Intern, Information Management and Governance

Our professionals balance analytical skills, deep market insight and independence to deliver solid, defensible analysis and practical advice to our clients. As an organization, we think globally. We create transparency in an opaque world, and we encourage our people to do the same. That means when you take your place on our team, you’ll discover a supportive and collaborative work environment that empowers you to excel. If you’re ready to share your perspective with the world, then you can make a real impact here. This is the Duff & Phelps difference.

Duff & Phelps’ Information Management and Governance practice assists corporate legal departments, law firms and governmental agencies improve business performance, spend management and organizational effectiveness on a sustainable basis through services that focus on Contract Management, Information Lifecycle Management, Innovation Asset Management and Legal Operations. Our Intern receive world-class training, outstanding benefits, strong career progression, competitive salaries and relocation assistance when applicable.

At Duff & Phelps, your work will help protect, restore and maximize value for our clients. Join us and together we’ll maximize the value of your career.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
As an Intern joining our Information Management and Governance practice, you will gain specific industry knowledge, improve analytical skills, objectivity and advanced methodologies needed to assist in executing solutions in both traditional and evolving legal and compliance business environments. We help clients rethink how they optimize operations and leverage legal technology to increase efficiency and demonstrate measurable value to management. As an Intern your responsibilities will include:

Assist in gathering business requirements and preparing documentation of processes, required functionality, implementation approach, and testing scenarios

Assist in analyzing functional requirements and business processes

Assist in implementing processes and/or systems per client requirements

Participate in interacting and communicating with clients as needed

Assist in drafting specifications documentation for functional and technical resources

Understanding and summarizing contract documents

Sorting, organizing, and improving clients’ contract data

REQUIREMENTS:
Currently pursuing bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

Willingness and ability to pick up new skills quickly

Extremely strong writing skills, including ability to summarize information quickly and effectively from multiple sources into concise analytical assessments

Ability to prioritize several projects and assignments on multiple topics while meeting tight deadlines

Fluency/proficiency in a foreign language (written and reading) is highly desired, especially in English, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Greek, Hebrew, Dutch, Danish, German, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Russian, Czech, Slovak and Polish

Understand Business process and objectives of your client

Functional knowledge of MS Office suite including MS Project

Understanding of the application lifecycle process including requirement analysis, design, testing and change management

Must be detail-oriented and be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously.

Prior experience working with Legal technology solutions and/or Law department operations experience is highly desired, but not required.

Experience working with diverse teams

In order to be considered for a position at Duff & Phelps, you must formally apply via careers.duffandphelps.jobs

Duff & Phelps is committed to creating an inclusive work environment. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of gender, gender identity, race, religion, color, nationality, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, age or disability.