Legal Project Manager Job at Plona Partners, Dallas, TX

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  • Plona Partners
  • Dallas, TX

Job Description

Overview

Base pay range : $100,000.00/yr - $135,000.00/yr

Law Firm (Top 200)

Salary: $100,000 - $135,000 with additional OT and Bonus

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 firms budget management application; serve as the subject matter expert on the dashboard and manage implementation of new features and updates.
  • Utilize the firms financial alerting system to establish budget alerts for matters, consulting with the Legal Project Manager as needed to escalate 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 firms 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 firms 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.
Qualifications
  • 2+ years of experience in positions requiring strong project and budget management skills.
  • Law firm or professional service organization experience is required.
  • Bachelors 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.
Seniorities
  • 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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Job Tags

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