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Form of workFinancial management:
- Develop projections for the annual budgeting cycles and forecasting processes
- Monitor expenses and provide regular reports to department leadership.
- Collaborate with enterprise finance and accounting teams to ensure accurate budgeting, allocations, and payment of expenses.
Process Improvement:
- Drive efficiency, streamlining processes, workflows, and procedures where possible.
- Analyze and improve business processes within the department while ensuring quality of service.
- Oversee and implement technology solutions to enhance efficiency (e.g., project management, e-billing, legal hold).
Vendor relationships:
- Serve as primary billing and administrative contact for outside counsel and legal service vendors,
- Aid with engagement letters, conflicts review and waivers, rate negotiation, and optimization of quality for legal support.
Supervision:
- Provide work direction and leadership to a team of administrative assistants.
- Training and mentorship, set performance goals and conduct performance evaluations.
- Coordinate administrative workloads, schedule, and coverage for the department.
Background and Experience required:
- Bachelor's degree with an applicable major (e.g., finance, business).
- Finance, operations, or consulting experience, preferably in a related field (e.g., legal, compliance).
- Commitment to strong standards of service and relationship building.
- Strong collaboration skills with an exceptional capacity for critical thinking and problem solving.
- Proactive communication skills and demonstrated ability to work with different audiences (e.g., management, legal staff, and business partners).
- Versatility, maturity, and ability to work both independently and as part of a team, to organize, plan, prioritize, and complete projects with competing deadlines.
Preferred additional qualifications:
- Experience working with legal operations systems, including e-billing software (e.g., Legal Tracker), enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems (e.g., SAP), and legal hold software.
- Experience working with an in-house law department for a large company.
- Leadership experience.
- Financial services or insurance industry related experience.
- Experienced with process improvement, flexible working style, and adaptability to new technologies (strong inclination for continuous learning and self-improvement).
Securian Financial believes in hybrid work as an integral part of our culture. Associates get the benefit of working both virtually and in our offices. This role requires you to live within a commutable distance (90 minutes) of our Home Office in downtown St. Paul. You'll join us 2-3 days each week in our offices to collaborate and build relationships. Our policy allows flexibility for the reality of business and personal schedules. When working in our offices at least two days per week isn't feasible (vacations, illness, travel, etc.), an eight day per month standard is an option. #LI-Hybrid
Physical Job Requirements:
- Ability to utilize the keyboard, computer and/or mouse for up to 8 hours per day
- Ability to work at least 40 hours per week
- Ability to utilize the phone and/or virtual meeting platform for 1-4 hours per day
- Ability to travel periodically for industry conferences or working with affiliate teams.
The physical job requirements described above are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of jobs.
Be you. With us. At Securian Financial, we understand that attracting top talent means offering more than just a job - it means providing a rewarding and fulfilling career. As a valued member of our high-performing team, we want you to connect with your work, your relationships and your community. Enjoy our comprehensive range of benefits designed to enhance your professional growth, well-being and work-life balance, including the advantages listed here:
Paid time off:
- We want you to take time off for what matters most to you. During your first year of hire, you receive a prorated bank of personal days and vacation time depending on your month of hire.
- Leave programs: Securian's flexible leave programs allow time off from work for parental leave, caregiver leave for family members, bereavement and military leave.
Company-funded pension plan and a 401(k) retirement plan: Share in the success of our company. Securian's 401(k) company contribution is tied to our performance up to 10 percent of eligible earnings, with a target of 5 percent. The amount is based on company results compared to goals related to earnings, sales and service.
Health insurance: From the first day of employment, associates and their eligible family members - including spouses, domestic partners and children - are eligible for medical, dental and vision coverage.
Volunteer time: We know the importance of community. Through company-sponsored events, volunteer paid time off, a dollar-for-dollar matching gift program and more, we encourage you to support organizations important to you.
Associate Resource Groups: Build connections, be yourself and develop meaningful relationships at work through associate-led ARGs. Dedicated groups focus on a variety of interests and affinities, including:
- Mental Wellness and Disability
- Pride at Securian Financial
- Securian Young Professionals Network
- Securian Multicultural Network
- Securian Women and Allies Network
- Servicemember Associate Resource Group
For more information regarding Securian's benefits, please review our Benefits page.
This information is not intended to explain all the provisions of coverage available under these plans. In all cases, the plan document dictates coverage and provisions.
Securian Financial Group, Inc. does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital or familial status, pregnancy, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, veteran status, status in regard to public assistance or any other protected status. If you are a job seeker with a disability and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please contact us by email at , by telephone (voice), or 711 (Relay/TTY).
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