Practice Assistant, Banking & Finance

Practice Assistant – Banking & Finance

The Practice Assistant, Banking & Finance will provide efficient and effective administrative services to fee earners Assigned ( Partners, Senior Associates, and equivalents) with the Banking and Finance practice group.

• Proactively manage and coordinate all aspects of tasks assigned (e.g. meetings, events, travel, etc.)
• Client intake administration (e.g. AML, engagement letters)
• Provide billing support to attorneys
• Proactive complex diary management, call handling, and meeting organization for external meetings (utilizes GAS for internal meetings
• Manage in-box, assist with email filing into iManage, and support hard copy filing
• Support client activities and is in direct contact with clients and their assistants
• Proactively build and coordinate relationships with End-to-End (E2E) services, other BM secretaries, and teams;
  Utilize and review materials from Service Centers to ensure efficiency and accuracy
• Document production for urgent jobs which are not suitable to be done by Document Services
• May liaise with courts and ensure the accurate development of court documentation/bundles
• Provide administrative support at meetings, capturing outputs and following up as needed. May be assigned specific tasks/objectives for action as outputs of the meeting
• Support junior members acting as buddy/mentor
• Undertake specific practice group tasks and requirements

• Good experience working in a legal sector or other professional services environment
• Experience supporting fee earners or client teams within a Banking and Finance practice, including direct involvement with client intake, billing, and document management processes
• Familiar with anti-money laundering (AML), client due diligence (CDD), and other compliance requirements relevant to Banking & Finance
• Strong technical capabilities across Microsoft Office Suite (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Teams)
• Proactively seek to improve skills gained through job‑related training and work experience
• Able to problem‑solve based on standard ways of operating
• Able to manage competing tasks and demands
• Able to establish and maintain effective working relationships; a team player
• Strong written and verbal English communication skills
• Work requires continual attention to detail in completing assignments

Secretarial Services Leader

In Market

Business Services

Associate

Full‑time

Management

Law Practice