Job Description
DLA Piper is a bold and collaborative firm committed to meaningful work and career growth. The Systems & Data Assistant supports the firm's risk management function by ensuring data integrity related to conflicts and new business forms, while collaborating with various departments to communicate changes to client and matter data.
Responsibilities
- Reviews the breadth of open clients and matters to confirm accuracy and thoroughness of data provided, and updates information, where appropriate
- Performs self-evaluative quality control checks on existing new business intake data
- Communicate with partners and legal professional specialists to gather data
- Works cross-departmentally with Finance and Practice Group Directors, among other departments, to communicate specific and global changes to client and matter data
- Other duties as assigned
Skills
- High School Diploma
- 1 year of quality control or data experience within a law firm, corporate, or academic setting, or similar experience required
- Excellent verbal and written business communication skills, while maintaining a customer service-oriented manner
- Meticulous attention to detail and a proven ability to prioritize and multitask, with the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment while maintaining high level work product
- Ability to identify data integrity issues and subsequently resolve them appropriately
- Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties
- Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner
- Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product
- Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required
- Foster positive work relationships
- Comply with all firm policies and practices
- Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed
- Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment
- Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned
- Bachelor's degree
- Experience writing and communicating in a business environment in an effort to present information in a concise and meaningful end product preferred
- Experience with finance, intake, and conflicts software tools preferred
- Paralegal certificate preferred
Benefits
- Medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
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