FILLED: Legal Project Manager - Magic Circle Law Firm, City Based, £40,000 - £45,000, Immediate start (DM4372)
DM4372 Legal Project
Manager - Magic Circle Law Firm
PERMANENT, City Based
£40,000 -
£45,000, Immediate start
Our Client is a leading global
Law Firm with an outstanding reputation for delivering high value, high quality
and innovative Professional Services to leading institutions globally.
They have an internal Business
Improvement function which provides consulting support and project management
delivery for firm-wide initiatives to improve the efficiency of their matters,
or deals with clients.
These are large complex
programmes in their own right and they are having considerable success in
improving the way these are approached and handled, creating expansion
opportunities for the team.
The Project Manager will be working
with Senior Lawyers and Business people at the heart of the City legal and
financial world.
The ideal candidate will be sharp
and incisive, able to thrive in a demanding professional and intellectual
milieu, perhaps having had 2/3 years experience in a top tier consulting
environment.
They will be looking to develop
their career in a slightly different direction in an internal business
improvement role.
Details
The Legal Project Manager will be
responsible for supporting large complex pieces of client work and bringing
about business process improvement in the firm. They will be responsible for
the following: - Agreeing
what level of support is required at the outset and ensuring relevant
controls are in place
- Work
with Matter Manager to ensure core matter controls are in place such as
Engagement Terms, Working Parties List, matter plan etc.
- Helping
determining pricing and budgeting and highlighting issues around
profitability, recovery and payment
- Jointly
plan the matter with the core team using the appropriate tool to support
the matter (MS Project, Excel, powerpoint, word tables)
- Creating
a budget for the matter which can be shared with the client
- Putting
in place a process for reporting on WIP and debt monitoring
- Understand
the reporting requirements of the team determining how the reports can be
produced in the most efficient manner
Providing coordination between clients and the internal
team for reporting and communications
Key skills and Requirements
- Excellent
Academics - 1st Class or 2:1 degree from top tier University with an
interest in pursuing a career at the heart of the city
- 3-4
years experience in a Top Tier Consulting or Professional Services
or Legal firm
- Demonstrating
high levels of achievement in business facing roles with some exposure to
the management of complex Projects and Programmes