Sr Associate Counsel

Aflac, Incorporated•Trenton, NJ

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

We are the duck. We develop and empower our people, cultivate relationships, give back to our community, and celebrate every success along the way. We do it all…The Aflac Way. Aflac, a Fortune 500 company, is an industry leader in voluntary insurance products that pay cash directly to policyholders and one of America's best-known brands. Aflac has been recognized as Fortune’s 50 Best Workplaces for Diversity and as one of World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere.com. Our business is about being there for people in need. So, ask yourself, are you the duck? If so, there’s a home, and a flourishing career for you at Aflac.

Requirements

Ability to foster and facilitate teamwork by cultivating relationships, counseling, collaborating, and effectively communicating with business partners and teammates
Ability to think outside of the box, develop creative and effective legal solutions, using a business-oriented approach
Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple projects, while meeting all project goals
Excellent legal research skills
Strong negotiation skills
Excellent legal and business judgment
Ability to prioritize and coordinate projects and cases
Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills to effectively interact with legal colleagues, management and Aflac staff
Ability to provide business-oriented legal advice
Juris doctor from an ABA-accredited school of law
7 years of legal experience in a combination of law firm and corporate settings
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Nice To Haves

Experience with supplemental, group, voluntary or individual insurance (life, disability, dental /vision, specified disease)
Working Knowledge of ERISA
Experience working on an operations legal team in-house
Litigation experience

Responsibilities

Review the law and the insurance contract, break down complicated legal language and help the business to understand parameters.
Think outside of the box. You will help the business to not only understand the parameters of the law, but to come up with creative solutions for complying.
Make connections. You will look at the business as a whole and help bring consistency to operational areas. You will work in all of areas of operations: product, underwriting, eligibility, claims, appeals, complaints and litigation. You will have the ability to look at “lessons learned” and help the business to find solutions for past problems.
Be part of project teams. You will join the business in important projects, advising and taking an active role in looking at the law and business solutions.
Jump in where needed. You will have the ability to review many different documents that come your way. You will need to know how to investigate issues, partner with the business and be an active part of the legal team and the extended business team.
Performs other duties as required

Benefits

medical
dental
vision coverage
prescription drug coverage
health care flexible spending
dependent care flexible spending
Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee)
401(k) plans
annual bonuses
opportunity to purchase company stock
11 paid holidays
up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason
state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked)
other leaves of absence, if eligible, when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being
adoption and parental leave