Legal Operations Business PartnerLondon£65,000 - £80,000 + Bonus & benefits

The CompanyA Legal Operations Business Partner is sought by a leading business services group with an enviable portfolio of FTSE 100 and Blue Chip clients. This organisation offers a broad range of services across international offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Ambitious growth plans and continued profitable expansion within all markets and regions has created a new opportunity for a Legal Operations Business Partner to join the team.

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Operations Business Partner

Strategic Planning:

• Contribute to growth objectives and support building Legal Ops service lines.
• Act as a senior member of the practice group operations team to implement the Legal Ops strategy.

Project Management:

• Responsible for end-to-end management of projects and matters related to your specific practice group.
• Identify opportunities to implement LPM resources and methodologies.
• Demonstrate understanding of specific types of legal work and how to design tailored delivery solutions.

Process Improvement/Change Management:

• Identify 'AS IS’ and 'TO BE’ states to develop recommendations that enhance productivity and streamline delivery/processes.
• Evidence the ability to deliver change effectively and onboard stakeholders with trust and collaboration.
• Facilitate workshops to design processes and act as a change agent for projects.

Data Analysis:

• Ability to gather, analyse, and derive informed insights from relevant data.
• Define relevant KPIs and metrics to articulate value and reporting.
• Strong financial acumen to understand different financial models.

Technology and Systems:

• Understand scope and functionality of legal tech to support client solutions.
• Understand billing and time-recording systems to support matter set-up and solution design.

Training and Development:

• Contribute to designing internal and client training content and bespoke client training solutions.
• Effectively deliver training to senior stakeholders and in-house legal teams.

Skills & Attributes of the Legal Operations Business Partner

• Experienced Ops professionals from professional services or the legal sector.
• Evidence of a consultative mindset, experience, and knowledge of the legal profession.
• Demonstrate business change delivery projects experience
• Have a strong ability to translate objectives into tangible outputs.
• Degree (or equivalent)

• PRINCE 2 (or equivalent)
• Lean Six Sigma (or equivalent)
• Excellent working skills of all MS Office applications, including strong Excel skills for analysis.
• Experience of process mapping tools

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy. Our divisions include: Legal Operations (Legal Tech and Legal Project Management, LPM, Operations Project Managers, Change, Innovation and Process Improvement); Accounting & Finance (Part and fully qualified Accountants); Pricing & Strategy; Pfi/PPP & FM.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.

Ref: BHJOB3543_5860