role
- The desire to take initiative and actively contribute to the team and the firm.
- The ability to communicate effectively and professionally.
- Strong business acumen and the ability to learn the firm’s financial and operational functions.
- The mindset to provide superior service.
- Intermediate to advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word) and the ability to learn new applications/tools used office or firm wide.
- Exemplary attention to detail and highly organized.
- Flexible and able to work effectively under deadlines.
- Paralegal experience is a plus.
- High School diploma or demonstrated equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
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