Legal Operations Manager
Netflix
Los Angeles, CAThis was removed by the employer on 4/2/2019 5:12:00 PM PST
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The Opportunity:
With over 139 million paying subscribers enjoying great content in over 190 countries, it is an exciting time to work at Netflix. Our international efforts have brought Netflix to virtually all countries around the globe and we are excited to bring even more of our Originals programming to our viewers everywhere.
Netflix seeks an experienced Legal Operations Manager responsible for driving progress on strategic financial management and outside counsel program initiatives focused on increased efficiencies and effectiveness for the Legal department.
The successful candidate will have prior experience working with legal organizations, law firms and Finance departments, strategic financial management (excellent budgeting and forecasting experience), in-depth knowledge of legal e-Billing tools and processes in addition to managing and supporting projects across the range of legal areas supported by a Legal Operations function. This is a demanding and fast-paced role that requires passion for excellence and innovation.
This is an opportunity to be part of a public company with a great consumer brand and to help Netflix shape the future of entertainment.
Responsibilities
include but are not limited to:
• Acting as strategic advisor to legal leadership managing and supporting the legal budget process, financial forecasting for legal spend, headcount and anticipated growth, spend analysis and insights identifying opportunities for efficiency
• Liaising between various Legal teams, Finance Operations and Financial Planning & Analysis on accruals, payment processes, matter budgets and forecasting
• Setting the strategy for a strategic financial and outside counsel management program using a combination of industry best practices, our Legal Operations vision and mission, and our Legal department and company priorities
• Developing and implementing law firm and other vendor strategies including billing guidelines, rate and fee arrangement negotiations
• Functioning as ebilling subject matter expert for all legal teams creating matters in system and/or work closely with coordinators on creating matters and resolving billing issues
• Onboarding new vendors, as necessary, liaising with Finance Operations and partner systems process
• Providing support to suppliers (law firms and non-legal vendors) on ebilling regarding invoice submissions, on-boarding, accruals, etc.
• Creating a reporting protocol, including running monthly reports, maintaining dashboards and designing new dashboards
• Proactively monitoring ebilling progress including status reporting in ebilling system, work-in-progress, client, matter and timekeeper set-ups, and other key process aspects.
• Developing and deliver training to legal team members on new ebilling processes to deliver better financial reporting and efficiency
• Working collaboratively with Employee Tech, Legal Operations and Finance Operations on support of our internal ebilling tool (Serengeti), or the introduction of any new technology or technical integration
Minimum Qualifications
• 6 years of work experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, and/or other specifically applicable experience preferred
• Understanding of budget, forecasting program management in a legal environment
• Strong influencing, collaboration and communication skills, including the ability to operate in a highly matrixed environment and work cross-functionally
• Strong execution skills
• Ability to sort through details while staying focused on the big picture
• Ability to present complex ideas concisely
• Self-motivated/independent/resourceful
• Proven track record of improving team organization and department efficiency