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FUNDING COORDINATOR Progeny Law Firm | Baton Rouge, LA | Full-time, in office Compensation: $17 to $25 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications
About the firm
Progeny Law Firm is a boutique estate planning practice in Baton Rouge. We help families with wills, trusts, successions, and trust administration. We take our time with clients and build long relationships with them, and we expect the same care from everyone on the team. Our office is at 4459 Bluebonnet Blvd.
About the role
A trust only works if the assets are actually in it. The Funding Coordinator makes sure that happens. After a client signs their estate plan, you own the process of getting their home, accounts, and other assets retitled into the trust or set up with the right beneficiary designations, and you keep the client informed until every item is done.
This is a client-facing role with a lot of moving parts. You will be on the phone with clients, banks, brokerage firms, and insurance companies every day, and you will manage a caseload of 30 to 60 open funding matters at any given time. You report to the attorney and work closely with our paralegals and receptionist.
What you will do
Meet with clients after signing to review their asset list and explain what needs to happen for each asset
Prepare funding instruction letters, account retitling forms, beneficiary designation forms, and assignments for the attorney's review
Coordinate with the attorney and paralegal on deeds transferring Louisiana immovable property into trust, and see them through recording with the parish Clerk of Court
Contact financial institutions to confirm their requirements, submit paperwork, and follow up until the transfer is complete
Track every asset for every client in Actionstep and keep status notes current so anyone on the team can see where a matter stands
Call and email clients with regular status updates, answer their questions, and get them what they need to finish their part
Confirm completed transfers by obtaining updated statements, recorded deeds, or written confirmation, and file them in the client's matter
Prepare a funding completion summary for each client once all assets are in place
Report weekly funding numbers for the firm scorecard and flag matters that are stalled
Help clients update funding after life changes (new accounts, refinances, property sales) and support the attorney on trust administration asset work when needed
What we are looking for
Bachelor's degree preferred
Two or more years in a law firm, bank, brokerage, title company, or financial services office handling account paperwork, transfers, or client files
Comfortable on the phone with older clients who may be anxious or unfamiliar with the process, and patient enough to explain things more than once
Organized to a fault. You keep a tracker current, follow up without being reminded, and nothing falls through the cracks
Careful with details. Names, account numbers, and legal descriptions must match exactly
Able to read a bank or brokerage statement and a property description and know what you are looking at
Proficient in Microsoft 365;
experience with Actionstep, Clio, or another legal case management system is a plus
Louisiana notary commission is a plus, not a requirement
Familiarity with revocable trusts, successions, or estate planning terms is a plus;
we will train the rightperson
Why this role
You will see the direct result of your work: a family whose plan will actually hold up when they need it. The firm is small enough that your work is visible and your ideas are heard.
Benefits: Health insurance, PTO, paid holidays, 401(k)
How to apply
Send your resume and a short note about why this role fits you to with "Funding Coordinator" in the subject line. We are hiring now and will review applications as they come in.
Progeny Law Firm is an equal opportunity employer.
Worksite address
baton rouge, LA, 70873, US
Who can apply
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