Practice Executive

7 months ago

Melbourne, Australia Allens Full time

Your role

You'll be a part of our Practice Support team and work with Partners and senior legal operatives in our Melbourne office.

At Allens, our structure means you'll work directly with operatives to provide high quality, proactive business support and play a key role in assisting senior legal operatives to manage the financial aspects of their practice, including client reporting.

As a Practice Executive, you will:
- Support: Ensure senior operatives are provided with practice and client management support including, but not limited to, financial support, diary management, expense management, document management and Learning Management System (LMS) administration.- Understand and manage administrative client requirements to ensure consistent client service delivery across matter teams.-
- Manage all administrative duties associated with the financials of a matter including, but not limited to, billing, e-billing audits, tracking of non-dispatched bills, missing timesheets, cost estimates and reporting.- Work collaboratively with members within and outside of the Practice Support team to ensure a high quality of work and standards of services are delivered to all internal and external stakeholders.- Provide guidance to others and be a source of information on drafting, producing documents and practice management process and procedures.

This is a permanent, full-time opportunity. Hybrid working (60% in the office) is how we work however, flexibility matters at Allens and so if you are seeking an alternative arrangement, we would be happy to discuss what would work best for you.

About you

You will have:
- Experience in a similar role, ideally with litigation experience within a law firm (we are also open to experience in finance, accounting or other professional services firms).- Strong written communication skills and keen attention to detail, with the ability to draft correspondence, presentations, pitch documents and slide packs quickly and accurately.- Strong organisation skills and the ability to thrive in an environment of continuous change working with challenging clients or stakeholders.- A high degree of initiative, proactivity and problem-solving skills, with a willingness to take ownership for the completion of tasks/projects and deliver innovative solutions to improve systems and work practices.- Strong influencing skills, with the ability to respectfully manage upwards with stakeholders.- A desire to learn, grow, network and mentor others.

Your development

In joining Allens, you will receive unparalleled learning and development opportunities. You will be challenged, supported and guided as you learn and develop, and will be encouraged to grow. We foster greatness and will coach and support you to meet your goals and aspirations.

Our unique Career Deal allows you to take control of your career and provides a transparent approach to career development. Our international alliance with Linklaters means we are able to support secondments all over the world.

Our perks

Our benefits include:
- Financial: market competitive fixed remuneration; generous incentive plan that recognises both billable and broader contribution, salary continuance insurance, employee recruitment referral program, discounts at hundreds of suppliers including retail outlets, health and travel insurance, charity matched funding program.- Health and wellbeing: fully subsidised gym memberships, annual flu vaccinations, skin checks, in-house snacks and catered meals, subsidised sporting and social activities, emergency childcare, Employee Assistance Program including confidential counselling, wellbeing coaching and financial coaching for employees and their families and regular wellbeing sessions with our in-house consulting Psychologist.- Flexibility: hybrid and flexible working arrangements to support you in your work and life commitments and passions, equipment to support working from home.- Leave: ability to purchase additional annual leave, access to an enhanced, inclusive and flexible- parental leave policy
- 26 weeks paid parental leave with no minimum service for permanent employees and high-quality executive coaching to support the transition.- Recognition: team-based recognition including social activities and contribution-based recognition activities, and annual Allens Values Awards to nominate and recognise the incredible contributions of our people.

Allens is also proud to invest in our communities, giving you the opportunity to make a difference through our work on reconciliation, the environment and other social justice issues as well as our workplace giving and volunteering programs.

About Allens

Allens

is a leading international law firm with a proud 200-year heritage of shaping the future for our clients, our people and the communities in which we work. From playing a pioneering role in the development of legislation and regulatory frameworks in the Asian region, to acting on numerous 'firsts' acro

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