Dentons Business Services EMEA is the operational backbone of Dentons, supporting the world's largest law firm in delivering exceptional service to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a crucial component of Dentons' global network, our EMEA business services team plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.
At Dentons Business Services EMEA, we are committed to excellence in supporting legal professionals with cutting-edge solutions. Our dynamic and diverse team collaborates seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.
About the Opportunity
Dentons Europe is looking to recruit a Risk Assistant working within the Firms new business intake function reporting to Risk Management
We look for proactive, flexible individuals who are team players and demonstrate a commitment to superior client service. As a global law firm, it is essential that our candidates have excellent spoken and written English skills in order to communicate fluently and efficiently.
About the role
- The core responsibility will be to manage the Risk Team’s email inbox on a daily basis. This will include administrative tasks, such as updating client and matter records, billing information, handling requests for status updates to the Practice
- Cooperating with other Business Support functions such as finance teams
- Managing and recording information using internal systems and platforms
- Filing, recording of client documentation and updating databases
- Contacting lawyers and assistants for outstanding information
- Inputting and sorting information into Excel
- Conducting background checks on companies
- Responding to routine email inquiries
- Providing general support to management on ad hoc tasks when necessary
Requirements
- Proven ability to work as part of a team.
- Remains calm and works well under pressure; dealing confidently, competently and diplomatically with Partners and legal assistants worldwide.
- Strong communication skills. Able to follow as well as provide clear and unambiguous information or instructions.
- The ability to manage a high volume workload effectively
- Good IT skills
- Experience working in a professional partnership, or in a business services environment.
- Demonstrate an ability to work with minimal supervision at busy times
- Manage time efficiently, delivering work to a consistently high standard and to deadlines
- Excellent standard of spoken and written English.
- Proven experience working with MS Office
- Experience of working in a professional/legal environment
- Proficiency in additional languages desired.
Benefits
- Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover
- MultiSport card
- Benefit Cafeteria system
- Veterinary care for your pet provided by PetHelp
- Option to join a private insurance plan
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Tailored learning & development opportunities
- Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center
