Legal Administrative Assistant

About Riot Platforms

Riot’s (NASDAQ: RIOT) vision is to be the world’s most trusted platform for powering and building digital infrastructure. 

Riot’s mission is to empower the future of digital infrastructure by positively impacting the sectors networks and communities that we touch. We believe that the combination of an innovative spirit and strong community partnership allows the Company to achieve best-in-class execution and create successful outcomes.

 Riot is a Bitcoin-driven industry leader in the development of large-scale data centers and bitcoin mining applications. The Company’s vertically integrated strategy spans Bitcoin mining engineering and the development of large-scale data center projects designed to support the growing demand for high-density computing. Riot currently operates Bitcoin mining facilities in central Texas and Kentucky with engineering and fabrication capabilities in Denver and Houston. The Company is now expanding into data center development strengthening its position as a foundational builder in the digital economy. 

Key attributes we are looking for

At Riot we’re building the future of digital infrastructure. Our team members have unparalleled opportunities to work on groundbreaking initiatives. Through technical excellence and strategic execution Riot has positioned itself as a leader in the industry driving advancements that continue to set new benchmarks in digital infrastructure. 

We are trailblazers. Problem solvers. People who thrive in fast-paced environments communicate clearly and bring relentless focus to efficiency and execution.   

Overview

We are seeking a detail-oriented Legal Administrator to support our legal team with a primary focus on legal billing and budgeting spend management and contract management and administration. This role is responsible for administering e-billing workflows in Legal Tracker partnering closely with Accounting and FP&A and serving as an operational point of contact for outside counsel. The role also includes administrative support for contract intake and utilizing contract management systems. This role will be remote.

Key Responsibilities

Legal Billing & Spend Management:

• Administer Legal Tracker e-billing processes including invoice intake coding routing/approvals and submission workflows.
• Validate invoices for compliance with outside counsel billing guidelines; identify exceptions and coordinate timely corrections with law firms.
• Maintain open communication with the VP of Litigation (and other Legal Team stakeholders as necessary).
• Coordinate with Accounting to support accurate and timely invoice processing accruals and reconciliations.
• Partner with FP&A to support budgeting forecasting and variance analysis related to litigation and broader legal spend.
• Maintain matter budgets and spend tracking; support periodic accrual and forecast cycles.
• Generate regular and ad hoc reporting on legal spend matter trends and vendor performance; prepare executive-ready summaries for Legal leadership.
• Support continuous improvement of billing workflows controls and documentation (policies procedures playbooks and guidance to stakeholders).

Stakeholder & Law Firm Coordination:

• Serve as an operational liaison with outside counsel for invoice and billing-related communications.
• Coordinate across the Legal team and internal business partners to resolve billing budget and matter-coding questions.
• Support vendor onboarding and maintenance tasks as needed (e.g. billing contacts guidelines distribution matter setup support).

 Legal Data & Analytics:

• Help maintain data integrity across systems (matters vendors timekeepers rate structures codes and reporting fields).

Contract Management & Administration:

• Deploy and maintain centralized contract repository.
• Assist with tracking key dates renewals expirations milestones.
• Contract Data & Compliance Logging.
• Extract and log key terms (payment renewal termination SLAs etc.).
• Maintain data and generate reports for Accounting SOX and Audit including supporting SOX control testing.
• Interface with procurement accounting SOX audit and assist with legal review policy development.
• Coordinate vendor onboarding with procurement

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (business finance legal studies or related fields preferable).
• 4–10+ years of experience in legal operations legal billing/e-billing litigation support or a finance operations role supporting a legal department or law firm.
• Required: hands-on experience with Legal Tracker (Thomson Reuters) or demonstrably equivalent end-to-end e-billing administration experience including matter setup/coding and reporting.
• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables lookups basic data cleaning) and comfort working with large datasets.
• Excellent attention to detail ability to manage deadlines and strong follow-through in a high-volume environment.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with a contract lifecycle management (CLM) platform.
• Experience supporting litigation matters and outside counsel management in an in-house legal department.
• Familiarity with e-billing guidelines rate structures budgets accruals and forecasting cycles
• Experience building spend dashboards or standard reporting packages for leadership (Legal Finance or executive audiences).

Compensation and Benefits 

• 401k plan with company matching.
• Great medical vision and dental plans to choose from.
• Long-term and Short-term disability.
• Additional benefit options (Employee Assistance Program Pet Insurance and more).
• Flexible Spending Accounts.
• Generous PTO and Paid Floating Holidays.
• A fun company culture with tremendous growth opportunities!

Riot is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

What We Do

Riot’s (NASDAQ: RIOT) vision is to be the world’s most trusted platform for powering and building digital infrastructure.Riot’s mission is to empower the future of digital infrastructure by positively impacting the sectors networks and communities that we touch. We believe that the combination of an innovative spirit and strong community partnership allows us to achieve best-in-class execution and create successful outcomes.

Why Work With Us

Our culture is rooted in extreme ownership. That means every challenge is an opportunity and every team member is empowered to lead innovate and execute. We believe in moving fast thinking boldly and owning outcomes because that’s how we operate.

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