At Seyfarth, we understand that great people are the key to our success, and we provide the opportunities to match. If you join us, you'll work with state-of-the-art technology in a friendly and professional environment, and we will continue to invest in your professional development. If you want the freedom to grow at a firm that is invested in your future, keep reading.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As an International Accounts Coordinator, you will play an important role in managing the International Department's start-to-finish process of local counsel invoice intake, approval and payment. This role supports the firm's International team of attorneys who engage local counsel from around the world. You will work with various Seyfarth International attorneys, members of the Firm's Finance team, as well as contacts from outside local counsel firms to ensure invoices are received, reviewed and processed in a timely fashion.

THE DAY-TO-DAY:

On any given day, you will use your project management and customer service skills to facilitate the start-to-finish local counsel process by:

• Monitoring the local counsel email inbox and logging all incoming requests for service from our attorneys to local counsel firms in our portal.


• Reviewing invoices received against our billing guidelines and assigning to Seyfarth attorneys for their approval.


• Returning non-compliant invoices to local counsel firms and tracking receipt of replacement invoices.


• Following up with local counsel when invoices have not been received in a timely fashion.


• Following up with Seyfarth attorneys to ensure the invoices they are responsible for are approved in a timely fashion.


• Acting as the first point of contact and resolving requests from local counsel firms and Seyfarth attorneys related to invoices and payment status. Accordingly, a strong customer service orientation is highly desirable.


• Keeping record of all communication related to invoices for potential future need.


• Providing periodic reports as requested.


• Suggesting improvements to the local counsel process, as needed, and working with Seyfarth's technology team on any portal-related improvements.

YOU HAVE:

The International Accounts Coordinator will have:

• A college degree or related experience.


• Law firm or similar experience


• Superior organizational and project management skills, with an extreme attention to detail.


• Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential, including the ability to effectively communicate with all levels of personnel.


• Strong technology skills, including MS Office Suite, and an ability to navigate technology in work processes. Experience with Elite Enterprise helpful.


• Cultural sensitivity and an interest in interacting with colleagues across the globe.


• A high degree of initiative and independent judgment with excellent troubleshooting and follow-through skills.

WHAT WE PROVIDE:

Seyfarth provides competitive salary and benefits at all levels, and our culture embraces the entrepreneurial spirit of its professionals like no other firm. Our allied professionals are a collaborative team, helping to define the unique client experience offered by the firm. We understand that it takes more than attorneys to build a successful legal practice; everyone participates in our commitment to excellence.

We are also proud to be an influential leader in inclusion and diversity. The firm has been recognized for our efforts by the Human Rights Campaign and the Minority Corporate Counsel Association. We are Mansfield 2.0 certified, a reflection of our ongoing commitment to advancing candidates from underrepresented groups.

MORE ABOUT SEYFARTH:

With more than 900 lawyers across 17 offices, Seyfarth Shaw LLP provides advisory, litigation, and transactional legal services to clients worldwide. Learn more about The Seyfarth Experience at www.seyfarth.com/careers/.

Seyfarth Shaw is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value and encourage diversity and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, military and veteran status, gender identity or expression, genetic information, change of sex or transgender status, genetic information or any other basis protected by federal, state or local law.

To achieve our goal of equal opportunity, Seyfarth Shaw maintains an affirmative action plan through which it makes good faith efforts to recruit, hire and advance in employment qualified minorities, females, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans. If you would like more information about your EEO rights as an applicant under the law, please click EEO is the LAW and the Supplement poster through the followinglink:https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/migrated_files/employers/poster_screen_reader_optimized.pdf

Seyfarth is an EO Employer -M/F/Veteran/Disability/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity.

It is an essential job requirement to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 for this role. If you need an accommodation of any kind for religious or disability reasons, including related to this job requirement, please contact Human Resources.

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