Northern Trust
eDiscovery Analyst (Finance)
Major Duties:
1. Work with case teams and other stakeholders to provide project management and process support for litigations and other legal matters throughout all phases of discovery.
2. Under attorneys' or discovery manager's direction, proactively issue legal hold-related communications and track responses.
3. Lead electronic discovery efforts, including by conducting custodian interviews and facilitating document collection efforts, to ensure timely and accurate completion of document collection.
4. Interact with partners (e.g., relationship managers, Legal Department, Human Resources) or external parties (e.g., law enforcement, regulators, other financial institutions, investigations staff) in the course of investigations or information gathering for litigation matters, as appropriate.
5. At the direction of attorneys, perform sophisticated data searches to preserve, identify, collect, and produce materials needed in responding to third-party requests and subpoenas.
6. Proactively seek opportunities to refine and enhance the legal hold, preservation, and collection process and assist discovery manager to ensure technologies in use for legal hold, email archival, and eDiscovery hosting technologies are evaluated, implemented and managed in accordance with current legal standards.
7. Act as the liaison between the legal department, IT, and other stakeholders on legal hold and discovery issues.
8. Troubleshoot, research, diagnose, and resolve reported incidents and issues.
9. Work with the Discovery Manager, as requested, to perform a variety of complex legal-related tasks and special projects to ensure the effective operation of the discovery function.
10. Document process flows and steps so they can be repeated with consistency and accuracy.
Requirements:
• A minimum of a Bachelor's degree is required.
• 1-3 years of legal, business, consulting or relevant technical experience with a focus in discovery.
• Ability to handle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, and client-service orientation.
• Knowledge of software used in the legal hold and electronic discovery processes.
• Working knowledge of enterprise-class production IT systems such as Exchange email, ERP systems, and SharePoint.
• Experience with collection best practices and procedures.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to enable effective and professional communication with senior, peer, and junior colleagues, attorneys, and vendors.
• Proven ability to work independently and solve problems with minimum supervision.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Must be a solution oriented professional with a focus on problem solving and collaboration as a key member of a cross-functional team.
• Ability to adapt to daily activities that may be presented as rush requests.
• Basic searching knowledge in Outlook.
About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust provides innovative financial services and guidance to corporations, institutions and affluent families and individuals globally. With 130 years of financial experience and nearly 20,000 partners, we serve the world's most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner, you will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture, which has a strong history of financial strength and stability. Movement within the organization is encouraged, senior leaders are accessible, and you can take pride in working for a company that is committed to strengthening the communities we serve!
We recognize the value of inclusion and diversity in culture, in thought, and in experience, which is why Forbes ranked us the top employer for Diversity in 2018.
We'd love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the world's most admired and ethical companies. Build your career with us and apply today.