FINANCE PRACTICE GROUP MANAGER
Legal & Compliance/Legal
LHH
$160,000.00 - $240,000.00 per Year
Charlotte, North CarolinaPermanent
Legal
Legal & Compliance
Location: Charlotte, NC (onsite with potential hybrid flexibility)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire (W2)
Compensation Range: $160,000-$240,000 DOE
Overview
LHH Recruitment Solutions is assisting a full-service law firm in finding an experienced Finance & Transactions Practice Group Manager to oversee the operational, strategic, and talent-related functions of a high-volume finance transactions team. This role partners closely with firm leadership and lawyers at all levels to ensure effective workflow management, strong client service delivery, and consistent support across the group’s business objectives.
- Lead daily operations and coordinate long-term initiatives with practice leadership.
- Oversee attorney staffing, matter allocation, and workload balance across offices.
- Manage recurring planning processes, including meeting agendas, follow-up tracking, and performance reporting.
- Guide attorney and paralegal development programs, including evaluations, individual development planning, recruiting coordination, and coaching support.
- Partner with Professional Development to design and deliver group-specific training, CLE content, and skill-building programs.
- Support business development by contributing to rankings materials, proposals, RFP responses, events, and client presentations.
- Improve processes related to matter management, billing practices, and overall workflow efficiency
- Contribute subject-matter expertise on finance transactions to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance across group deliverables.
Additional Technical & Legal Skill Requirements
- Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating finance-related agreements.Strong command of federal and state banking regulations and compliance obligations.
- Advanced legal research and analytical capabilities.
- Background supporting due diligence for financial transactions, mergers, and acquisitions.
- Skilled in negotiation, communication, and managing complex stakeholder interactions.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced legal environment.
- Experience cultivating strong client relationships and supporting client strategy.
- Proficiency interpreting intricate financial and transactional documents.
- Ability to design and implement risk mitigation approaches for financial matters.
- Collaborative approach with a focus on proactive issue resolution.
- Experience supporting or representing clients in finance-related legal disputes.
- Familiarity with preparing regulatory filings and related documentation.
- Commitment to staying current on regulatory changes and industry developments.
- Experience training and mentoring junior attorneys and legal support staff.
- Strong professional judgment, discretion, and adherence to ethical standards.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, legal studies, or related discipline. A JD is a plus.
- Recent and tenured hands-on experience in banking and finance transactional work.
- 3+ years in practice operations/management within a US law firm, or 7+ years supporting multiple finance attorneys in comparable responsibilities.
- Prior experience in a large firm or Am Law environment is strongly preferred.
- Proven leadership, communication, and organizational skills, including supporting attorney, paralegal, and administrative teams.
Benefits
Benefits may include paid time off; medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and disability insurance; voluntary benefits; wellness and commuter programs; 401(k) or deferred compensation plans; paid sick leave or other applicable paid leave; holiday pay; and eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
#FinanceLaw #BankingLaw #LegalOperations #PracticeGroupManagement #LawFirmOperations #CharlotteJobs #HiringNow #ApplyToday #LHH #LetsChatSoon
Pay Details: $160,000.00 to $240,000.00 per year
Search managed by: Holly Hilderhoff
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Military connected talent encouraged to apply
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
- The California Fair Chance Act
- Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
- Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.
FINANCE PRACTICE GROUP MANAGER
Legal & Compliance/Legal
LHH
$160,000.00 - $240,000.00 per Year
Charlotte, North CarolinaPermanent
Legal
Legal & Compliance
Location: Charlotte, NC (onsite with potential hybrid flexibility)
Employment Type: Full-Time, Direct Hire (W2)
Compensation Range: $160,000-$240,000 DOE
Overview
LHH Recruitment Solutions is assisting a full-service law firm in finding an experienced Finance & Transactions Practice Group Manager to oversee the operational, strategic, and talent-related functions of a high-volume finance transactions team. This role partners closely with firm leadership and lawyers at all levels to ensure effective workflow management, strong client service delivery, and consistent support across the group’s business objectives.
- Lead daily operations and coordinate long-term initiatives with practice leadership.
- Oversee attorney staffing, matter allocation, and workload balance across offices.
- Manage recurring planning processes, including meeting agendas, follow-up tracking, and performance reporting.
- Guide attorney and paralegal development programs, including evaluations, individual development planning, recruiting coordination, and coaching support.
- Partner with Professional Development to design and deliver group-specific training, CLE content, and skill-building programs.
- Support business development by contributing to rankings materials, proposals, RFP responses, events, and client presentations.
- Improve processes related to matter management, billing practices, and overall workflow efficiency
- Contribute subject-matter expertise on finance transactions to ensure quality, consistency, and compliance across group deliverables.
Additional Technical & Legal Skill Requirements
- Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating finance-related agreements.Strong command of federal and state banking regulations and compliance obligations.
- Advanced legal research and analytical capabilities.
- Background supporting due diligence for financial transactions, mergers, and acquisitions.
- Skilled in negotiation, communication, and managing complex stakeholder interactions.
- Ability to handle multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced legal environment.
- Experience cultivating strong client relationships and supporting client strategy.
- Proficiency interpreting intricate financial and transactional documents.
- Ability to design and implement risk mitigation approaches for financial matters.
- Collaborative approach with a focus on proactive issue resolution.
- Experience supporting or representing clients in finance-related legal disputes.
- Familiarity with preparing regulatory filings and related documentation.
- Commitment to staying current on regulatory changes and industry developments.
- Experience training and mentoring junior attorneys and legal support staff.
- Strong professional judgment, discretion, and adherence to ethical standards.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, legal studies, or related discipline. A JD is a plus.
- Recent and tenured hands-on experience in banking and finance transactional work.
- 3+ years in practice operations/management within a US law firm, or 7+ years supporting multiple finance attorneys in comparable responsibilities.
- Prior experience in a large firm or Am Law environment is strongly preferred.
- Proven leadership, communication, and organizational skills, including supporting attorney, paralegal, and administrative teams.
Benefits
Benefits may include paid time off; medical, dental, and vision coverage; life and disability insurance; voluntary benefits; wellness and commuter programs; 401(k) or deferred compensation plans; paid sick leave or other applicable paid leave; holiday pay; and eligibility for performance-based bonuses.
#FinanceLaw #BankingLaw #LegalOperations #PracticeGroupManagement #LawFirmOperations #CharlotteJobs #HiringNow #ApplyToday #LHH #LetsChatSoon
Pay Details: $160,000.00 to $240,000.00 per year
Search managed by: Holly Hilderhoff
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
Military connected talent encouraged to apply
To read our Candidate Privacy Information Statement, which explains how we will use your information, please navigate to https://www.lhh.com/us/en/candidate-privacy
The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:
- The California Fair Chance Act
- Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
- Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
- San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.