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Admin Assistant | Legal or Professional Services Background

Hays Sydney, Australia
Posted 8 hours ago Permanent Competitive

Admin Assistant | Legal or Professional Services Background

Hays Sydney, Australia
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Permanent Admin Assistant for a Growing Tech Organisation | Legal or Professional Services Background Your new company
Join an established technology organisation with a busy and collaborative Legal team based in Sydney. This opportunity suits an experienced administrator from a legal or professional services environment who enjoys taking ownership, working with senior stakeholders and keeping a demanding team organised.You'll join a team where accuracy, initiative and reliability matter. This is a full-time role offering hybrid working once you are established within the team.
Please note: You must be an Australian citizen, Permanent resident or have full working rights with no restrictions to apply. Sponsorship is not offered.

Your new role
As the Administration Assistant, you'll provide day-to-day administrative and operational support across the Legal team, working closely with lawyers, internal stakeholders and external legal vendors. A key part of your role will involve managing the team's legal billing processes, including invoices, purchase orders and service entry sheets, alongside wider administrative support.

Responsibilities include:
  • Supporting diary coordination, correspondence, filing and document management
  • Coordinating meetings, team expenses and travel
  • Collating documents for signature
  • Supporting onboarding for new Legal team members
  • Managing legal invoices and billing administration, including accurate coding and processing
  • Raising purchase orders and processing service entry sheets
  • Monitoring outstanding purchase orders and following up discrepancies
  • Liaising with Accounts Payable, internal stakeholders and external legal vendors
  • Coordinating monthly legal accrual requests
  • Maintaining accurate, audit-ready billing documentation
  • Assisting with team events, projects and wider administrative requirements
What you'll need to succeed
  • You'll bring 2-5 years' experience in an administrative or team support role, ideally gained within legal or professional services.
  • Exposure to billing or Accounts Payable would be beneficial.
  • Strong administration and organisational skills
  • High attention to detail and accuracy
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Solid Microsoft Excel skills
  • Experience with SAP or a similar ERP system would be beneficial but isn't essential
  • Most importantly, you'll be switched on, capable and ready to take ownership. The team needs someone comfortable establishing themselves quickly and becoming a reliable point of contact for Legal.
What you'll get in return
  • A broad Legal Administration role with genuine ownership
  • Exposure to lawyers, business stakeholders and external legal providers
  • Hybrid working once established within the team
  • Excellent company culture and stunning office space in the Sydney CBD
What you need to do now

If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.
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Job ID  3025718
ABOUT COMPANY
Sydney, Australia
12100 Employees HR & Recruitment

About us

At Hays, we invest in lifelong partnerships that empower people and businesses to succeed. You are at the heart of everything we do. With over 50 years’ experience and a workforce of more than 10,000 people across 32 countries, we collectively put our customers, at the heart of everything we do.

Drawing on knowledge that’s unique to our scale, our commitment to understanding your needs and our ability to meaningfully innovate we are more than just a specialist recruitment business. By providing advice, insights and expertise on issues you face in today’s fast paced world of work, we’ll help you make the right decisions for tomorrow.

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Providing an unmatched breadth of jobs across industries and professions whilst leveraging our knowledge, employer relationships, learning opportunities and support, we can offer you roles that challenge and excite you.

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