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Associate, Legal Operations

MTA • Brooklyn, NY • 3w ago

Job ID: 11216

Business Unit: MTA Headquarters

Location: Brooklyn, NY, United States

Regular/Temporary: Regular

Department: Office of the Chief Counsel

Date Posted: Apr 4, 2025

Description

Job Information

Associate, Legal Ops

Open Date: 10/15/2024

Close Date: Open Until Filled

Authority: HQ

Department: Law

Division/Unit: Torts

Reports to: Manager, Legal Ops

Work Location: 130 Livingston Street

Hours of work: As required

Summary

The MTA Legal Department is launching a new group within the Torts Unit focused on improving the Unit's operations with goal of achieving improved outcomes for Torts, which handles matters involving hundreds of millions of dollars of exposure for the MTA. This job requires supporting the Sr. Director that would lead this new unit as they stand up this new group - including diagnosing challenges, implementing new processes, and managing multiple stakeholder groups, within and outside the Legal Department.

Key responsibilities will include supporting the Legal Operations team in defining the Torts' operational strategy (according to guidance from Unit Chief), facilitating related projects, conducting relevant analyses, building dashboards to support reporting, and driving change management initiatives to implement these activities. This includes supporting employees in adopting new processes, monitoring progress and outcomes across initiatives, and supporting activities as needed.

Additionally, this analyst must work with litigators. While analyst will not be an attorney themselves, they must effectively understand legal challenges, communicate with attorneys, and support legal teams in making practical decisions.

Compensation

$85,000-90,000

Responsibilities

Support Torts in executing projects critical to reshaping its operations. Projects assigned to Legal Ops division will have a large quantitative and/or design component. The Associate, Legal Ops position will have primary responsibility for supporting the quantitative and analytical sides of each project. Experience using SQL and data visualization tools (Power BI) are preferred.

Conduct financial analysis and business process reviews supporting high-profile, Torts initiatives under the guidance of executive leadership with the goal of improving overall outcomes for Torts

Conduct research and project management to support and inform critical decisions which will impact Torts cost structure and/or overall operations and - examples include benchmarking operational and support processes, evaluation of historical cost trends and relevant drivers.

Support interdepartmental and interagency processes to execute initiatives critical to reshaping Torts processes and collaboration with other units

Create regular dashboards for review by departmental and unit leadership to guide day-to-day decision-making. Identify and collect relevant data sources and execute appropriate analytics to generate usable insights. Opportunistically identify ways to enrich further decision-making processes with data

Support existing units to adopt new processes, technology, and procedures. As unit changes ways of working, bring best practices, relevant internal support, and process design to new units

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Business, Transportation, Public Policy, Legal or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience from an accredited college may be considered in lieu of a degree.

Minimum of 3 years' progressively responsible work or internship experience. A Master's Degree or experience in high level comprehensive Excel modeling may be used to substitute for up to 2 years of work experience.

Competencies

Extensive experience using SQL to extract and analyze data from disparate sources

Excellent quantitative, dashboarding (Power BI), modeling and analytical skills

Proficiency with supervised and unsupervised learning algorithims

Proficiency in communication and interpersonal skills.

Proficiency in organizational and presentation skills.

Proficiency in and/or ability to learn to work with all internal levels within a given organization.

Proficiency in and/or ability to learn completing short- and long-term projects effectively and as efficiently as possible.

Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite or comparable applications, i.e., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Familiarity with the MTA's policies and procedures preferred

Familiarity with the MTA's collective bargaining procedure preferred

Other Information

Pursuant to the New York State Public Officers Law & the MTA Code of Ethics, all employees who hold a policymaking position must file an Annual Statement of Financial Disclosure (FDS) with the NYS Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (the "Commission").

Equal Employment Opportunity

MTA and its subsidiary and affiliated agencies are Equal Opportunity Employers, including with respect to veteran status and individuals with disabilities. The MTA encourages qualified applicants from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and abilities, including military service members, to apply

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