Word Processing Lead Operator

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz is seeking an entry-level document processing assistant to support the department’s procedures and data entry.

The role involves accurate editing and input of documents, scanning, formatting, and assisting with workflow turnover between shifts. The position follows a Wednesday–Sunday 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. schedule in a normal office environment within New York.

Qualifications

• 3-5 years experience in a word processing center environment.
• Strong customer service and communication skills.
• Thorough knowledge of computer equipment and document processing software.

Responsibilities

• Accurately edit/input, scan, convert and format legal documents.
• Proactively fill gaps in front desk workload when needed.
• Coordinate workflow electronically to ensure quality document production.
• Attend ongoing training classes to develop proficiency in applications used by the firm.

Skills

Customer service

Team player

Task prioritization

Independent worker

Communication skills

Education

3-5 years word processing center experience

Tools

Microsoft Office 2010

Job description

Summary:

Participate in the development of departmental procedures. Attend on-going training classes. Assist with accurately entering data in the department’s Document Tracking database. Assist with a seamless turnover of workflow instructions from one shift to next.

Shift: Wednesday - Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ability to accurately edit/input, scan, convert and format legal documents.
• Ability to take initiative and proactively fill gaps in front desk workload whenever needed.
• Assisting with electronically coordinating workflow to ensure quality document production.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills across multiple platforms.
• Assisting legal and non-legal personnel, as needed.
• Ability to analyze documents and provide time estimates.
• Ability to handle and facilitate formatting large excel spreadsheets into a printable format.
• Assisting and coordinating detailed distributions of documents.
• Flexibility to cover other WP shifts, as needed.
• Attending on-going training classes to develop proficiency in all applications used by the firm for document production.
• Ability to assist and facilitate creating and editing graphic presentations.
• Ability to assist and facilitate the SEC compliance of PDFs to a PDFA format.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Required:

• Exemplary customer service skills necessary to communicate effectively and provide information with courtesy and tact, often under tight time constraints.
• Being a team player – able to work well with supervisors, coordinators, word processing operators and other departments.
• Expert knowledge of Microsoft Suite 2010 (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Visio and Outlook).
• Thorough knowledge of computer equipment and various software packages relating to document processing.
• Ability to organize and prioritize numerous tasks.
• Ability to work independently, including being resourceful and problem-solving.

Education and Experience:

• Three to five years experience in a word processing center environment.

Working Conditions:

• Normal office environment with little exposure to excessive noise, dust, temperature, etc.

Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz provides competitive compensation and benefits to its employees ensuring that we attract and retain the most talented individuals. The expected base salary range for this role is $110,000 - $115,000. The base salary offer is based on a variety of factors which includes, but is not limited to, qualifications, education and experience.

The above is intended to describe the general content of and requirements for the performance of this job. It is not to be construed as an exhaustive statement of essential functions, responsibilities or requirements.