Legal Strategy & Operations Paralegal (Legal Service Provider Engagements)

Job Description

As the tech firm that created the mobile world, and with more than 54,000 patents to our name, we’ve made it our business to make a mark. When joining our team at Ericsson you are empowered to learn, lead and perform at your best, shaping the future of technology. This is a place where you're welcomed as your own perfectly unique self, and celebrated for the skills, talent, and perspective you bring to the team. Are you in?

Come, and be where it begins.

Our Exciting Opportunity

In February 2019, Group Function Legal Affairs & Compliance (GFLA) established a Legal Strategy and Operations unit to drive the evolution of GFLA’s operating model and co-ordinate the execution of change, targeting improved impact and efficiency. Our unit’s purpose is to improve GFLA core work in service delivery to contribute to Ericsson’s sustainable business by simplifying ways of working, challenging established thinking, and executing specific improvement projects within our core responsibilities, together with other GFLA units.

Do you have experience with helping legal organizations use process and technology to improve efficiency or business performance; or working in legal operations in a global company or internationally?

We are now looking to recruit a Legal Strategy & Operations Paralegal to continue to build the unit’s capabilities! The position will play a vital role in the operational responsibility and management of our external legal service provider engagements and billing, utilizing technology. It will require interest and skill in process simplification, technology use and administration, and digital transformation generally. Furthermore, it will require interactions with all levels of GFLA, other Ericsson units and legal service providers.

You will

• Assist and support our business process and technology for managing external legal service providers, interacting with GFLA, other Ericsson units, and legal service providers.
• Be our global liaison and administrator or our legal spend management (e-billing) system for managing matters, billing, accruals and reporting. This can include supporting internal and external users with matter logging, invoice processing, as well as providing trainings, and extracting reports.
• Support our unit with other process improvements and technology implementation to deliver projects, programs and our other unit core responsibilities.

To be successful in the role you must have

• Bachelor’s Degree is required, preferred areas of study include Law, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Analytics, and/or Supply Chain Management
• Independent and enterprising
• High attention to detail, working with and analyzing data
• Excellent organizational skills
• Great efficiency, ability to work in fast-paced environment and workload
• Proficiency in technology, processes and workflows
• Good networking and communication skills at all seniority levels

What ́s in it for you?

Here at Ericsson, our culture is built on over a century of courageous decisions. With us, you will no longer be dreaming of what the future holds – you will be redefining it. You won’t develop for the status quo, but will build what replaces it. Joining us is a way to move your career in any direction you want; with hundreds of career opportunities in locations all over the world, in a place where co-creation and collaboration are embedded into the walls. You will find yourself in a speak-up environment where empathy and humanness serve as cornerstones for how we work, and where work-life balance is a priority. Welcome to an inclusive, global company where your opportunity to make an impact is endless.

What happens once you apply?

To prepare yourself for next steps, please explore here: https://www.ericsson.com/en/careers/job-opportunities/hiring-process

If you have any specific questions about this role, please contact recruiter Christian Sperling at [email protected].

Kindly note that we cannot process applications sent via email.

Location for this role: Stockholm, Sweden

Last day to apply is 7^th of September

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Do you believe that an organization fostering an environment of cooperation and collaboration to execute with speed creates better business value? Do you value a culture of humanness, where fact based decisions are important and our people are encouraged to speak up? Do you believe that diverse, inclusive teams drive performance and innovation? At Ericsson, we do.

We provide equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, religion, political opinion, nationality, ethnic background, social origin, social status, indigenous status, disability, age, union membership or employee representation and any other characteristic protected by local law or Ericsson’s Code of Business Ethics.

Primary country and city: Sweden (SE) || || Stockholm || SharedServ
Job details: Paralegal Job Stage 05