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Reporting to the Senior Global Accounting & Compliance Manager, this position is responsible to assist in a wide array of accounting and reporting activities for the Firm including account analysis, bank reconciliations, month-end close, financial statements audit, pension plans audit, and ad hoc requests.
Key Relationships: Global Controller, Senior Global Accounting & Compliance Manager, Accounting team members of all Cleary international offices, Partnership Accounting and Tax Team, New York Accounts Payable Team, New York Cash Receipts Team, New York Payroll Team, New York Accounting Systems Team, New York Benefits Team, New York Finance IT Team, Financial Reporting Team, Profitability Team, Billing Team, and Aderant Support Team.
Cleary Gottlieb is seeking a Proposals Specialist to support the Firm's global pitches & proposals function. Under the direction of the Proposals Manager, this role will be responsible for working on the Firm's responses for key pitch and panel opportunities, as well as supporting the wider business development team on the preparation and implementation of proposals and client-facing pitch opportunities more broadly.
Cleary Gottlieb is seeking a senior brand, digital & content manager to manage and enhance the Firm’s branding, creative services, digital and marketing communications to develop and deliver a content strategy in line with the Firm’s strategic objectives and BDMC functional plan.
The Legal Project Manager (“the Manager”) will be responsible for working alongside Litigation legal matter teams, including the partners, to provide project management, staffing, profitability and communications support, strategically and operationally. The role will be charged with helping to implement significant changes by focusing on client service, the delivery of legal services and process innovation, efficiencies, and the overall profitability of Litigation matters.
The role will focus on efficiency, process, budget and profitability improvements, helping the matter teams to better leverage people, processes and where applicable, technology, in order to more effectively manage the firm’s Litigation legal matters.
This role will be a part of creating a formalized global Legal Project Management (”LPM”) function at Cleary Gottlieb.
Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP seeks a part-time Community Engagement Intern. The position will reside in the Firm’s New York office.
Cleary Gottlieb has been a leader in the legal profession for more than 70 years. Our lawyers, who operate in 17 offices in major global financial centers, work together across practices, industries, and jurisdictions to provide clients with clear, actionable approaches to their most complex legal and business challenges. Founded in a spirit of inclusiveness, personal and professional responsibility, compassion for the needs of others, and dedication to improving the communities in which we live and work, Cleary Gottlieb remains fully committed to the duties of good global citizenship. Learn more about us at clearygottlieb.com
In addition to our pro bono legal services work, Cleary attorneys and staff members participate in a variety of extracurricular and educational Community Engagement programs, helping students in our community cultivate meaningful relationships with legal professionals; expand their professional networks; develop valuable academic, professional, and social skills; and gain confidence in themselves, their work, and their futures.
The Community Engagement Intern will be assigned to various projects that will enhance the intern’s training and work experience.
As a member of the Financial Reporting and Analysis team, the Strategic Pricing Manager will advise and support partners in developing and implementing fee arrangements and matter budgets, where they will work directly with existing and prospective clients developing pricing structures aimed at delivering cost-effective results (aligned with the client business objectives).
The Strategic Pricing Manager will drive improvement in the firm’s pricing through strategic and tactical pricing advice, manage the financial analytics of alternative fee arrangements (AFA) and play an integral role in identifying and implementing solutions that leverages various data sources to improve the firm’s matter planning and budgeting operations.
The Strategic Pricing Manager will work closely with our senior analysts and finance specialists as they develop tools and techniques to plan and assess projects and will support decision-making by those who are managing our engagements and practices.
Reporting to the Director of Tax, this worldwide position is responsible for a wide array of partnership accounting activities of the firm including partner earnings, partner mobility, related balance sheet management, implementation of procedural improvements and development of effective business relationships.
Reporting to the Director of Tax, the Tax Manager is responsible for assisting with the partnership taxation activities of the Firm including: Individual partner U.S. and international tax filings, entity level U.S. and international tax filings, maintenance of the tax basis fixed asset register and implementation of procedural improvement associated to these activities. Other responsibilities include approving global vendors, estimating annual tax liabilities for partners and the firm, coordinating firm tax audits, reviewing foreign bank account filings, reviewing sales and use tax returns and various other domestic tax filings.
Cleary Gottlieb, an elite global law firm, is seeking a Business Development Manager to work with our Private Funds, Real Estate and Tax practice groups.
The Business Development Manager will have the opportunity to lead on a wide range of business and client development activities on a global level. You will be part of a dynamic team and work with colleagues from other offices around the world.
Cleary Gottlieb, an elite global law firm, is seeking a Business Development Analyst.The Business Development Analyst will work with the Global Business Development Manager. You will be part of a dynamic team and work with colleagues from other offices around the world.
Cleary Gottlieb’s private clients practice helps clients protect and administer family wealth, and plan for the transmission of wealth to family members and charities, with sophisticated but practical tax advice integrated into confidential estate plans that reflect clients’ family, charitable and business objectives.
Staff Attorneys provide support to the U.S. private clients lawyers in all aspects of estate administration, including:
- Estate and tax planning
- Administration of trusts and estates
- Family businesses
- Premarital and marital agreements
- Family law – separation and divorce
- Family disputes
- Planning for retirement and disability
- Private investments
- Transactions involving residential real estate, art, boats and aircraft
- Family charities and charitable giving
Cleary Gottlieb’s private clients practice helps clients protect and administer family wealth, and plan for the transmission of wealth to family members and charities, with sophisticated but practical tax advice integrated into confidential estate plans that reflect clients’ family, charitable and business objectives.
The Fiduciary Accountant will provide support to the U.S. private clients lawyers in all aspects of trust and estate administration.