Senior Paralegal
About The Position
Performs varied legal, title, abstract, and other necessary research to assist attorneys and supervisors with the performance of corporate and/or transactional legal work. May assist in the preparation and review of complex legal, loan, and collateral documentation, analyses and opinions. May provide support for various corporate legal functions. This role will perform a variety of tasks in assisting the Corporate Counsel Division with vendor contract management, regulatory review and implementation, legal document management, collection and review for litigation matters, and day-to-day support of the bank’s standards of conduct program along with required quarterly reporting. This position works alongside our Senior Regulatory & Compliance Analyst to oversee the bank's processes and procedures for the bank's standards of conduct program, and regulatory environment monitoring and implementation tracking. This role will also perform various legal and other necessary work and research to assist the teams of the Corporate Counsel Vision, including Board Relations, Corporate, transactional and litigation work.
Requirements
- High school diploma or GED required.
- 5 years paralegal experience, preferably in a secured lending practice or law firm required.
- Demonstrated skills in Microsoft Office applications (Outlook, Word, SharePoint, and Excel), including SharePoint Site Owner/Administrator experience.
- Ability to prioritize and schedule work and projects with minimal supervision.
- Flexible to work with multiple teams and balance ongoing projects and work.
- Ability to work independently with minimal guidance, as well as collaboratively in a team environment.
- Acts as resource to others on the team, answers questions and provides training as needed.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Strong detail and customer service orientation.
- Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor's Degree preferred.
- Paralegal certification preferred.
- Prior experience in regulatory compliance matters, such as adherence to standards of conduct requirements, preferred.
- Prior experience with nCINO Salesforce Experience preferred.
Responsibilities
- Collaborates with the Responsible Attorney to draft, prepare and review high quality complex legal, documents, correspondence and opinions.
- Assists in drafting, updating and maintenance of standard documentation templates.
- Assists in the review and management of various legal third-party contracts with suppliers and vendors, including Non-Disclosure Agreements, Statements of Work, Master Service Agreements, etc.
- Manages contract databases and assists with review and compliance of cybersecurity, data protection and artificial intelligence terms.
- Assists with tracking of approvals of affirmations, users and assistance with legal review of use cases.
- Monitors, tracks and assists with standards of review and approach with assistance in running monthly meetings for the legal team to discuss consistency and updates to legal standards for cybersecurity, data protection and artificial intelligence terms and regulations.
- Obtains and reviews organizational documents.
- Performs follow up, tracking and maintenance of updated organizational documents.
- Assists in performing complex legal audits.
- Assists Senior Regulatory & Compliance Analyst with the day-to-day oversight of the standards of conduct program with monitoring standard of conduct communications, following up with new hires on disclosure requirements, regular compliance reporting, disclosure reviews and mitigation, and preparing and review of annual disclosure process.
- Assists Senior Regulatory & Complaint Analyst with reputation risk and system reporting.
- Assists in document preparation for discovery requests and tracks legal proceedings.
- Drafts procedures, job aids and guidance.
- Performs legal research, including but not limited to cite checking.
- Summarizes research results and recommends appropriate courses of action.
- Assists with monitoring the regulatory environment and the bank’s monitoring and tracking program for the implementation of new regulatory requirements.
- Assists in performance of general corporate support functions as required and is able to complete increasingly complex assignments and to work independently on such assignments.
- Performs quality review of legal documents prepared by other paralegals for basic transactions, as needed.
- Identifies errors, provides feedback and guidance, as appropriate.
- Maintains adherence to bank policies, procedures and controls to ensure consistency and quality.
- Anticipates and takes proactive action to address potential issues, manage risks and escalates appropriately and timely/early in the process.
- Participate in or leads project work.
- Serves as a resource and subject matter expert for peers and internal customers on vendor contract management.
Benefits
- 15 days of vacation
- 10 paid sick days
- 11 paid holidays
- Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
- Disability, AD&D, and Life Insurance
- Robust associate training and development with CoBank University
- Tuition reimbursement for higher education
- Outstanding 401k: up to 6% matching and additional 3% non-elective contribution
- Student Loan Match
- Community Impact: United Way Angel Day, Volunteer Day and Associate Directed Contribution
- Associate Resource Groups: creating a culture of respect and inclusion
- Recognize a fellow associate through our GEM awards
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
High school or GED
