Sr Analyst, Legal Ops

Vantive: A New Company Built On Our Legacy

Baxter is on a journey to separate our ~$5B Kidney Care segment into a standalone company. Vantive* will build on our nearly 70-year legacy in acute therapies and home and in-center dialysis to provide best-in-class care to the people we serve. We believe Vantive will not only build our leadership in the kidney care space, it will also offer meaningful work to those who join us.

At Vantive, you will become part of a community of people who are focused, courageous and don't settle for the mediocre. Each of us are driven to help improve patients' lives worldwide. Join us as we revolutionize kidney care and other vital organ support.

*Completion of the proposed separation of Kidney Care from Baxter into a standalone company (to be named Vantive) remains subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Both at Baxter and at Kidney Care, this individual will serve as a partner to members of the Legal Department and will collaborate effectively across the Company to assist the Company in meeting business objectives. They must present with credibility and confidence in an action-oriented environment. They must have strong collaboration and project management skills to support the design and implementation of the Kidney Care Legal Operations capabilities.

Legal Technology:

• Improve existing and identify new tools to enable streamlined team collaboration and workflow automation both within the legal team and among business partners.

• Assist with system deployments, improvements, and related process guidelines.

• Develop reporting and dashboards that synthesize data from our various systems to drive information sharing and better decision making across the department and business.

• Partner with technology teams to troubleshoot equipment/systems issues.

• Collaborate on and maintain technology roadmap for the Legal Department.

• Foster the usage of technology to ensure Legal Department efficiency

Financial Planning:

• Prepare accurate legal budget projections and monitors spend.

• Provide leadership and other budget owners with budget analysis and management recommendations.

• Partner with attorneys and other professionals to capture full matter costs worldwide to aid active spend management and continue to supervise operational costs for improved budget forecasting accuracy.

• Support the monthly reconciliation and reclassification requests, and quarterly budget estimate updates.

Outside Counsel Management:

• Participate in planning and implementation of strategic outside counsel initiatives and support active law firm management.

• Assist with monthly Law firm matter budget review process and annual revision and distribution of billing guidelines and terms of engagement.

• Lead reporting and analysis of legal services spend.

Knowledge Management:

• Coordinate and update the DMS as necessary.

• Development and maintenance of a Legal Department intranet and other communications channels for internal stakeholders.

• Periodic employee training on relevant technology and processes.

• Track trends in law industry and participate and collect relevant benchmarking to advise department initiatives.

Human Resources:

• Develop and improve processes to accurately track global staffing of law department, lead onboarding and offboarding processes.

• Own the maintenance of global legal directories, including supervising hires and departures, open positions, email distribution lists, and system access.

• Lead annual client satisfaction survey.

Project Management:

• Support Legal Department Leadership team with annual goal planning and quarterly tracking, as well as lead corporate initiatives that impact Legal.

• Lead projects, serve as the Legal Department Liaison between other departments and collaborate with staff leading central vendors to design processes that meet department needs.

Administrative Operations:

• Ensure overall smooth functioning of Baxter Headquarters Law Departments.

• Coordinate with facilities to reconfigure and repair office space as needed to meet staff needs.

• Work effectively across a multi-functional, global teams.

What will you bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Law firm or in-house corporate legal department experience a plus.

• Advanced skills with the Microsoft suite, including and most specifically Excel, Power Apps, Power BI and Power Automate.

• Some database or data warehouse experience preferable. (e.g. Cognos, Business Objects, SQL).

• Experience in developing reports that not only advise but drive decision making and action.

• Collaboration skills, with an ability to establish relationships both within a team and across external departments.

• Ability to identify, define requirements and implement process improvement.

• Proactive, entrepreneurial approach to recognizing needs, solving problems, anticipating issues, and developing solutions; excellent business judgment and critical thinking.

• Attention to detail with excellent time management and multitasking/prioritization abilities.

• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and responsibilities.

• Solid understanding of finance and accounting.

• Experience with Matter Management/e-Billing, e-Discovery tools, Document Management, and Contract Management is helpful.

Baxter is committed to supporting the needs for flexibility in the workplace. We do so through our flexible workplace policy which includes a minimum of 3 days a week onsite. This policy provides the benefits of connecting and collaborating in-person in support of our Mission.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. At Baxter, we are committed to equitable pay for all employees, and we strive to be more transparent with our pay practices. The estimated base salary for this position is $88,000 to $110,000 annually. The estimated range is meant to reflect an anticipated salary range for the position. We may pay more or less than of the anticipated range based upon market data and other factors, all of which are subject to change. Individual pay is based on upon location, skills and expertise, experience, and other relevant factors. This position may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses. For questions about this, our pay philosophy, and available benefits, please speak to the recruiter if you decide to apply and are selected for an interview.

The successful candidate for this job may be required to verify that he or she has been vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to reasonable accommodations for individuals with medical conditions or religious beliefs that prevent vaccination, and in accordance with applicable law.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

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