Paralegal in Belfast

We are seeking a talented individual to join our Marsh and Mercer Legal Team. This role will be based in the Belfast office but support the Irish Legal team based in Dublin. This is a hybrid role that has a requirement of working at least 3 days a week in the office.

This role is ideal for someone with previous experience within an administrative role including processing invoices, payments and settlements looking to move into a Paralegal role within a global leading business. In this position, you’ll support the Irish team providing paralegal & administrative support, liaise with outside counsel on invoicing and payment queries, process settlement payments and a lot more. There will also be opportunity to support on wider European projects.

We will rely on you to:

• Support the Irish legal team by providing paralegal and administrative support.
• Proactively work with the Irish business to manage low-disputes.
• Handle general administrative duties such as managing internal logs, assisting with quarterly reports, supporting knowledge management, and ad-hoc tasks.
• Process settlement and invoice payments related to matters across all European Marsh entities.
• Liaise with outside counsel on invoicing and payments, resolving related queries.
• Assist the Finance team with monthly reconciliation of settlements and invoices.

What you need to have:

• Proven experience and knowledge of processing invoices and payments.
• 2-3 years administrative support experience.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Confidence to advise and negotiate.
• The ability to build, manage and develop relationships.

What makes you stand out:

• Previous experience processing settlements.
• The ability to remain calm under pressure and be able to work flexibly when required.
• Any legal experience is a bonus.

Why join our team:

We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work and supportive leaders. We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have impact for colleagues, clients and communities. Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, as well as benefits and rewards to enhance your well-being.

Marsh is committed to embracing a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age background, civil partnership status, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, gender reassignment, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We are an equal opportunities employer.

We are committed to providing reasonable adjustments in accordance with applicable law to any candidate with a disability to allow them to fully participate in the recruitment process. If you have a disability that may require reasonable adjustments, please contact us at reasonableaccommodations@mmc.com.

Marsh is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one “anchor day” per week on which their full team will be together in person.