Accelerate Her Future® · 2 days ago
Legal Assistant III
Houston, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expAccelerate Her Future® is seeking a Legal Assistant III to join their Enbridge Legal Services team. This role involves providing legal administrative support to in-house lawyers in the Major Transactions and Ethics & Compliance groups, including managing schedules, legal e-billing functions, and document management.
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Responsibilities
Coordinate personnel schedules, meetings, appointments, and events. Handle all logistics relating to meetings and events
Handle all logistics relating to in-person meetings, CLE’s and Team Building events
Assist with onboarding of employees joining the MT group or the E&C group (including Litigation)
Arrange travel, and process expenses through Oracle Cloud
Open and close TeamConnect matters, manage external counsel budgets, accruals, and process all incoming invoices for inhouse lawyers I support in the MT group or the E&C group (including Litigation)
Responsible for coding, processing external counsel and other Law Department invoices, maintaining Excel spreadsheet to track invoices
Provide assistance with onboarding legal vendors through Oracle Cloud and TeamConnect Legal e-billing
Assist with settlement check request process such as setting up payees, and monitoring status of payment requisitions
Keep track of invoices and assist with the success fee calculations of MT
Support document management, and external counsel engagement through TeamConnect
Provide word processing and related support to ENB inhouse lawyers and paralegals such as drafting, proofreading, and revising legal documentation, correspondence, and other documents
Assist inhouse lawyers with document requests related to litigation or investigations, or responsive productions by regulators in connection with M&A transactions
Support MT and E&C (incl. Litigation) members with scheduling travel and processing related receipts and accounting for expenses
Assist inhouse lawyers to assemble and distribute within hardcopy signing and/or closing binders
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 5 years of legal administrative experience at private practice law firms and/or inhouse legal departments
Ability to work independently on demanding workloads and meet tight deadlines
Maintain strict confidentiality and professionalism in handling information and files for Enbridge's inhouse lawyers
Exceptional interpersonal, communication (written and oral) and people skills
Proficient in Microsoft Office Package (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint) and familiar with MS Teams
Able to quickly learn other information/document management systems and assist staff in the Law Department with basic technology issues
Able to maintain a positive and enthusiastic approach to the work even when competing priorities and tight timelines exist
Benefits
Enbridge provides competitive workplace programs that differentiate us and offer flexibility to our team members.
Enbridge’s FlexWork (Hybrid Work Model) offers eligible employees the opportunity to work variable daily schedules with a flexible start and end time, to opt for a compressed workweek schedule, and the option to work from home on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Company
Accelerate Her Future®
Accelerate Her Future® is a career accelerator providing tailored programs by and for Indigenous, Black and racialized women pursuing careers in business and tech while building networks of solidarity and action.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase