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KPMG US · 5 hours ago

Experienced Associate, Legal Business Services

Chicago, IL

Full-time

Hybrid

Entry Level

1+ years exp

KPMG is one of the world's top tax firms, and they are seeking an Experienced Associate in their Legal Business Services practice. The role involves executing engagements for legal department and law firm clients, integrating technology and process improvements, and optimizing legal technologies.

Financial Services

No H1B

Responsibilities

Help execute on LBS engagements for legal department and law firm clients across LBS's three service lines: Legal Managed Services, Legal Operations Consulting, and Legal Technology Innovation; engagements include managed services engagements for legal departments; strategic assessments for legal teams; legal technology optimization, selections and implementations, including CLM and Gen AI applications for legal teams (among others); organizational/target operating model design initiatives; legal/business process improvements; governance models; legal metrics and data; strategic modeling and impact analysis; legal resourcing strategies, and others

Support progress against project milestones to help ensure timely completion of project deliverables

Develop recommendations on how to integrate technology and process improvement and change management activities

Create and analyze metrics, performance measurements, requirements, reports/recommendations related to management, organizational structure, and policies/procedures

Design, develop, manage, and document processes and project plans in a complex and dynamic environment, adjusting as needed to meet changing client requirements

Support the selection, implementation and optimization of legal technologies including Generative AI, Workflow Automation, Enterprise Legal Management, Contract Lifecycle Management, eBilling, Matter Management, and more

Qualification

Legal business consultingLegal technology innovationLegal managed servicesBusiness transformationChange managementBusiness analysisTeam collaboration

Required

Minimum one year of recent prior experience working in legal business consulting, legal technology innovation, and/or legal managed services; experience could include, among other things, work in a consulting/advisory firm on behalf of legal teams; time spent in the legal technology field such as at a legal technology provider or implementation partner; experience in a legal department, law firm, management, operations and/or work in the field of legal-related data and analytics

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university

Understanding of business transformation, functional processes, financial management, technology, resourcing, performance management, and change management relating to corporate legal departments, law firms, and other legal-sector related businesses strongly preferred

Experience preparing and conducting business analysis and studies, needs assessments, requirement analysis/definition, and cost benefit analysis

Ability to work in and support a team environment

Ability to travel up to 50%

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; KPMG LLP will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa)