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Essential Functions:    Management and Leadership - Builds, manages, and administers cross-functional teams throughout the Firm composed primarily of in-direct reports - Develops and fosters an environment that rewards strong performance and teamwork, professionalism and responsiveness - Provides strategic direction and tactical guidance, establishes policies, sets and monitors success metrics, and helps achieve continuous improvement - Develops and/or leads change management efforts across all phases of projects and initiatives to drive the Firm’s culture of continuous improvement   Enterprise Data Strategy - Leads the development, implementation, and deployment of strategic enterprise data projects which may cross administrative functions and will require close collaboration with business owners and colleagues across the Firm - Collaborates with internal stakeholders to identify opportunities for data-driven insights and solutions that improve the Firm's operations and client services - Works with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize data-related initiatives that align with the Firm's strategic objectives - Presents complex quantitative analysis tailored to different audiences in a highly consumable and actionable form, including using data storytelling techniques - Leads the Firm’s efforts to develop and implement data schemas and flexible taxonomies to appropriately classify the Firm’s work - Develops and maintains a deep understanding of the Firm’s data assets, including client data, financial data and operational data - Maintains and monitors data quality, consistency, and accuracy across all systems and platforms - Implements and enhances the data strategy to support the Firm's business objectives - In concert with the Firm’s IT leadership, Global Director of Information Governance and Global Chief Knowledge Officer contributes to the Firm's data architecture, data modeling, and data platforming efforts - Continuously evaluates emerging technologies and trends to ensure the Firm is adopting best practices and industry standards   Enterprise Data Management - Develops and implements a data management framework including associated policies, procedures, standards, and guidelines that promote data quality, accuracy, literacy and security consistent with the Firm’s business strategy and objectives - Partners with the Global Director of Information Governance and Global Chief Knowledge Officer to develop, execute and manage the data management roadmap, and delivering and managing targeted outcomes - Coordinates and serves as the primary resource for the Firm’s Data Management Committee - Aligns with the Firm’s information governance framework, to safeguard Firm and client information and ensures compliance with global regulatory requirements and best practices for information retention and disposition - Monitors and reports on various data management metrics to measure and manage data integrity, accuracy, completeness, compliance and security of the Firm’s data - Monitors for data impacts as new systems are onboarded, decommissioned and modified - Strengthens existing data governance and management roles and identifies any new roles required to execute the data strategy   Productivity, Efficiency and Innovation - Improves the productivity and efficiency in the practice of law and supporting functions within the Firm - Establishes sustainable processes around the creation, curation, processing, tagging, archiving and integration of data across firmwide systems - Works closely with process improvement experts to re-engineer processes and identify new processes that can benefit from data automation capabilities - Drives innovation, continually assessing the market and the Firm’s place in the market and builds knowledge of data-driven capabilities and internal/external technologies that can be leveraged across the Firm, including tools that can normalize, improve, and leverage internal data - Contributes to building a strategic, cohesive and visible innovation ecosystem that focuses on data, process, technology, and people and helps partners and others to better deliver to clients’ expectations for value, while also delivering to the Firm’s strategic and profitability goals Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives  

Essential Functions: - Develop and support annual marketing and business development practice group plans focused on priorities outlined by practice leaders and lawyer teams, including thought leadership platforms, communications, and client outreach - Support responses to RFPs, and pitch, presentation, and other opportunities via the development of written proposal and presentation materials for assigned department(s), practice(s), and liaise with client teams when relevant - Manage and direct marketing and business development client development programs for assigned department(s) and practice(s). Provide support for seminars, sponsorships, and other events pursued by the firm - Collaborate with marketing & business development department leadership and practice leaders to develop annual budgets to support initiatives outlined in group business plan(s) or as outlined by leadership, including specifying key strategic and tactical objectives and means to achieve annual goals - Engage in research and analysis and competitive intelligence-gathering for strategic planning, competitive firm positioning, and business development activities for assigned department(s) and practice(s) - Support integration of lateral lawyers into assigned department(s) and practice(s) via preparation of biographies and announcements, distribution of announcements, integration of contacts into firm’s CRM system, collection and integration of experience for and into department and practice materials, coordination with Communications team as to internal and external communications relating to lawyer(s)’arrival at Mayer Brown - Manage continuous communications and interaction with departmental and practice/ leadership, including responsibility for periodic meetings, reports, analysis, progress monitoring, etc. - Develop and maintain league table/industry survey content for assigned department(s) and practice(s); respond to league table/industry surveys - Support coordination of business development training for lawyers in assigned department(s) and practice(s) - Periodically review and consult with lawyers in assigned department(s) and practice(s)/industries regarding their bios and practice descriptions to ensure that they are kept current - Support the collection and maintenance of CRM-based contact and other data for marketing planning and for mailing lists for assigned department(s) and practice(s) - Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives  

Essential Functions:  - Drafts various documents/instruments: UCC forms/attachments, closing lists, corporate charters, LLC/partnership formation documents, corporate resolutions, officer certificates, etc. - Participates in finance closings: create/update closing list, distribute documents/signature pages and draft closing certificates - Maintains control of closing documents - Orders/reviews/charts lien searches, order business entity documents from public offices (certified charter, good standing, etc.) - Files UCC and corporate/partnership organizational and other documents with state offices - Participates in and assists in the management due diligence projects - Coordinates/oversees the work of the closing clerk in the post-closing process - Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives  

Essential Functions:  - Prepares and files appeals before the Cook County Assessor, Cook County Board of Review, Illinois Circuit Court, and Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board - Manages a property tax database and appeal filing deadlines; requiring strong working knowledge of Treasurer, Clerk, and Recorder of Deeds offices and procedures relating to real estate taxation - Advises attorneys on unique rules and filing requirements; identifies, reviews and analyzes relevant state and local tax laws and regulations; advises attorneys and clients on rule changes and the impact of those changes - Conceptualizes and prepares client reporting materials, including design of multi-year tax and assessment summaries that include specific data important to each client for analysis of their business; participates in business development and client relations initiatives including preparation of presentations and meetings with clients - Oversees workflow and prioritizes deadlines - Assess needs of practice group and clients to develop and manage the practice group’s tracking systems which include: managing evidence, data, filing and evidence submission deadlines; client and property information, jurisdictional filing deadlines, appeals, court and evidence submission dates; identify ways practice group must adapt to changing rules and technology administrative judicial bodies - Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives

Essential Functions: - Advise, as applicable, on Internal Revenue Code qualification requirements and requirements of ERISA, Affordable Care Act, COBRA and HIPAA, and other applicable law, with respect to Cash Balance plans, 401(k) plans, Partner Unfunded Plan and all Health and Welfare Plans - Draft and Review Summary Plan Descriptions - Draft and Review Administrative Services Agreements - Review Plan communications to participants, legal posting notices, as required from U.S. Benefits team - Draft Plan amendments and related resolutions as needed - Advise on tax issues related to all types of Retirement and Health and Welfare plans - Work with the Firm’s Investment Committee and Administrative Investment Committee, along with Recordkeeper, Actuaries and Auditors - Work with the Firm’s Health and Welfare Committee - Update Firm leadership and HR on developments in the law related to all types of retirement and health welfare plans, including those that pose possible compliance issues, as well as those that present opportunities for improved design, tax effects, etc. - Partner with U.S. Benefits, and other Firm Erisa attorneys on the development of significant design changes - Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives  

Essential Functions:  - Administers the Firm’s M365 collaboration tools, including SharePoint Online, MS Teams, OneNote, Viva Engage, etc. -  Provisions sites and accounts, and oversees management of the provisioning process, using any tools provided to facilitate the process. - Continually develops the processes and policies for provisioning -  Forms a community with the firm’s Global Assistant Director of IT Modern Workplace, the Global Cloud Architect, the Global Enterprise Application Architect (and with others as needed) to provide collective oversight of the M365 ecosystem. - Promotes optimal useability of M365 services. - Monitors Microsoft's roadmap for upgrades to M365 services and establishes the mechanisms by which we share relevant changes with our people. - Assesses, in advance and after the fact, the user impact of improvements to applications in the M365 Hybrid environment, and provides input on change management, adoption, communication and training. - Works with the office of the Director of Information Governance in ensuring content management policies for M365 are in compliance and updated as business needs evolve. - Works closely with the IT Information Security team, prioritizing safety of the firm’s people, systems and content. - Identifies potential points of integration between M365 services on the core device-top and works with technical colleagues to deliver key integrations. - Promotes use of the data available via the Microsoft admin portal to identify areas of untapped benefit, and to foster our continuing path towards a data-driven organization. - Provides level three support for functional requests relating to M365 collaboration services. - Continually evaluates opportunities to improve our people’s experience of technology, preferably in a scalable way. - A coach and mentor to other team members, providing training if required. - Fosters trust and builds relationships with the other Information Technology teams. - Attends regular vendor meetings for areas of expertise, stays informed of latest technology roadmaps, security notifications, and bug/hot fixes. - Ensures vendors provide proper levels of support, maintain SLA’s, and provide root cause analysis for escalated issues. - Ensures all team, departmental and firm policies and procedures are adhered to, including technical change management and service continuity. - Where appropriate, attends user groups independently or with senior managers and makes recommendations of how improvements can be made. - Attends and contributes to team meetings. - Completes all administrative tasks, i.e., (time tracking, project and task updates, trouble ticket notes, status reports, responding to email, etc.) accurately and on time. - Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives.  

