Corporate Legal Operations Specialist

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Legal Operations Specialist managing e-billing, matter management, invoices, and legal spend reporting at S&P Global. Supporting law firms, Finance, Procurement, and legal technology initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Serve as primary administrator and day-to-day coordinator for the department’s e-billing and matter management platform
  • Process, review, and monitor legal invoices for timely approvals, accurate coding, and billing-guideline compliance
  • Coordinate matter setup, law firm onboarding, vendor maintenance, user support, and system administration
  • Monitor invoice exceptions, billing-rule violations, approval workflow issues, and matter data quality
  • Resolve operational issues with internal stakeholders and law firms
  • Support outside counsel engagement, fee arrangements, accrual tracking, budgets, and law firm communications
  • Generate routine and ad hoc reports on legal spend, accruals, vendor performance, matter activity, and operational metrics
  • Partner with Finance, Procurement, legal professionals, and technology teams on invoice payments, spend management, and process improvements
  • Maintain e-billing documentation, process guides, billing records, and controls for governance and audit readiness
  • Assist with legal technology implementation, testing, training, rollouts, workflow improvements, and operational initiatives
  • Coordinate special projects, including project plans, status updates, dashboards, communications, action-item tracking, and stakeholder follow-up
  • Conduct process analysis and research to identify improvement opportunities and improve the user experience
  • Use company AI tools to support better ways of working
  • Support departmental communications, training materials, playbooks, standard operating procedures, and adoption resources

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience
  • 3+ years of experience in legal operations, e-billing administration, legal support, finance operations, procurement operations, project coordination, or a related field
  • Experience with e-billing, matter management, finance, procurement, or other enterprise business systems
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint
  • Ability to prepare clear reports, summaries, and executive-ready materials
  • Experience supporting projects, tracking milestones, following up on action items, and helping drive workstreams from planning through execution
  • Experience using AI-enabled productivity tools
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Analytical and problem-solving ability
  • Ability to handle confidential information and exercise sound judgment
  • Experience with Legal Tracker, Ariba, or similar platforms preferred
  • Experience supporting outside counsel management, legal spend administration, invoice review, accruals, budgets, or billing guideline compliance preferred
  • Experience with technology implementations, user testing, change management, training, or process redesign preferred
  • Knowledge of Power BI, Smartsheet, or similar platforms preferred
  • Indefinite right to work in the United States

Benefits:

  • Annual incentive plan
  • Health care coverage
  • Generous time off
  • Continuous learning and career development resources
  • Retirement planning
  • Continuing education program
  • Company-matched student loan contribution
  • Financial wellness programs
  • Family benefits and perks
  • Retail discounts
  • Referral incentive awards