Legal Operations Executive

THE ROLE:

As Legal Operations Executive within DAZN’s Group Legal Team, you’ll be supporting the administrative legal needs of this dynamic and exciting sports media business.

You’ll be working with both central and regional legal functions taking an active role in managing a number of critical operational and administrative elements of the Group Legal Team. 

This role is full-time, based in our London Hammersmith head office 5 days a week (on site). 

Department

32-882 - Legal - Corporate

Employment Type

Full Time

Location

UK - London

Workplace type

Onsite

As our new Legal Operations Executive, you’ll have the opportunity to:

• Take primary responsibility for Legal invoice management: specifically, the processing of external law firm / third party invoices and matter coding, along with associated invoice /matter reporting;
• Liaise with and manage external counsel: working with the senior members of the Group Legal Team to manage the department's external counsel relations, including overseeing fee rates, billing and compliance with company policies, billing guidelines and panel firm benchmarking processes;
• Administer contract approval and execution duties: responsible for overseeing and maintaining the Group’s contract approval /signing processes, including day-to-day management of the associated email inboxes; 
• Liaise with directors and external law firms to co-ordinate signing of company documents, across multiple Group company entities and global DAZN territories;
• Be responsible for the inbox triage and allocation of legal support requests to the applicable Group Legal Team members;
• Undertake financial management: working closely with senior members of the Group Legal Team to improve financial planning, management, reporting; budgeting and forecasting and assisting with the management of internal team budgets (including external counsel spend, OpEx/CapEx, team travel and team entertainment);
• Collect and communicate financial information both within and outside of the Group Legal Team as needed;
• Support DAZN’s company secretarial and governance function, including in relation to board meeting administration and associated preparatory activities;  
• Consider, develop and implement legal operational process improvements;
• Provide general administrative support for business stakeholders relating to legal operations and strategic business systems; and
• Help to efficiently connect business stakeholders with the Group Legal Team.    

You'll have:

• Previous experience working in legal operations (and/or business operations) for a global law firm, multi-national in-house legal team or equivalent accountancy practice/professional environment.
• Experience in managing critical internal administrative processes (for example, contract execution, invoice management). 
• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Proficient in using enterprise software tools such as Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, SharePoint and Teams.
• Experience with legal technology systems such as matter management and e-billing or accounting technology systems and a familiarity with legal terminology.
• Competency in managing third-party service providers (including professional services providers / advisors).
• An ability to work when under pressure, prioritise effectively and meet deadlines.
• High level of attention to detail and practical problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work on operational projects and tasks with a high degree of autonomy, where appropriate.
• A well-rounded personality with the capacity to work effectively with others from a wide range of professional and non-professional disciplines.
• A willingness to operate out of your comfort zone and the motivation to play a proactive role in developing DAZN's legal operations function.

Benefits

Benefits include access to DAZN, 25 days’ annual leave (increasing by 3 days after 3 years), private medical insurance, life assurance, pension contributions up to 5%, family friendly community including enhanced parental leave, electric vehicle benefit option, free access for you and one other to our workplace mental health platform app (Unmind), learning and development resources, opportunity for flexible working, and access to our internal speaker series and events.

About DAZN

At DAZN, we bring ambition to life. We are innovators, game-changers and pioneers. So, if you want to push boundaries and make an impact, DAZN is the place to be. 

As part of our team, you'll have the opportunity to make your mark and the power to make change happen. We're doing things no-one has done before, giving fans and customers access to sport anytime, anywhere. We're using world-class technology to transform sports and revolutionise the industry and we're not going to stop. 

DAZN VALUES – THE ‘HOW’ IN WHAT WE DO:  

Agility and creativity fuel growth and innovation, to Make It Happen. 

Prioritising what matters drives progress and positive outcomes, Focusing On Impact. 

Collective ambition builds optimism and success, in order to Win As One. 

At DAZN, we are committed to fostering an inclusive environment that values equality and diversity, where everyone can contribute and have their voices heard. This means hiring and developing talent across all races, ethnicities, religions, age groups, sexual orientations, gender identities and abilities. 

Everyone has the opportunity to make change and impact our DEI journey by joining our ERGs: Proud@DAZN, Women@DAZN, Disability@DAZN and ParentZone.

If you’d like to include a cover letter with your application, please feel free to. Please do not feel you need to apply with a photo or disclose any other information that is not related to your professional experience.

Our aim is to make our hiring processes as accessible for everyone as possible, including providing adjustments for interviews where we can.

We look forward to hearing from you.