e-Discovery Coordinator Senior Associate

Location: Washington, Dallas and New York

Join our Core Business Services (CBS) team and you will help support the important business enablement functions that keep our organization running strong. As a CBS professional, you will work across teams to provide the knowledge, resources and tools that help EY deliver exceptional quality service to our clients, win in the marketplace and support EY’s growth and profitability. Major teams within CBS include Finance, Information Technology, Human Resources, Enterprise Support Services, Brand Marketing and Communications, Business Development, Knowledge and Risk Management.

Join our Legal team and you will help provide legal advice to mitigate our business risk as we achieve our commercial goals in a complex environment.

With so many offerings, you have the opportunity to develop your career through a broad scope of engagements, mentoring and formal learning. That’s how we develop outstanding leaders who team to deliver on our promises to all of our stakeholders, and in so doing, play a critical role in building a better working world for our people, for our clients and for our communities. Sound interesting? Well, this is just the beginning. Because whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime.

Job Summary:

The e-Discovery Coordinator works with General Counsel’s Office (GCO) attorneys, auditors, paralegals, and outside counsel providing support with evidence management, review support, and production support on GCO's more complex litigation, regulatory and internal investigation matters. The Project Coordinator will collaborate directly with the Discovery Services team in Forensics and other internal teams to provide strategic direction, management and oversight of Discovery services on individual matters to ensure that all e-discovery operational tasks and goals are met

Key Responsibilities:

• Responsible for status calls with matter team to discuss matter strategy, activity, and deadlines.
• Responsible for creating processing and productions requests and coordinating with the Discovery Service Team for execution of operational tasks and coordination of custom workflows.
• Responsible for quality and oversight of matter activities to ensure compliance with EY standards and industry best practices.
• Responsible for matter and portfolio level reporting and documentation.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and triage issues as they arise
• Responsible for matter archival

To qualify, candidates must have:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 5 years of discovery experience.
• Strong experience with the following suite of discovery tools: Relativity and Brainspace.
• Strong project management skills to properly balance multiple projects and competing priorities and project deadlines, and strong written and oral communication skills needed to work with engagement teams.
• Solid attention to detail to help manage and oversee quality of the services provided by the e-discovery operations team.
• Demonstrated ability to troubleshoot and triage issues as they arise
• Experience working directly with clients on complex discovery matters and portfolios
• Demonstrated experience in the Discovery lifecycle including document collection, evidence management, processing, review and production.
• Professional demeanor and strong communication skills, both written and oral to manage both internal operations staff and collaborate with engagement team members, clients, and outside counsel.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to balance multiple projects and responsibilities while under pressure.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with internal operations staff to manage deadlines and accomplish project objectives

Ideally, you’ll also have

• Familiarity with fundamentals of the United States (US) legal system.
• Excellent computer skills in the Office Suite (primarily Word and Excel and/or Access.)
• Strong knowledge of the Firm's auditing standards and internal policies and procedures
• Industry related certifications such as but not limited to: Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA)

• Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.