Legal Staff Information Technology in Los Angeles, CA

Law Firm

Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff Information Technology in Los Angeles, CA

Legal Staff

Max 5 yrs required

No

Job Title: Project Analyst

Job Responsibilities:

The Project Analyst (PA) is a full-time, exempt position responsible for providing input, auditing, and analytical support for various projects related to practice management within the law firm. The main duties include:

Practice Group Projects:
- Collaborate with Practice Group Managers and Legal Project Managers to enhance processes and manage specific project segments.
- Develop project management skills and a deep understanding of practice group economics, task codes, and client requirements.
- Gain a thorough knowledge of outside counsel guidelines relevant to time entry, invoicing, pricing, and rate requirements.
- Maintain a proactive and collaborative relationship with the Pricing and Legal Project Management Team, Finance and Accounting Department, Business Development Team, and Practice Leaders and attorneys.
- Utilize tools and analytics to improve time entries and guide rates and pricing strategies for profitable growth.
- Assist Intake Clerks with SharePoint/Case Management inputs.

Billing and Time Entry Projects:
- Audit time entries according to outside counsel guidelines.
- Run scripts to generate lists of new time entries and make necessary changes to entries still in WIP.
- Split block billing narratives into separate entries when appropriate.
- Escalate issues to timekeepers or billing partners for non-descriptive narratives, block-billed entries, or any errors in narratives.
- Address issues related to multiple timekeepers completing the same task or attending the same meeting.
- Run Billblast reporting on e-billing client rejections and reductions.
- Work on automation to correct repetitive errors in the time entry system using macros, scripts, or error messages.
- Document and analyze required information and data.

Secondary Job Functions:

Pricing Related Projects:
- Support partners with pricing requests, time entry best practices, fee estimates, and pricing approaches.
- Create and document best practices in time entry, pricing, and profitability.
- Maintain current knowledge of trends and developments in the area of specialization, encouraging innovative thinking and sound judgment.
- Uphold the highest level of confidentiality for all firm records and files.
- Assume additional responsibilities as requested.

Education and Experience Information:

- A BA/BS degree is preferred.
- The candidate should be self-motivated, strategic, and analytical, with a high level of initiative and attention to detail.
- Experience in constructing complex models, financial analyses, and reports using Excel and other relational-database systems is required.
- Exceptional organizational skills, time management skills, and the ability to meet deadlines and manage competing priorities are essential.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the firm, both internally and externally.
- Demonstrated ability to learn new technology quickly.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments, use initiative and judgment to accomplish results, and participate as a team leader or member.
- Ability to travel to other offices of the law firm.

Salary Information:

The salary range for the Project Analyst position is $55,000 - $65,000. Any offered salary is determined based on internal equity, internal salary range, market data, applicant skills, relevant experience, degrees, or certifications.

This job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees in this job. It is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required for this job classification.