Legal Administrative Assistant
KPMG
- Hamilton, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
What you will do
- Manage time, resources, workflow and deadlines of legal professionals, including opening up new files, conducting and coordinating conflict searches and other file-opening processes and procedures, maintaining a filing system for all documents, compiling and organizing materials for work-in-progress, and maintaining a limitations diary
- Work collaboratively with a team of legal professionals
- Assist in the preparation and submission of time and expense reports
- Receive, digitize and direct all KPMG correspondence
- Provide general administrative support to legal professionals such as filing, answering the telephone, making travel arrangements, photocopying, scanning and binding materials as required
- Assist with special projects
What you bring to the role
- College diploma in a legal assistant program or equivalent
- Minimum 2 years’ experience in a similar role, working in a professional business law focused legal environment and/or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Relevant experience in managing and supporting Senior Leadership (preferably gained within a legal/professional/corporate services environment)
- Excellent commitment to providing quality and responsive customer service
- Outstanding time management, problem solving and organizational skills gained in a high volume environment with competing demands and constant changes
- Proven ability to take responsibility and ownership for tasks
- Advanced Microsoft office skills (Word, PowerPoint and Excel)
- Proven team player with the ability to create strong working relationships at various levels and a flexible approach to their work
- Superior communication skills whilst maintaining the highest level of personal and professional integrity