3 results for Legal Operations Specialist in Chicago, IL

Paralegal We are seeking a skilled Paralegal to join our legal department in CHICAGO, Illinois. This role entails providing advanced level application and document support for lawyers and staff, producing a variety of documents, and working efficiently under deadlines. The successful candidate will be proficient in software used in a legal environment and will have a strong understanding of legal format and terminology. Responsibilities: • Proofread, edit, format, and finalize various types of documents (legal and non-legal) using MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat • Create comparison documents using Litera, CompareDocs, and Microsoft Office Native Comparison functions • Diagnose, troubleshoot, and correct problem documents using BigHand and DocXTools • Develop OFT email files in MS Outlook • Convert documents from one application to another using Adobe Acrobat and/or Kofax • Provide Vuture support to draft invitations and announcements • Manage, share, and collaborate using NetDocs • Provide SharePoint support for intranet pages • Contribute to the drafting of specifications, policies, and processes • Perform quality assurance, quality checking, and user testing as needed • Assist callers via remote assistance • Perform or facilitate translations and transcriptions • Perform data entry and analysis services • Provide support for other specialized legal software

Legal Assistant needed for an IP Team We are seeking a dynamic and highly organized Patent Law Project Assistant to join a growing friendly group! In this role, you will assist patent attorneys with their responsibilities and duties, provide support for ongoing cases, and help maintain patent records. Attention to detail, excellent communication skills, confidentiality, and the ability to multi-task are essential in this position.Responsibilities:<ol><li>Assist patent attorneys with drafting and editing legal documents.</li><li>Conduct research on case law, legal articles, and regulations related to intellectual property and patents.</li><li>Coordinate and schedule meetings, court dates, and deadlines for patent attorneys.</li><li>Organize and manage electronic and physical files for each case, ensuring information is accurate, up-to-date, and easily accessible.</li><li>Help with filling patent applications and ensuring they comply with patent laws and regulations.</li><li>Prepare materials for patent trials and assist attorneys during trial when necessary.</li><li>Handle confidential information with discretion and integrity.</li><li>Respond to inquiries from clients and provide them with updates about their cases.</li></ol>

Financial Systems Analyst To apply to this hybrid role, please send your resume to John Sadofsky at [email protected] Let’s get you into a job where you’re not under compensated for your hard work. How about one where the company values your time? A high-end firm that was just rated one of the top places to work in Chicago just created a new Financial Systems Analyst position. Which may seem pretty standard…until you get to the best part: The perks. 1) The pay rates are above what their top competitors pay their employees2) They have higher bonus structures3) There’s work from home flexibility and prioritization for employee work/life balance.4) The position is a fast-track career growth opportunity (as the company is expanding rapidly thru acquisitions)5) And more… Responsibilities:<ul><li>Ensure the timely and accurate execution of the global closing process, planning process and payment processing by coordinating, monitoring, and identifying and resolving issues.</li><li>Address and resolve all issues raised from the CFO community.</li><li>Support the production of information for management and financial reporting, using SAP BW, SAP Analytics Cloud and SAP Analysis for Office.</li><li>Support Finance stakeholders in making best use of the available reporting capabilities.</li><li>Execute and/or contribute to the execution of governance processes for Finance Solutions.</li><li>Support financial audits with the necessary reports and process documentation from financial systems.</li><li>Review the audit findings that relate to the financial applications and processes, identifying possible courses of action to address findings.</li><li>Collaboration with stakeholders to implement steps to mitigate issues.</li><li>Contribute as Finance specialist in agile release trains and other projects and initiatives.</li><li>Work with local and global CFO teams to assess as-is process and system flow, develop/document business requirements, ensure understanding between the company's functions, lead testing, facilitate sign off from CFO unit and ensure implementation and execution of features or other project deliverables.</li><li>Support the development of financial applications and process landscape in close collaboration with the local and global CFO community, IT, process management and Group functions.</li><li>Harmonize, document and implement Finance related processes, based on sound analysis of various inputs from the different Finance teams and other sources.</li><li>Regularly update and review process flows and procedures related to Financial Solutions North America as needed.</li><li>Participate in process improvement initiatives within North America and the Global Finance community, and assure consistency across multiple areas.</li><li>Support the root cause analysis of data quality issues by analysing data, processes, and data flows.</li></ul>