Legal Operations Analyst (Brightflag Administration)

About the role

At Priori, we’re reimagining legal work for today’s market, connecting top legal talent with leading in-house teams through our flexible, vetted network. The Priori Talent Marketplace, which includes both Flexible Talent and Law Firms, helps legal departments find the right legal professionals at the right price for any need. Our network of 8,000+ attorneys supports short-term engagements, leave coverage, overflow work, and specialized projects, as well as traditional law firm support such as local counsel in all 50 states, 70+ countries, and niche areas of expertise. Attorneys on our platform work on high-impact projects with Fortune 500 companies, high-growth startups, and global organizations, and retain control over when, how, and where they work.

A Global Private Equity Firm is looking for a legal operations professional with 5+ years' experience with e-billing platform administration, legal operations, and legal spend management for a 6 month engagement, starting as soon as possible. The work will involve administering the firm's outside counsel e-billing and matter management program on the Brightflag platform. The professional will handle invoice intake, coding, and resolution, support law firm onboarding and rate administration, and maintain platform configuration while supporting Legal and Compliance's visibility into outside counsel spend.

Responsibilities

• Administer the outside counsel invoice workflow in Brightflag, including intake, validation, approvals, rejections, appeals, and resubmissions
• Resolve invoice coding issues, including project codes and general ledger allocations, and investigate exceptions such as billing guideline violations and rate mismatches
• Serve as the point of contact for invoice status and payment inquiries, coordinating with Accounts Payable and Finance
• Onboard new law firms and legal vendors, including rate card loading and billing guideline acknowledgment
• Create and maintain matters and administer platform user accounts and permissions
• Process timekeeper rate submissions and the annual rate review cycle
• Maintain platform configuration, support system integrations, and run recurring outside counsel spend reporting

Requirements

• 5+ years administrator-level experience on a corporate legal e-billing platform (Brightflag preferred)
• Knowledge of outside counsel billing guidelines, LEDES invoice formats, and UTBMS task/activity codes, including the rejection, appeal, and resubmission cycle
• Experience coordinating invoice and payment status across an accounts payable or ERP system (e.g., SAP, Ariba, PeopleSoft), tracing invoices from approval through payment
• Experience with law firm onboarding and rate card administration, including annual timekeeper rate reviews
• Advanced Excel skills, with the ability to build and validate reporting from platform data
• Ability to reliably work East Coast business hours

Qualifications

• Experience in a private equity or fund environment with complex, multifaceted cost allocation and reporting requirements
• Experience with BI tools (Power BI, Tableau, or similar)

Pay

$65 - $75 per hour

Schedule

Location: On-site (New York City)
Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Duration: 6 month engagement

Benefits

• High-quality engagements with top in-house legal teams
• Flexible work opportunities that align with your schedule and goals
• A streamlined platform experience with no endless proposals or bidding wars
• A dedicated team that advocates for your success, from matching to payment