Legal Finance Manager
Viatris
August 21, 2026
Remote friendly (Canonsburg, PA)
United States
Corporate Functions
Legal Finance Manager
Responsibilities:
- Support budget planning and analysis; build financial models and analytical tools to measure overall financial performance for the global legal organization.
- Interact regularly with General Counsel, regional counsel, finance, and vendors.
- Collect monthly vendor budget information; assess impact to original yearly budgets and identify variances.
- Review budgets regularly with regional counsel.
- Track fixed-fee (retainer) payments to ensure receipt through payment stays on schedule.
- Manage the legal budget; provide regular updates and track items affecting the budget, including recoveries.
- Participate in regular budget reviews with finance to support planning and forecasting.
- Drive variance analysis against budgets to identify risks and opportunities.
- Support strategic initiatives to optimize and report on legal spend.
- Develop and improve legal finance processes and projects.
- Stay familiar with industry standards/trends in spend management and system capabilities.
- Partner with legal finance and FP&A teams to drive continuous improvement in financial and operational performance.
- Other duties as assigned by the manager.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and 5 years of finance experience required (combination of experience/education considered).
- 5 years’ experience in a law firm or in-house legal department preferred.
- Ability to handle internal financial reporting for large/complex global legal budgets and manage client relationships; Legal Operations/Finance background highly preferred.
- Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication; strong attention to detail.
- Greater Pittsburgh area preferred; remote flexibility with preference for East Coast, U.S.
- Proficiency in English required (speaking, comprehending, reading, writing).
Responsibilities:
- Support budget planning and analysis; build financial models and analytical tools to measure overall financial performance for the global legal organization.
- Interact regularly with General Counsel, regional counsel, finance, and vendors.
- Collect monthly vendor budget information; assess impact to original yearly budgets and identify variances.
- Review budgets regularly with regional counsel.
- Track fixed-fee (retainer) payments to ensure receipt through payment stays on schedule.
- Manage the legal budget; provide regular updates and track items affecting the budget, including recoveries.
- Participate in regular budget reviews with finance to support planning and forecasting.
- Drive variance analysis against budgets to identify risks and opportunities.
- Support strategic initiatives to optimize and report on legal spend.
- Develop and improve legal finance processes and projects.
- Stay familiar with industry standards/trends in spend management and system capabilities.
- Partner with legal finance and FP&A teams to drive continuous improvement in financial and operational performance.
- Other duties as assigned by the manager.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and 5 years of finance experience required (combination of experience/education considered).
- 5 years’ experience in a law firm or in-house legal department preferred.
- Ability to handle internal financial reporting for large/complex global legal budgets and manage client relationships; Legal Operations/Finance background highly preferred.
- Exceptional written, oral, and interpersonal communication; strong attention to detail.
- Greater Pittsburgh area preferred; remote flexibility with preference for East Coast, U.S.
- Proficiency in English required (speaking, comprehending, reading, writing).