Secretary - Litigation

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Secretary- Litigation
Duties: Support with the delivery of a global service that supports Partners with Pricing including, support with high-value and high-strategic opportunities, lifecycle matter support, lawyer capability programmers and provision of self-service tools. Build a reputation as a thought-leader and trusted advisor both internally, to partners, other parts of the leadership team, and externally to clients. Partner with practice group and leadership, proactively identifying opportunities and raising challenges to meet business objectives, client profitability goals, and mitigate financial risk. Provide guidance and challenge to the business in support of the assessment of pricing options for individual matters and clients. Provide oversight of client Requests for Proposals (RFPs) assisting and engaging in fee conversations and negotiations with key clients as required. Be an agent of collaboration to facilitate the interface between pricing managers and business development/legal project management (LPM) professionals. Ensure the Pricing team engage with clients directly to understand their Pricing needs and how the firm can best respond to their requirements (when required), building strong relationships with in-house counsel and procurement. Overseeing the preparation of pricing analysis identifying trends, themes and issues in the profitability of client activities and the on-going development, use and interpretation of results from the profitability dashboard to protect and improve results achieved across the business. Taking a proactive approach to identifying internal training requirements to increase commercial know-how and the fundamentals of pricing and profitability across the business, sharing of best practices amongst CRM/BD, partners, fee earners and the wider finance community. Design, prepare and oversea the delivery of such sessions. Leading the North America Pricing team, ensuring that the team continue to be recognized as trusted advisors within the business. Day to day management and mentorship of a team of pricing professionals, providing direction to staff members and assisting in supporting their on-going technical and professional development. Close collaboration and Teaming with the Pricing Lead (“head of”) EMEA & Asia. Regular contact with senior executive management (PGL’s, Department COOs, Directors and the CFO) and the wider partnership through the provision of analytical and planning support in the course of routine and project specific work. Regular contact with local finance teams (most notably local finance managers/financial controllers) to provide support and guidance during analytical and planning projects focusing on international operations to ensure best practice is shared across the function and adopted in a consistent manner. Other contact as required with Partners or Directors/Senior Managers within other Business Service functions as required on specific departmental or cross-functional projects.

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