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Legal Assistant

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
Squarepoint Capital logo

at Squarepoint Capital

Hedge Funds

Posted 12 days ago

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**Legal Assistant**: Coordinates and administers legal invoices, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely payment. Manages invoice system, tracks bills, resolves discrepancies, and facilitates approvals. Acts as billing point of contact between legal, finance, and external counsel. Requires Bachelor's degree, legal assistant/paralegal experience, advanced Excel skills, robust organization, attention to detail, and strong English communication.

Compensation
Not specified

Currency: Not specified

City
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Country
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Full Job Description

Position Overview:

The Legal Assistant is responsible for supporting the legal department in the review, coordination, administration, and processing of invoices submitted by external legal counsel and other legal service providers. Key areas of work will include:

  • Managing the legal invoice system, including onboarding law firms, creating matter IDs, and
    preparing reports.
  • Receive, log, and track invoices from external counsel and legal service providers.
  • Review invoices for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with agreed billing terms, and
    engagement letters.
  • Identify discrepancies, non-compliant charges, duplicate billing, or missing supporting
    information.
  • Route invoices to the appropriate legal and business stakeholders for review and approval.
  • Submit approved invoices to finance/accounts payable in line with internal procedures and
    payment deadlines.
  • Monitor invoice status and follow up on outstanding approvals, rejected invoices, and payment
    queries
  • Act as a point of contact between the legal department, finance/accounts payable, and external
    counsel on billing and invoice matters.
  • Other ad hoc admin tasks to support the Legal team members.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in law, commerce, data analytics or a related subject.
  • Previous experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, or equivalent.
  • Excellent PC skills, including advance knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
  • Ability to work well with colleagues across multiple regions.
  • Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Outstanding communication in English (both written and verbal).

Legal Assistant

Compensation

Not specified

City: Not specified

Country: Not specified

Squarepoint Capital logo
Hedge Funds

12 days ago

No clicks

at Squarepoint Capital

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Legal Assistant**: Coordinates and administers legal invoices, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and timely payment. Manages invoice system, tracks bills, resolves discrepancies, and facilitates approvals. Acts as billing point of contact between legal, finance, and external counsel. Requires Bachelor's degree, legal assistant/paralegal experience, advanced Excel skills, robust organization, attention to detail, and strong English communication.

Full Job Description

Position Overview:

The Legal Assistant is responsible for supporting the legal department in the review, coordination, administration, and processing of invoices submitted by external legal counsel and other legal service providers. Key areas of work will include:

  • Managing the legal invoice system, including onboarding law firms, creating matter IDs, and
    preparing reports.
  • Receive, log, and track invoices from external counsel and legal service providers.
  • Review invoices for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with agreed billing terms, and
    engagement letters.
  • Identify discrepancies, non-compliant charges, duplicate billing, or missing supporting
    information.
  • Route invoices to the appropriate legal and business stakeholders for review and approval.
  • Submit approved invoices to finance/accounts payable in line with internal procedures and
    payment deadlines.
  • Monitor invoice status and follow up on outstanding approvals, rejected invoices, and payment
    queries
  • Act as a point of contact between the legal department, finance/accounts payable, and external
    counsel on billing and invoice matters.
  • Other ad hoc admin tasks to support the Legal team members.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors degree in law, commerce, data analytics or a related subject.
  • Previous experience as a legal assistant, paralegal, or equivalent.
  • Excellent PC skills, including advance knowledge of Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
  • Ability to work well with colleagues across multiple regions.
  • Highly organised with the ability to prioritise and manage multiple tasks.
  • Excellent attention to detail.
  • Outstanding communication in English (both written and verbal).