Banking & Finance Legal Assistant

Beacon Hill Staffing Group, LLC; Richmond Heights (MO); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Hill Legal in St. Louis, MO is seeking a Banking & Finance Legal Assistant to support attorneys in a sophisticated practice. This hybrid role offers long-term collaboration with a well-established firm.

You will provide high-level administrative and practice support, manage day-to-day workflows, client intake, and billing coordination, while maintaining strict confidentiality and proactive problem-solving.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of legal assistant or comparable support experience in a law firm or professional services environment preferred.
• Banking, finance, real estate, or transactional experience is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage attorney workflows, priorities, deadlines, and follow-up to ensure matters move forward efficiently.
• Prepare, edit, format, proofread, and finalize legal documents, correspondence, presentations, and other materials.
• Assist with opening new matters, conflict checks, client intake, engagement documentation, and file organization.
• Coordinate with billing teams regarding time entry, invoices, budgets, billing inquiries, and collections.
• Manage attorney calendars, meetings, travel arrangements, itineraries, and scheduling needs.
• Assist with attorney email management, including prioritizing communications and drafting responses.
• Serve as a liaison between attorneys, clients, and internal departments while handling confidential information.
• Maintain electronic files, document organization, and matter-related materials.

Skills

Legal support

Paralegal experience

Banking & Finance

Document proofreading

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Beacon Hill was founded to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing.

Beacon Hill Legal is hiring a Banking & Finance Legal Assistant to support attorneys within a sophisticated Banking and Finance practice in St. Louis, MO.

This is a hybrid position with a well-established law firm and is an excellent opportunity for an experienced legal support professional looking for a long-term role with a collaborative team.

This position will provide high-level administrative and practice support to attorneys, taking ownership of day‑to‑day workflow, client and matter coordination, document preparation, billing support, and overall organization of the attorneys' practices.

The ideal candidate is proactive, highly organized, comfortable managing competing priorities, and able to anticipate attorney needs with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities include:

• Manage attorney workflows, priorities, projects, deadlines, and follow-up to ensure matters move forward efficiently
• Prepare, edit, format, proofread, and finalize legal documents, correspondence, presentations, and other materials
• Assist with opening new matters, conflict checks, client intake, engagement documentation, and file organization
• Coordinate with billing teams regarding time entry, invoices, matter budgets, billing inquiries, and collections
• Manage attorney calendars, meetings, travel arrangements, itineraries, and scheduling needs
• Assist with attorney email management, including prioritizing communications, organizing correspondence, and drafting responses as directed
• Serve as a liaison between attorneys, clients, and internal departments while handling sensitive and confidential information
• Maintain electronic files, document organization, version control, and matter‑related materials
• Coordinate execution, filing, and distribution of legal documents
• Track projects, deadlines, and deliverables and communicate status updates to attorneys
• Provide administrative assistance related to attorney contacts, professional memberships, CLE requirements, and other practice needs
• Collaborate with other administrative and operational teams to delegate work and ensure timely completion
• Utilize Microsoft Office and other legal technology, workflow, automation, and document management tools
• Identify opportunities to improve processes and increase efficiency within the practice

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of legal assistant or similar legal support experience required
• Prior experience supporting attorneys in a law firm or professional services environment strongly preferred
• Banking, finance, real estate, transactional, or corporate experience is a plus
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant professional experience
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Strong proofreading, document formatting, and organizational skills
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast‑paced environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to handle confidential information
• Proactive approach with the ability to anticipate needs and resolve issues independently
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy and follow‑through

Beacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

California residents: Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.

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Company Profile:

Founded by industry leaders to set a new standard in search, career placement and flexible staffing, we deliver coordinated staffing solutions with unparalleled service, a commitment to project completion and success and a passion for innovation, creativity and continuous improvement.

Our niche brands offer a complete suite of staffing services to emerging growth companies and the Fortune 500 across market sectors, career specialties/disciplines and industries. Over time, office locations, specialty practice areas and service offerings will be added to address ever changing constituent needs.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting www.bhsg.com .

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.Beacon Hill. Employing the Future (TM)