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Job Description

About the role:

The Global Legal and E&C Operations Head of Spend Management is a Senior Director-level leader responsible for driving spend management and financial governance across the function. As part of the operations team, this role partners closely with Finance, Procurement, and external providers to ensure transparency, disciplined planning, and actionable business insights. Key responsibilities include coordinating budgets and forecasts, overseeing vendors and outside counsel through selection, contracting, performance management, and rate negotiations, and ensuring strong invoice-to-pay execution aligned with corporate policies. Serving as the operational owner of spend processes, decision support, and controls, this leader enables the function to deliver high-quality services in a cost-effective and well-governed manner.

How you will contribute:

Spend Planning & Budget Governance (Business Owner)

• In partnership with Finance, owns the Function’s business planning inputs and governance for the annual budget cycle, including assumptions, prioritization, and narrative justification

• Lead monthly and quarterly business review discussions with GLEC leaders (forecast, variances, and demand drivers) and coordinate required forecasting, accrual, and re-forecast activities with Finance

• Track run-rate spend, trends, and cost drivers; identify risks and opportunities and drive actions with practice group leaders

• Provide spend and resourcing insights to the General Counsel and GLEC Leadership team
  to inform staffing, sourcing, and investment decisions (in alignment with Finance)

Spend Management & Financial Reporting

• Manage the Function’s spending (e.g., outside counsel and other advisors, third-party providers, technology and licensing, training, travel, consulting, and operational expenses)

• Build dashboards and reporting that provide visibility into spend by practice area, matter type, geography, vendor, and cost center

• Develop KPIs to measure financial efficiency, cost drivers, and productivity

• Partner with technology and data teams to optimize financial data extraction, analytics, and reporting

eBilling Management & Invoice Compliance

• Own the global eBilling platform and related processes (e.g., rate card management, invoice rules, budget tracking, matter/case setup, and portfolio management)

• Ensure compliance with billing guidelines, rate structures, AFAs, and accrual requirements

• Review and troubleshoot invoice exceptions; ensure timely resolution with vendors

• Improve financial accuracy through automation, invoice validation, and integration with ERP systems

Vendor Management & Outside Counsel Governance

• Lead the outside counsel and vendor governance program, including panel management, vendor selection, rate negotiations, and contract renewals

• Create and update billing guidelines, preferred provider lists, and performance scorecards

• Monitor vendor performance (quality, cost, responsiveness, and compliance to guidelines)

• Drive adoption of AFAs, volume discounts, and value‑based pricing models

• Partner with Procurement and Risk to ensure contractual compliance, cybersecurity controls, and appropriate onboarding

Process Optimization, Controls & Compliance

• Establish financial controls, audit readiness, and compliance with financial policies, retention rules, and JSOX/SOX (if applicable)

• Streamline invoicing, matter budgeting, and accrual processes for increased predictability and accuracy

• Drive continuous improvement through automation, templates, and standardization of financial workflows

• Partner with other operations teams and relevant enablement groups to integrate financial data into the Function’s core systems and analytics ecosystem

Executive Reporting & Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner with Finance to prepare financial materials for the General Counsel,