About the Opportunity
Are you a tech-savvy legal operations professional looking to make a high-impact move in your career? Waters Corporation is seeking a driven and detail-oriented Legal Operations Specialist to join its dynamic team in Bangalore, India. In this pivotal role, you will be at the intersection of law, technology, and finance, driving efficiency across legal spend management, matter tracking, legal tech optimization, and outside counsel processes.
Key Responsibilities
As a Legal Operations Specialist at Waters Corporation, you will take ownership of modernizing and streamlining legal workflows. Your core duties will include:
- eBilling & Spend Management: Oversee the global Legal Department’s electronic billing systems. Review and validate outside counsel invoices against strict billing guidelines, fee structures, and internal policies while identifying billing discrepancies or violations.
- Financial Analytics & Budgeting: Support monthly, quarterly, and year-end legal accrual processes. Conduct spend forecasting, track budgets versus actuals, and perform variance analysis to optimize legal spend.
- Matter Management: Maintain accurate legal matter records, supporting intake, categorization, tracking, closure, and overall data governance across systems.
- Vendor & Outside Counsel Relations: Coordinate onboarding and offboarding for external law firms and legal service providers while monitoring performance against approved estimates.
- Technology Optimization: Administer and optimize legal tech platforms, including matter management, eBilling, Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), and document automation tools, helping automate manual processes.
- Reporting & Stakeholder Collaboration: Create actionable dashboards and executive reports covering legal spend, workload metrics, and cost savings. Collaborate closely with internal Legal Counsel, Finance, Procurement, IT, and external vendors.
Candidate Profile & Qualifications
Waters Corporation is looking for an analytical legal operations professional with a proven track record in financial and technical workflows:
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Legal Operations, Business Administration, Finance, Law, Management, or a related discipline.
- Experience: 3–5 years of hands-on experience in Legal Operations, eBilling, spend management, law firm billing, or legal administration.
- Technical Mastery: Advanced proficiency in MS Excel (PivotTables, XLOOKUP/VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, data modeling). Hands-on familiarity with eBilling, CLM, and matter management systems.
- Preferred Skills: Familiarity with platforms like Brightflag, HighQ, Legal Tracker, Onit, SimpleLegal, CounselLink, Power BI, SAP, Coupa, or Ariba is a significant plus.
- Soft Skills: Exceptional attention to detail, strong communication abilities, and proven success in managing multi-stakeholder relationships.
Why Join Waters Corporation?
Waters Corporation is a global leader in analytical instruments and software, pioneering innovations that impact human health and well-being. By joining their in-house legal team, you gain exposure to cutting-edge legal technology, continuous operational transformation, and a collaborative corporate culture designed for professional growth.
How to Apply
If you meet the experience criteria and are ready to take the next step in your Legal Operations career, apply directly through the official career portal or job posting link today.