Essential Functions:  - Collaborates with Infrastructure, Cloud, Cyber Security and Application Architects to evaluate and identify optimal on-premise data center and cloud solutions - Modifies and improves existing compute, storage, backup, virtualization and cloud systems, documenting changes - Ensures efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with the firms security policies and best practices in cloud security and data center infrastructure architectures - Identifies, analyzes, and resolves on-premise datacenter and cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities and deployment issues - Regularly reviews existing systems and makes recommendations for improvements - Interacts with other IT teams, providing data center infrastructure and cloud support, making recommendations based on their requirements - Develops, maintains and documents data center Infrastructure and cloud best practices, guidelines, and guardrails for on-premise and cloud technologies - Creates clear & concise documentation of on-premise data center infrastructure and cloud  development and standards - Ensures the CMDB is updated with all new/decommissioned cloud instances/subscriptions added/removed from Mayer Brown services - Develops and deploys modular cloud-based systems - Provides automation enhancements to help keep the environment consistent, ease large tasks, ensure compliance, and helps with life cycle management - Operationalize solutions from proof-of-concept through production, using automation for repeatability, maintainability, and to enforce standards - Works with vendor partners to test and benchmark new hardware/software and virtualization technologies. Provides findings to Infrastructure Architects team and appropriate levels of management - Attends regular vendor meetings for areas of expertise, stays informed of latest technology roadmaps, security notifications, and bug/hot fixes - Ensures vendors provide proper levels of support, maintain SLA’s and provide root cause analysis for escalated issues - Works with application and infrastructure architects, application teams, and other infrastructure groups to ensure both new and existing systems follow BC/DR guidelines, have documented plans, and are tested and reviewed on a yearly basis - Ensures all team, departmental and firm policies and procedures are adhered to, including change management and service continuity - Completes all administrative tasks, i.e., (time tracking, project and task updates, trouble ticket notes, status reports, responding to email, etc.) accurately and on time - Communicates and collaborates with all members of the Data Center Engineering, IT Operations team, as well as other IT teams as needed - Fosters trust and builds relationships with the other Information Technology teams both globally and within the region - Acts as third level escalation point for the IT Operations team - Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives  

Role Overview   As a member of the U.S. Financial Operations function that issues over $1 billion in client invoices annually, the Billing Analyst supports a portfolio of partners through their monthly invoicing cycle. In addition to ensuring client invoices are issued accurately and timely, this position works closely with partners and clients to deliver superior service, solve problems, provide critical information and drive process improvements.   Role Responsibilities - Facilitate the monthly billing cycle by distributing prebills, resolving revisions on a timely basis and finalizing accurate invoices, ensuring thorough knowledge of client terms, discount arrangement and attorney and client preferences. - Complete delivery of client invoices: direct mailing, emailing invoices with necessary attachments or electronic submission. - Respond to information requests from attorneys, clients and administrative staff related to book of business and billing reconciliations. - Utilize firm standard reporting tools to respond to requests from internal and external clients. - Maintain documentation on client related procedures and deadlines, as well as billing attorney preferences. - Ensure compliance with firm/department procedures and client outside counsel guidelines - Assist department and firm leadership in ad-hoc requests and projects, ensuring deadlines are met and projects are bought to completion. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities - Ability to demonstrate a high level of business acumen and professionalism when working with internal and external clients at all levels. - Must be self-motivated and operate in a time sensitive environment. - Understand the importance of time management, the ability to prioritize one’s workload and the significance of being accurate and detail oriented. - Have superior customer service skills and demonstrate ability to work in a challenging and dynamic environment - Possess a high degree of confidence and professional maturity, and demonstrate excellent oral and written communication skills - Demonstrate proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook - Self-directed with a strong work ethic; capable of working independently with limited supervision - Ability to think outside the box and conceive creative solutions to problems