Administrative Assistant

3 days ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Dentons Full time

**Duration**: Permanent
**Location**:London
**Reports to**: Practice Support Workflow Co-ordinator

**Reference no**: 5694

**The Role**

To provide support to our Practice Support Executives to deliver a first class service focusing on process based tasks/activities and general administrative support to our fee-earners and Practice Support Executives (PSEs).

**Responsibilities**

**Key Areas of Responsibility**:

- Routine Organisation and Planning.
- BD and Client Relationship Administration.
- Financial Administration.
- Matter Opening Administration.
- General Administration.

The role is intended to embrace a team-working approach, collaborating with every other member of the team to ensure the overall needs of the business are met.

The role offers excellent experience, training and genuine career development prospects.

**Organisation and Planning**
- Scheduling routine diary arrangements.
- Booking meeting rooms and arranging video conference calls.
- Arrangement of routine travel arrangements.
- Obtaining and arranging foreign currency.
- Set up and maintain paper and electronic filing systems.
- Interface with other business services teams and ownership of resolving any routine business operations problems.

**Business Development and Client Relationship Management**
- Supporting internal processes to ensure CRM databases up to date (Interaction, Credentials database).
- Supporting administration for events, eg, preparing badges, in collaboration with the PSEs and Business Development.

**Financial Administration**
- Assisting with billing process (using Flosuite as required) including completion of narratives.
- Supporting fee-earners with closing InTapp entries and assisting with narratives where required.
- Processing expenses/invoices using Chrome River.
- Supporting post completion of matters (e.g. preparing completion statements, arranging transfer of funds).

**Matter Opening Administration**
- Supporting completion of NBI forms.
- Arranging routine conflicts and AML checks.
- Ensuring all parties lists and contact lists are prepared and kept up to date.

These key areas may vary according to the practice requirements. Additional tasks may include:
**General Administration**
- Production of engrossed documents (including getting annexures together) (non-chargeable).
- Minor copying, scanning, printing tasks.
- Physical preparation of files, bibles, bundles of documents (hard copy or electronic) including pagination and indexing (non-chargeable).
- Deeds scheduling (non-chargeable).
- Archiving/retrieving files.
- Ordering stationery.
- Ordering business cards.

**Personal attributes**
- Ability to follow process workflow maps.
- Flexible and adaptable approach to work.
- Reliable and calm under pressure.
- Good organisation, communication and administrative skills.
- Good eye for detail.
- Strong time management skills. Willingness and enthusiasm to work with and support teams and practice group.

**Firm Profile**

We undertake and support a number of internal and external initiatives aimed at increasing diversity within the profession and we encourage all our partners and staff to get involved. We welcome you to learn more about diversity and inclusion at Dentons. Inclusion and Diversity

**Equal Opportunities**

**NO AGENCIES PLEASE**

Please note that we will not accept unsolicited CVs sent to the business, nor will we accept any associated terms of business.

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