PA - Banking & Loan Finance

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working patterns

Job summary

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is seeking a professional Personal Assistant in the Banking and Loan Finance group. The role supports fee earners, handles billing tasks in 3E, and requires proactive calendar and travel management within a flexible hybrid pattern.

The position is based in the UK with a 35-hour work week and potential for remote work. The successful candidate will manage complex documents, communications, and client relations, while adapting to workload changes and providing cover for

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Billing experience, preferably 3E.
• Excellent organisational and administrative ability.
• Meticulous attention to detail.
• Professional telephone manner.
• Accurate typing at minimum 60 wpm.

Responsibilities

• Build an understanding of fee earners' work and client relationships.
• Demonstrate strong organisational skills and initiative.
• Organise workload and communicate progress with fee earners.
• Take ownership of enquiries and escalate as appropriate.
• Diary management – arranging meetings, calls and lunches.
• Organising travel and providing detailed itineraries.
• Taking accurate and detailed telephone messages.
• Produce long, complex house-style documents and edits; check accuracy.
• Maintain filing systems, e-filing and archiving; retrieve files.
• Support client billing in 3E and monitor payments.
• Share knowledge with others; build internal networks.
• Provide cover for wider team as needed; support team admin.
• Ad hoc duties as required; role may change with business needs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Proactive attitude

Ownership mindset

Client-focused

Education

GCSEs English and Maths (5 GCSEs)

Tools

Outlook

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

BigHand

Job description

Job Title

PA

Department

Banking and Loan Finance

Office Location

UK

Reports To

Head of EMEA Secretarial Services

Working Hours

35 hours per week, 9:30am to 5:30pm but additional hours may be required. We are happy to consider agile and flexible working patterns. Our approach to hybrid working allows for up to 40% of time working from home and 60% working in the office. Please contact a member of the recruitment team to discuss further.

Role Description

Delivering a professional secretarial, organisational and administrative service, including supporting client billing. The role requires a proactive and responsible individual with a proven track record of independently managing their workload, demonstrating initiative, and delivering comprehensive, client-focused solutions in a dynamic and evolving environment for an allocation of lawyers within a legal group. The role requires flexibility to move between practice groups, PA Support Team or departments based on business needs as required by the firm.

Key Responsibilities/Accountabilities

• Build an understanding of the nature of the fee earners work, get to know their clients and build relationships with them and the client PAs


• Demonstrate strong organisational skills, regularly act on own initiative, highlighting issues and suggesting possible solutions


• Organise and prioritise workload and keep a level-headed approach in a busy working environment and communicates regularly with fee earners on work progress


• Take ownership of enquiries, resolving or escalating (or identifying alternative contacts) as appropriate


• Diary management - arranging meetings, conference calls, lunches etc


• Organising travel (including flights, accommodation and restaurants) and providing the fee earners with detailed itineraries


• Taking accurate and detailed telephone messages


• Produce long, complex and accurate house-style documents, manuscript amends, audio dictation and document comparisons, checks own work to ensure accuracy


• Accurate and regular maintenance of filing systems, e-filing, and archiving and retrieval of files from storage and opening new matter files


• Supports client billing process in 3E, preparing and producing bills, keeping accurate records of expenses, disbursements and fees for client billing, liaising with billing department to monitor payment of fees and responding to internal and external requests for back up documentation and further information


• Actively source and share knowledge with others


• Build a network of strong working relationships both internally and externally


• Provide cover for others in the wider team as requested and support team admin


• Ad hoc duties as and when required


• The role and responsibilities are subject to change at any time to reflect the needs of the business

Person Specification

The candidate Excellent interpersonal skills with an ability to interact with people at all levels Self-motivated individual with a proactive approach Keen to take ownership Ability to think quickly and solve administrative challenges effectively, leveraging support service departments when needed Client orientated approach – client-focused both internally and externally Willing to become involved with a desire to learn Flexibility with overtime Skills and experience Previous legal PA experience Excellent secretarial skills, fast accurate typing Excellent written and verbal communication skills Strong document production skills Billing experience, preferably 3E Excellent organisational and administrative ability Meticulous attention to detail Professional telephone manner, fielding calls where appropriate Professional/Technical Skills: Accurate typing at minimum 60 wpm net Advanced knowledge of MS Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint Experience of using BigHand or other similar workflow management tool Qualifications and training Minimum 5 GCSEs or equivalent at A-C including English and Maths

Equal Opportunities Employment & Agile Working Statement

It is the policy of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader to provide equal opportunities for all employees in relation to recruitment, training and promotion. Decisions in these areas will be made only by reference to the requirements of the job and shall not be influenced by any consideration of racial or ethnic origin, religion, sex, gender and gender identity, age, sexual orientation, marital and civil partnership status, pregnancy or disability. Our goal is to embed flexibility across our business by giving everyone the opportunity to work in an agile way, whether as a regular pattern or on an ad hoc basis and we will be happy to discuss this further.

Recruitment Policy

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader operates a Preferred Supplier List (PSL) for Business Team and Secretarial Services recruitment in the UK. We do not accept speculative or unsolicited agency submissions / candidate introductions, via email, from agencies outside of the PSL. Nor will we be liable to pay any placement fees for submissions / candidate introductions submitted directly to any Partners or employees of Hogan Lovells Cadwalader.

About the Employer

Hogan Lovells Cadwalader brings together more than 3,100 lawyers across 36+ worldwide offices, combining global reach with deep sector expertise. Strategically placed at the intersection of business, finance, and government. Working seamlessly across practice areas and borders. Our combination marks a new chapter. Prepare to join teams of people that want you to succeed, where ideas move quickly, support is shared freely, and colleagues help each other grow, creating an inclusive culture where everyone can belong. You’ll be challenged to perform at the highest level in an environment shaped by precision, judgement, and exceptional standards. It’s a culture that expects excellence and gives you the opportunity to develop in every moment. Hogan Lovells Cadwalader is a global law firm with offices in many jurisdictions and countries. Some of the information displayed may not be applicable to the region in which you are applying, your individual situation or the local legal framework. The system uses standard terminology that applies irrespective of whether you are/will be an employee, partner or self-employed.

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