Role in brief
Coinbase is seeking a Legal Ops Associate to improve legal e-billing and outside counsel management. Ideal candidates have experience in legal operations and data analysis, particularly in a tech environment.
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About the role
In this role, you will focus on enhancing legal e-billing processes and managing outside counsel effectively. Your contributions will drive operational excellence and ensure cost efficiency across the legal department.
You will collaborate with various teams to implement strategies and manage financial processes. Success in this position involves optimizing workflows, analyzing data for insights, and ensuring timely onboarding of legal vendors.
The salary for this role ranges from $99,365 to $116,900 USD, depending on location.
Skills that matter here
- legal operations: This role requires expertise in legal operations to streamline e-billing and counsel management.
- e-billing: Hands-on experience with e-billing platforms is essential for administering and optimizing the legal e-billing system.
- data analysis: Data analysis skills are crucial for producing reports and actionable insights that inform decision-making.
- project management: You will need strong project management skills to oversee operational initiatives from start to finish.
- AI: Utilizing AI responsibly is important for improving workflow efficiency and delivering business-ready outputs.
Who this role suits
- You have a background in legal operations, preferably in a tech-focused environment.
- You are detail-oriented and thrive in fast-paced, high-growth settings.
- You enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive improvements.
- You are proactive in seeking solutions and optimizing processes.
From the employer
- Build and enhance automated, AI-first processes for legal e-billing and outside counsel management, driving operational excellence across the program.
- Drive implementation of OC spend strategy, including reviewing and benchmarking law firm billing rates and fee structures against industry standards and peer companies.
- Own the monthly accruals process and legal vendor onboarding workflows, ensuring accuracy and timeliness in close partnership with FP&A.
- Administer and maintain the legal e-billing system (Brightflag), serving as the team's resource for system optimization and stakeholder training.
- Analyze OC spend data to produce reports, scorecards, and actionable insights that inform program improvements and leadership decisions.
- Partner cross-functionally with FP&A, Sourcing, and EAA to enhance program effectiveness and align on budgets, forecasting, and vendor strategy.
- Own and manage onboarding of law firms.
- Bachelor's degree with 3+ years of outside counsel management experience at an in-house legal practice, preferably at a high-growth technology company.
- Demonstrated experience managing legal accruals, forecasting inputs, and month-end financial processes in partnership with FP&A.
- Hands-on experience with legal e-billing platforms (Brightflag or comparable) and proficiency in Excel/Google Sheets, including formulas, data manipulation, reconciliation, and building trackers and analyses.
- Proven ability to project manage operational initiatives from inception to execution, including process design, tool implementation, and vendor onboarding workflows.
- Experience with data tools (SQL, Snowflake, Looker, or similar) for building reports and dashboards that drive spend visibility and decision-making.
- Utilizes generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.
- Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)). Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus): $99,365—$116,900 USD.
- Application Limit: Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: Coinbase is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or genetic information. Applicants with criminal histories will be considered consistent with applicable federal, state, and local laws.
Questions about this role
What is the remote policy?
Coinbase is a remote-first company but requires some in-person collaboration through quarterly working sessions.
What is the seniority level of this position?
The seniority level is not specified in the job posting.
How can I apply for this position?
Candidates can submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
✓ Direct apply: you message the hiring person by email. No ATS.