Professional Legal Administrator (PLA)

Klemchuk PLLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Klemchuk PLLC in Dallas, TX seeks an experienced Professional Legal Administrator (PLA) to lead operations for a growing law firm. In-office, full-time role focusing on process improvement, staff leadership, HR, and financial oversight to help protect client value and profitability.

You will implement and optimize the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), recruit and train 13-person team, manage vendors, IT, facilities, and share P&L responsibilities with the owner.

Qualifications

• Creating, implementing, and refining business processes to improve law firm profitability
• Employee engagement, leadership, supervision, and termination as well as Human Resource functions

Responsibilities

• Clarify the owner's vision
• Communicate vision to staff of 13 people, who share core values
• Recruit, onboard, and train the staff needed to grow the firm
• Manage by KPIs
• Supervise HR and payroll
• Oversee IT and facilities
• Share co-participation responsibilities with the owner for P&L

Skills

Process improvement

Leadership

HR management

KPIs

Vendor management

EOS experience

Tools

Clio

QBO

Bill.com

Dropbox

Monday.com

Job description

Professional Legal Administrator (PLA)

In-Office, Full-Time Position

Compensation — Competitive Combination of Base Salary and Incentive Performance Bonus

We assist mid-market businesses and successful entrepreneurs grow and protect their competitive advantage by helping them figure out creative opportunities for their intellectual property, that perhaps they might not have figured out on their own. We are a $2.5M+ Dallas-based law firm with a business plan to grow to $10M by 2027.

Our Five Core Values

• Service: Great attitude, puts others first
• Passion: Driven to make an impact
• Courage: To do the right thing
• Commitment: Someone you can count on
• Innovation: Always open to a better way

We are looking for an experienced Professional Law Firm Administrator (PLA) who has traveled the road ahead of us, shares our core values, and isn't afraid to roll up their sleeves and help us execute on our plan. And by "our plan" we mean the plan we have and the plan you will help us develop by having a seat at the table, because our core values are to fill this firm with people who make a difference and are open to a better way.

We manage the business through the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) or "Traction".

We represent high-end clients. We aspire to provide Nordstrom-level customer service.

Responsibilities

• Help the entrepreneurial owner clarify his vision
• Communicate his vision to the current staff of 13 people, who all share our core values
• Recruit, onboard, and train the staff we will need to grow the firm
• Manage by KPIs
• Supervise HR and payroll
• Oversee IT and manage facilities
• Share co-participation responsibilities with the owner for P&L

Qualifications

• Creating, implementing, and refining business processes to improve law firm profitability
• Employee engagement, leadership, supervision, and termination as well as Human Resource functions (interviewing, payroll, benefits administration)
• Managing KPIs and using common financial reports to make business decisions (budget variance, P&L, cashflow forecast, work pipeline, balance sheet)
• Managing vendors such as bookkeepers, accountants, and technology services
• Playing a role in the management of teams of 10 or more people and budgets of $5M or more
• Ability to implement and effectively run EOS is a big plus

Software and Systems

We will likely grow out of these, but we currently run Clio, QBO, Bill.com, Dropbox, and Monday.com.

This role promises extensive professional and personal growth opportunities.

Employer Contact

Klemchuk PLLC
8150 N Central Expressway 10th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75206
USA
Phone: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]