Legal Assistant – Contracts Administrator

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⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⚔️ Virginia – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

⚖️ Legal Assistant

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CrossCountry Consulting

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

501 - 1000 employees

🤝 B2B

💸 Finance

🏢 Enterprise

💰 $1.5M Venture Round on 2021-02

B2B • Finance • Enterprise

CrossCountry Consulting is a business advisory firm that provides integrated solutions for financial and risk management. Their expertise includes technical accounting, financial reporting, operational accounting optimization, and integrated risk management. The company also specializes in technology-enabled transformation, supporting organizations with finance transformation, data transformation, and analytics. CrossCountry Consulting serves various industries such as financial services, life sciences, technology, media, telecommunications, real estate, hospitality, and government contracting. With a focus on strategic finance, the firm helps clients through transactions like IPO readiness, mergers and acquisitions, and divestitures. They aim to create present and future value for businesses by collaborating with CFOs, private equity sponsors, and corporate leaders to solve current challenges and prepare for future success.

📋 Description

• Serve as the primary coordinator for contract intake, workflow tracking, and document management. • Manage a high volume of agreements, including: • Professional services agreements • NDAs • Vendor and subcontractor agreements • Licensing and technology agreements • Amendments and related documents • Maintain and continuously improve the contract tracking system • Assist with initial contract triage by summarizing key terms, identifying non-standard provisions, and escalating risks to the Legal Director • Support the development and evolution of legal department processes, systems, and policies • Maintain templates, playbooks, and knowledge management resources • Build and optimize workflows to ensure consistency, efficiency, and scalability • Prepare and format legal documents, reports, presentations, and correspondence for internal stakeholders and leadership • Identify opportunities to improve efficiency through automation, technology, and AI-enabled tools • Conduct preliminary legal and business research to support decision-making • Monitor regulatory developments and industry trends, providing concise summaries and actionable insights • Act as a key liaison between Legal and internal teams to gather information and support contract review and execution • Build strong cross-functional relationships to facilitate efficient legal support and issue resolution • Support management of external counsel, including coordinating communications and tracking invoices • Assist with coordination and administration of internal legal training programs • Champion the use of AI-powered legal tools, including contract review assistants, document drafting platforms, and research tools, to accelerate the department's output and reduce manual workload. • Identify opportunities to automate or streamline repetitive legal operations tasks (e.g., contract routing, deadline tracking, template management) by leveraging technology under the Legal Director's guidance. • Serve as a force multiplier for the Legal Director by taking full ownership of execution-level tasks, ensuring that the Legal Director's time is reserved for high-judgment, attorney-only work.

🎯 Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in a Legal Assistant, Contracts Administrator, or Legal Operations role (preferably in-house) • Strong experience with contract management systems, document organization, and workflow tracking • Familiarity with legal technology tools and a willingness to adopt AI-enabled solutions • Ability to review contracts at a high level, identifying key risks and non-standard terms under attorney supervision • Excellent organizational, project management, and multitasking skills • Strong written and verbal communication skills • High level of discretion and ability to manage confidential information • Proven ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset • Experience building or improving processes from the ground up is strongly preferred • Comfort with AI: Demonstrated ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools to enhance productivity and innovation. • Continuous Learning Mindset: Openness to learning and applying emerging technologies including AI and automation in alignment with firm policies • Comfort working with AI-assisted legal tools (e.g., contract review platforms, AI drafting assistants, legal research tools) or a demonstrated eagerness to adopt and learn new technology quickly.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • 401(k) matching • Flexible work hours • Paid time off • Remote work options