People Operations Analyst, Axiom Law
$52-60k
+ 10% Bonus
More information about location
On-demand legal talent, lawyers & legal services provider
Posted today
On-demand legal talent, lawyers & legal services provider
1001+ employees
Posted today
$52-60k
+ 10% Bonus
More information about location
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable corporate legal departments to drive efficiency and growth and to adapt to a demanding new era.
Role
Who you are
- Previous experience of working towards targets/KPIs
- Experience handling multiple tasks simultaneously, adapting to changes, and being able to creatively problem solve
- Legally eligible to work in the Unites States of America
- Undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline (or sufficient work experience in lieu of degree)
- Highly organized and effective at managing own workload within competing deadlines
- Confident in applying own judgement and taking initiative to deliver against targets
- Able to follow internal process guides and repeat processes quickly with low error margin
- Team player who can confidently develop and maintain remote relationships
What the job involves
- Axiom is seeking a People Operations Analyst to join our Chicago location. This role forms part of the People at Axiom (PAX) function and will involve execution of a range of operational processes and management of pre-employment checks for all North American legal talent and HQ candidates.
- This is a position for someone who connects naturally with an array of stakeholders, has strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail, and has the confidence to communicate effectively with a global workforce
- [55%] - Processing of pre-employment checks:
- Coordinating the end-to-end management of our due diligence process for legal talent across North America. With team coverage for international locations (UK, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia) when necessary
- Independently managing own workload to effectively process background checks, right to work verification, and managing pre-employment paperwork
- Proactive decision making to resolve screening issues (e.g. data inconsistencies) and escalating to Associates or manager where appropriate to achieve 100% screening completion in all cases
- Contributing to weekly progress meetings to review turnaround times and completion rates against agreed SLAs
- Monitoring automated employment agreements for new hires and ensuring 100% completion rate by start date. Proactively escalating to Associate levels and Talent Success Partners to meet deadlines
- [30%] - Responsible for actioning a wide scope of operational business processes:
- Direct engagement with new hires and hiring managers to answer onboarding questions and to offer live support with onboarding completion in our HRIS, Workday
- Daily review of onboarding progress trackers for all hired candidates in North. Responsible for daily check and chase approach to drive completion times to within 3 days
- Daily processing of new legal talent hires in North America. Committing to 24-hour turnaround from when hires are first triggered
- Processing absence returns and job updates for legal talent employees returning to active engagement
- [10%] - Commercial pipeline support:
- Independently managing client attestation requests, contributing to client surveys and Request For Proposal (RFP) documents, and knowing when to escalate as necessary
- Flexible and commercially sensitive approach to workload management. Able to re-prioritize quickly to respond to, and resolve, urgent commercial requests
- [5%] - Reporting and auditing:
- Contributing to internal audits to stay ahead of client audit requests and ensure compliance with client screening requirements
Our take
Axiom provides high-caliber legal talent, counting more than 3,500 legal departments across the globe. The company launched in 2000 and serves more than 75% of the Fortune 100 today. It offers a wide range of solutions to meet legal needs, from on-demand attorneys to supplement companies' legal departments, to senior paralegals to review legal forms and business contracts.
Traditionally, law firms were the dominant providers in the legal industry and their hierarchical partnership structure was a major obstacle for anyone trying to overcome that prevailing model. Axiom's founder saw an opportunity to reconfigure legal delivery and set out to construct a law company to respond to the growing misalignment between firm lawyers and equity partners as well as firms and clients. Axiom has recruited lawyers from top firms while cutting most traditional extra costs, enabling it to offer high-quality services at a much lower price than the wider legal industry.
Axiom received its first funding round in 2000, raising $5.4M, three subsequent funding rounds have followed. These investments fuelled expansion over time and allowed the company to invest in technology, a talented workforce, and a strong senior management bench. Going forward, Axiom will keep expanding its legal professional talent offering and it will likely maintain its focus on tech, as exemplified by its acquisition of legal tech firm Plexus Engage in 2022.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Feb 2013
$28m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $28m
Company HQ
World Trade Center, New York, NY
Leadership
David McVeigh
(CEO)30 years of experience in business leadership, management consulting, and private equity portfolio company management. Previous Managing Director at Hellman & Friedman and Executive Vice President at Gartner.
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