Risk Assistant (Dentons Business Services EMEA)

Dentons Business Services EMEA is the operational backbone of Dentons, supporting the world's largest law firm in delivering exceptional service to clients across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. As a crucial component of Dentons' global network, our EMEA business services team plays a key role in driving efficiency, innovation, and collaboration.

At Dentons Business Services EMEA, we are committed to excellence in supporting legal professionals with cutting-edge solutions. Our dynamic and diverse team collaborates seamlessly to provide a wide range of services, including finance, IT, human resources, marketing, and more. We pride ourselves on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and adaptability.

About the Opportunity

Dentons Europe is looking to recruit a Risk Assistant working within the Firms new business intake function reporting to Risk Management

We look for proactive, flexible individuals who are team players and demonstrate a commitment to superior client service. As a global law firm, it is essential that our candidates have excellent spoken and written English skills in order to communicate fluently and efficiently.

About the role

• The core responsibility will be to manage the Risk Team’s email inbox on a daily basis. This will include administrative tasks, such as updating client and matter records, billing information, handling requests for status updates to the Practice
• Cooperating with other Business Support functions such as finance teams
• Managing and recording information using internal systems and platforms
• Filing, recording of client documentation and updating databases
• Contacting lawyers and assistants for outstanding information
• Inputting and sorting information into Excel
• Conducting background checks on companies
• Responding to routine email inquiries
• Providing general support to management on ad hoc tasks when necessary

Requirements

• Proven ability to work as part of a team.
• Remains calm and works well under pressure; dealing confidently, competently and diplomatically with Partners and legal assistants worldwide.
• Strong communication skills. Able to follow as well as provide clear and unambiguous information or instructions.
• The ability to manage a high volume workload effectively
• Good IT skills
• Experience working in a professional partnership, or in a business services environment.
• Demonstrate an ability to work with minimal supervision at busy times
• Manage time efficiently, delivering work to a consistently high standard and to deadlines
• Excellent standard of spoken and written English.
• Proven experience working with MS Office
• Experience of working in a professional/legal environment
• Proficiency in additional languages desired.

Benefits

• Private medical healthcare provided by Medicover 
• MultiSport card 
• Benefit Cafeteria system 
• Veterinary care for your pet provided by PetHelp 
• Option to join a private insurance plan 
• An additional day off for your birthday 
• Tailored learning & development opportunities 
• Hybrid work model with a modern office in Warsaw city center