Legal Project Manager

Plona Partners; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading legal services firm in the United States is seeking an Associate for budget management and project coordination. You will work closely with attorneys and clients to develop budget proposals, track financial metrics, and implement project management tools. The ideal candidate has over 2 years of experience in budget management, a Bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and strong technical skills, especially in Excel and data visualization. A full-time position with competitive salary and opportunities for growth is offered.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in project and budget management roles.
• Experience in a law firm or professional services is required.
• Strong technical skills with advanced Excel and proficiency in Word and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with teams to develop budget proposals.
• Lead implementation of budgets into the management application.
• Utilize financial systems to establish budget alerts.
• Track legal budgets collaboratively with attorneys.
• Prepare financial and client status reports.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Advanced Excel

Data visualization tools (Tableau, Power BI)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, management, or related field

Tools

Clocktimizer

Iridium

BigHand

Job description

This range is provided by Plona Partners. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$100,000.00/yr - $150,000.00/yr

Law Firm (Top 200)

Salary: $100,000 - $150,000 with additional OT and Bonus

Location: New York, NY

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the Client Value and Client Solutions team and attorneys to scope, analyze comparable data and develop compelling client budget proposals.
• Lead implementation of approved budgets into the firm’s budget management application; serving as the subject matter expert on the dashboard and managing implementation of new features and updates.
• Utilize the firm’s financial alerting system to establish budget alerts for matters, consulting with the Legal Project Manager as needed to elevate budget issues.
• Collaborate with attorneys to track legal budgets including, but not limited to tracking actions, staffing, timelines, deliverables, assumptions, and escalating activities when there are material changes in scope or status.
• Learn and apply knowledge of legal project management tools and systems (e.g., Clocktimizer, Iridium, BigHand).
• Work with the Legal Project Manager, attorneys, and clients to define requirements and develop custom budget reporting for external client portals.
• Prepare and manage financial and client status reports, as required.
• Collaborate to automate the firm’s legal project management workflow and task/phase code groupings, including the creation of dashboards to create and update matter budgets, view matter status reports, and search historical data for future matter planning.
• Assist in the development and proliferation of best practices, tools, budget templates, and reference materials across the firm’s client portfolio.
• Support effective communication strategies on projects/matters that foster a collaborative approach between project workstreams including between our lawyers and our clients.
• Support post project review and post‑mortem assessments and recommend process improvements as appropriate.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in positions requiring strong project and budget management skills.
• Law firm or professional service organization experience is required.
• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, management, or other related business function.
• Strong technical skills, including advanced Excel skills (including use of vertical and horizontal lookups, macros, pivot tables and modeling) and a high level of proficiency in Word and PowerPoint required.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Experience in using data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau or Power BI) is strongly desired.
• Proficient with pivot tables and data cubes, and an understanding of relational databases.

Seniority level

• Associate

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Legal, Project Management, and Administrative

Industries

• Legal Services, Law Practice, and Courts of Law

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