Legal Operations Analyst

At Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women's health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.Every person at Ferring works together to change lives and help people build families. Our corporate teams offer empowering, innovative, challenging and rewarding careers – we are motivated to make a difference. To reach our full potential we collaborate, and respect and value diverse contributions so that we can grow as an organization and as professionals. Together we can influence the world around us to make life and work better.Ferring+YouIn this role, you will participate in the operational success of Ferring's Chief Legal Office (CLO) team. You will help to improve the day-to-day activities by driving efficiency and effectiveness, working in close collaboration with the Global CLO Operations and the Global CLO organization.Your day at FerringPartner with the Finance team on CLO departmental financial management to help produce CLO budgets, forecasts, and financial reports that present a valid and accurate picture of the CLO team spend.Create analytics on spend, budgeting, and forecasts, assisting other members of the CLO operations team with analytics and financial KPIs as needed.Data and Analytics – Legal Services Financials: Provide the CLO team leaders with insight into their law firm and related legal services spend using data analytics and metrics to help develop data-driven budgets and forecasting for legal matters.Partner with the Legal Data Scientist and the eBilling system owner to capture and use data to tell a story that non-technical colleagues will understand, including packaging and presenting findings.Legal Services Spend Optimization: Partner with the eBilling system owner to provide overall legal services spend analysis, including benchmarking, timekeeper analysis, matter spend analysis and recommendations, while helping identify inefficient processes and bottlenecks that increase costs and resource utilization for the CLO team, and opportunities to optimize our legal services spend.Legal Services Accruals: Prepare the monthly and annual legal services accrual, using the Brightflag eBilling tool, input with the eBilling lead, and data from interactions with our legal services providersProvide analytics on key matters, such as litigation and BD, uniting the accruals and actual spendProcess Improvement: Collaborate with members of the CLO team and business partners to continuously seek out and help with process improvement initiatives that further the implementation of the CLO Services ModelEmbrace and implement opportunities to rethink how services are provided, focusing internal expertise on complex, high value matters, and automating, streamlining, or outsourcing high-volume, lower complexity matters, and using data to drive continuous improvement in servicesGlobal Legal Operations: Partner with the Global Legal Operations team on additional projects and initiativesCollaborate and participate in industry conferences, benchmarking, networking, to provide recommendations on best practice and latest advancements.Behind our innovation…There's youBachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related area2+ years of Legal Operations or related professional experience in a corporate support department or law firmDemonstrated financial or accounting acumen and analytical skillsExcellent planning and organizational skills, time management, analytical and problem-solving skillsHighest integrity and demonstrated ability to handle confidential informationGood interpersonal skills, customer service orientation and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships; works well in team environmentExcellent IT skills especially with use of Microsoft OfficeCollaborative, service-minded, resourceful, with a solution-oriented approachGet inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone's right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you loveOur inclusive support package – "Building Families at Ferring" provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role. Available to all employees after the first year of employment.Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parentsExtended support on family building journeyMaking a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member's contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it's Ferring + YouBehind our purpose… There's youIf our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.Location: Ferring Service Center Portugal Job Description: Legal Operations AnalystAt Ferring Pharmaceuticals, we help people around the world build families and live better lives. We are entrepreneurial and innovative, with a global team focused on scientific advances in the areas of reproductive and women's health, gastroenterology and urology. Ferring + You is all about working together and sharing ideas, so that we can bring science to life for patients around the world.Every person at Ferring works together to change lives and help people build families. Our corporate teams offer empowering, innovative, challenging and rewarding careers – we are motivated to make a difference. To reach our full potential we collaborate, and respect and value diverse contributions so that we can grow as an organization and as professionals. Together we can influence the world around us to make life and work better.Ferring+YouIn this role, you will participate in the operational success of Ferring's Chief Legal Office (CLO) team. You will help to improve the day-to-day activities by driving efficiency and effectiveness, working in close collaboration with the Global CLO Operations and the Global CLO organization.Your day at FerringCLO Department Financial Management: Partner with the Finance team on CLO departmental financial management to help produce CLO budgets, forecasts, and financial reports that present a valid and accurate picture of the CLO team spend.Create analytics on spend, budgeting, and forecasts, assisting other members of the CLO operations team with analytics and financial KPIs as needed.Data and Analytics – Legal Services Financials: Provide the CLO team leaders with insight into their law firm and related legal services spend using data analytics and metrics to help develop data-driven budgets and forecasting for legal matters.Partner with the Legal Data Scientist