Description
Our thriving London office is looking for a Legal Secretary to join the Corporate Practice Group and provide support to a Senior Corporate Partner plus other members of the Corporate partner group. We need you to be an organised, professional individual who has a "can do" attitude and willing to go that extra mile to help colleagues at all times.
Our Team
You will be supporting the Corporate practice group providing secretarial and administration support. You'll be reporting into the London office Secretarial Services Manager and will be working alongside Partners and Associates and other Secretaries. Occasionally you may be expected to provide support to other teams as and when required.
Our Opportunity
In this dynamic and busy role, no two days will be the same This role would be ideal for someone who is an experienced senior secretary, preferably in Corporate, who has some exposure to supporting at senior partner level and is ready to progress their career.
You'll be involved in heavy and complex billing tasks and reports, to include finalising and sending out bills, client and matter inceptions and understanding KYC requirements. Diary management, event support and dealing with international travel form part of this role.
You must have a positive and professional approach at all times and work efficiently in a very busy team.
You
As this is a varied role, you'll need to be an organised, proactive individual who can easily prioritise and juggle workloads. You'll need to have the flexibility to assist other departments when required. You should also be able to use your initiative and spot where help is needed with limited supervision.
You'll also have experience of complex billing, client inceptions and working in a law firm, preferably with Corporate experience. Knowledge of Aderant is preferable.
As you will be dealing with clients of the firm, a positive, can-do and proactive attitude is required whilst portraying a professional image towards the client and the firm. Ideally you'll have good knowledge of all Microsoft packages along with strong keyboard skills, and a good eye for detail are a must
You will need to have experience of working at senior secretary/PA level within a professional service firm.
What You Need To Know
If you are interested in finding out more about this role, please visit our website the first instance. We are unable to process applications sent directly by email. Please complete an online application. No agency CVs accepted at this time.
We are an inclusive employer and aim to ensure our workforce is representative of our society. We welcome applications regardless of age, neurodiversity, disability, family or parental status, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or gender identity and expression or other legally protected characteristics. We will make reasonable adjustments and adaptions to our recruitment process to ensure it is inclusive for anyone who wishes to apply.