Advisory Project Assistant – Legal Sector

At EisnerAmper India, we welcome individuals who share a passion for new ideas, encourage innovation, and are eager to make an impact. Whether you’re starting out in your career or taking your next step as a seasoned professional, the EisnerAmper experience is one-of-a-kind. You can design a career you’ll love from top to bottom – we give you the tools you need to succeed and the autonomy to reach your goals.

We are seeking a Project Assistant to join our growing Advisory Team to help us in Legal Administration Services.

• You will get to be part of one of the largest and fastest growing accounting and advisory firms in the industry.

• You will have the flexibility to manage your days in support of our commitment to work/life balance.

• You will join a culture that has received multiple top “Places to Work” awards.

  • We believe that great work is accomplished when cultures, ideas and experiences come together to create new solutions.

  • We understand that embracing our differences is what unites us as a team and strengthens our foundation.

  • Showing up authentically is how we, both as professionals and a Firm, find inspiration to do our best work.

  • Numerous Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support our Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) efforts.

The Project Assistant is responsible for various tasks with respect to projects coordinated through the Consulting Division to meet the Firm’s strategic goals and initiatives. These tasks include correspondence with clients, claimants, vendors, and internal team members regarding project action items and issues and provides project assistance primarily to the settlement funds team, managers, and directors.

• Interacts and provides support to claimants and call center agents. Supports and assists with training for call center agents, responds to inquiries from and drafts correspondence to claimants and attorneys, coordinates set up and implementation of call center processes and procedures.

• Performs quality control of claimant communications via email, phone, and mail.

• Under direct supervision:

  • Assists with mass email campaigns with directions from project managers.

  • May set up settlement fund EIN, and related requirements.

  • Performs database/claim updates with respect to all types of project scenarios and/or issues.

  • Receives, logs, and files claim documentation and other incoming correspondence.

  • Assists in claim review process as requested by project managers.

  • Investigates issues related to settlement funds projects as needed.

  • Create reports, spreadsheets, or other documents to ensure appropriate tracking of claim entries as needed.

  • Performs service area administrative tasks (accounts payable processing, vendor relationship management, meeting facilitation, etc.).

• Documents procedures performed, findings or other issues, draft/compile reports and correspondence.

• Communicate with supervisor any obstacles or items of concern.

• Complies with the professional and Firm requirements (e.g., employee handbook requirements, time entry procedures), quality control document requirement, confidentiality requirements related to claimant PII and client engagements, proposal, personnel, and job-related information.

• Attends and actively engages in training sessions or meetings as required.

• Maintains a positive attitude and is receptive to feedback.

• Assists co-workers in the completion of tasks and assignments to ensure continuity of service.  Actively supports teamwork throughout the organization.

• Performs other services as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

• Minimum 2-3 years of experience in paralegal, legal assistant, claims analysis, administrative assistant support, or another related field is required.

• Strong organizational skills required.

• Demonstrate critical thinking and project management skill capabilities.

• Have excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills in business and technical environment and within a diverse group of individuals.

• Demonstrate ability to work effectively, independently and within a team structure.

• Able to work in a dynamic, fast-paced, innovative, and continuously changing environment.

• Ability to perform effectively, efficiently, and with quality under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities.

• Possess a high degree of professionalism including the ability to maintain high levels of confidentiality.

• Computer literate with the capability of performing at an intermediate or advanced level with respect to the Microsoft Office Suite products, specifically Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

• May be required to work overtime during the work week or on weekends.

We strongly believe in a supportive work environment where all our colleagues can succeed. EisnerAmper India is proud to be an Equal Opportunity merit-based employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of caste & religion, disabilities, gender, sexual orientation, age or marital status.

EisnerAmper is one of the largest accounting, tax, and business advisory firms, with nearly 4500 employees and more than 450 partners across the world. We combine responsiveness with a long-range perspective; to help clients meet the pressing issues they face today and position them for success tomorrow.

Our clients are enterprises as diverse as sophisticated financial institutions and start-ups, global public firms, and middle-market companies, as well as high net worth individuals, family offices, not-for-profit organizations, and entrepreneurial ventures across a variety of industries. We are also engaged by the attorneys, financial professionals, bankers, and investors who serve these clients.

EisnerAmper (India) Consultants Pvt. Ltd. (“EA India”) is a subsidiary of Eisner Advisory Group LLC (“EA Group”), which practices in an alternative practice structure with EisnerAmper LLP.  EA India employees provide advisory services to clients of EA Group and audit services to clients of Eisner Amper LLP and comply with the professional standards applicable to each of EA India, EA Group and EisnerAmper LLP.  EA India employees also provide operational services to EA Group and EisnerAmper LLP.  The policies and procedures of EA India, including obligations of confidentiality and non-disclosure, apply to all services provided by EA India employees.  All applicants are applying to positions for employment with EA India, and not EA Group or EisnerAmper LLP. 

EA India opened its first office in Mumbai in 2007. Over the years, our India footprint has expanded to include offices in Bengaluru, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad. We are a culturally diverse pool of over 800 professionals supporting our global clientele from a range of startups to Fortune 500 entities.

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