and the eBilling system owner to capture and use data to tell a story that non-technical colleagues will understand, including packaging and presenting findings.Legal Services Spend Optimization: Partner with the eBilling system owner to provide overall legal services spend analysis, including benchmarking, timekeeper analysis, matter spend analysis and recommendations, while helping identify inefficient processes and bottlenecks that increase costs and resource utilization for the CLO team, and opportunities to optimize our legal services spend.Legal Services Accruals: Prepare the monthly and annual legal services accrual, using the Brightflag eBilling tool, input with the eBilling lead, and data from interactions with our legal services providersProvide analytics on key matters, such as litigation and BD, uniting the accruals and actual spendProcess Improvement: Collaborate with members of the CLO team and business partners to continuously seek out and help with process improvement initiatives that further the implementation of the CLO Services ModelEmbrace and implement opportunities to rethink how services are provided, focusing internal expertise on complex, high value matters, and automating, streamlining, or outsourcing high-volume, lower complexity matters, and using data to drive continuous improvement in servicesGlobal Legal Operations: Partner with the Global Legal Operations team on additional projects and initiativesCollaborate and participate in industry conferences, benchmarking, networking, to provide recommendations on best practice and latest advancements.Behind our innovation…There's youBachelor's degree in finance, accounting or related area2+ years of Legal Operations or related professional experience in a corporate support department or law firmDemonstrated financial or accounting acumen and analytical skillsFluency in English, strong verbal & written communication skillsExcellent planning and organizational skills, time management, analytical and problem-solving skillsHighest integrity and demonstrated ability to handle confidential informationGood interpersonal skills, customer service orientation and demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships; works well in team environmentExcellent IT skills especially with use of Microsoft OfficeCollaborative, service-minded, resourceful, with a solution-oriented approachPeople come first at FerringGet inspired from our commitment to advocate for everyone's right to build a family, no matter who you are, where you live or who you loveOur inclusive support package – "Building Families at Ferring" provides equal and accessible policies for all employees who wish to start their family journey, ensuring a global standard, irrespective of location and role. Available to all employees after the first year of employment.Parental leave for both birthing and non-birthing parentsExtended support on family building journeyMaking a difference in the life of millions of people means we succeed by working together. Our diverse backgrounds, experiences, expertise, and perspectives enable us to find solutions to even the most challenging problems, and our success is tied to each team member's contributions. Imagine the power of your career when it's Ferring + YouBehind our purpose… There's youIf our mission and your vision are aligned, please apply!We strive to build and maintain an inclusive and diverse workplace with equal opportunities and mutual respect for all employees regardless of their backgrounds and socioeconomic status.Location: Ferring Service Center PortugalSupporting our employees' family building journeys At Ferring, we're committed to advocating everyone's right to build a family. That's why we're launching our most inclusive and comprehensive family building benefits package yet.The package recognises the complexities of building a family and aims to remove financial barriers associated with fertility treatment and family building options, by providing financial support and a global minimum standard of 26-weeks of paid parental leave. We'll offer support for fertility treatments, surrogacy programmes, adoption, egg freezing, counselling and related services, as well as paid leave for fertility treatment and adoption procedures.Ferring Project Family At Ferring, we believe in everyone's right to a family and we commit to building families of every shape and size.Millions of people around the world are unable to access the care, treatment and support they need to build a family. We want to change that.We are addressing some of the greatest challenges in reproductive medicine and maternal health through our research and development programmes.Learn more about our #FamilyProject CommitmentDriven by its entrepreneurial spirit and enabled by a decentralised organisational setup, Ferring will harness its world-class competencies in science and business with other innovative technologies to create solutions for patients and doctors.By developing an understanding of people's needs, we will deliver personalised healthcare solutions, integrating pharmaceutical products with diagnostics, data, devices, education and support services to optimise health outcomes.Ferring will be the world-leading, most trusted healthcare company in reproductive medicine and maternal health, and a leader in specialty areas within gastroenterology and urology. Each of us at Ferring will contribute to providing innovative solutions to help people live better lives. We will devote significant research and development investment to new therapeutics, life cycle management and next generation healthcare solutions.As a privately owned, specialty healthcare company that operates globally, Ferring will grow revenues at a rate that is 50% faster than the industry average. We will strive for efficiencies in our business and create flexibility to invest in opportunities to build our future.We are, and continue to be, part of a transparent and aligned company. We strive to best address the needs of patients, stakeholders and customers by collaborating across functions, experimenting and sharing our practices, and continuously learning. We are always guided by the Ferring Philosophy.You can take the first step! Don't see the dream job you are looking for? Drop off your contact information and resume and we will reach out to you if we find the perfect fit!#J-18808-Ljbffr