Corporate Paralegal
Company: Universal Technical Institute
Location: Phoenix
Posted on: April 16, 2024
Job Description:
Corporate Paralegal
Job Locations
US-AZ-Phoenix
ID
2024-5531
Type
Regular
Overview
This position is responsible for supporting in-house legal teams in
a wide range of corporate legal, compliance and regulatory projects
that have strategic impact to the business. Paralegals provide
comprehensive legal support for transactional, regulatory,
compliance, litigation, and other initiatives. It is imperative
this position stay abreast of compliance functions pertaining to
education. This role works with government departments and
accreditors, providing reporting and information as needed.
Paralegals collaborate extensively with the Chief Legal Officer's
Executive Assistant, providing backup and continuity of
administrative support to the legal team.
Responsibilities
Provide clerical and research support
services to attorneys
- Maintain corporate entity records, overseeing the contract
database and files
- Ensure compliance with statutory filing requirements for
corporate entities by performing timely filings
- Handle and respond to subpoenas, managing the corporate
intellectual property portfolio
- Address auditor documentation requests
- Oversee approved marketing and admissions materials
- Provide scheduling and calendar management for in-house
attorneys, liaising with external counsel as needed
- Research, analyze, and document licensing and regulatory
requirements for new business initiatives
- Respond accurately and promptly to business partner inquiries,
conducting legal research and initial contract reviews
- Prepare and manage litigation holds, supporting the team in
settlement management
- Enforce Insider/Securities Trading Policy compliance
- Develop and maintain manuals and procedures
- Identify and address process inefficiencies to enhance customer
service and compliance
- Foster positive relationships with business partners for
successful compliance and strategic objectives
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Education / Experience
- Paralegal certification (required)
- Minimum of four (4) years' experience in a government,
regulatory, corporate legal or law firm environment (required)
- PACE Accreditation (preferred)
- Experience with transactions, compliance, mergers &
acquisitions (preferred)
- Experience working directly with/for internal business partners
and executive management (required)
- Knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to post-secondary,
proprietary educational institutions (highly preferred)
- Prior experience with '34 Act Reporting, including Section 16
reporting (highly preferred)Skills
- Attention to detail with a high degree of accuracy
- Strong administrative, detail-oriented project management and
organizational skills
- Strong leadership and customer service skills.
- Demonstrates strong self-awareness and ability to utilize
feedback and reflection to gain productive insight into personal
strengths and weaknesses to effectively build relationships and to
influence others
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making
skills
- Ability to independently prioritize and manage heavy workflow
to meet/exceed deadlines
- Team oriented with ability to work in collaboration with both
legal and business colleagues
- Ability to communicate complex regulatory information or
provide legal guidance to a diverse audience in a clear and concise
manner
- Ability to meet deadlines in a fast-paced, time sensitive
environment
- Ability to initiate and follow through on tasks with little
direction
- Ability to demonstrate the highest level of ethical behavior,
integrity, initiative, and resilience
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, written and
verbal
- Ability to effectively adapt to changes in multiple projects;
scheduling/ strict deadlines; various personalities.
- Advanced computer skills; familiarity with the Microsoft Office
Suite Abilities
- Able and willing to:
- Communicate, think, learn, and reason
- Use computers and computer systems (including hardware and
software) to process transactions, store documents, enter data, or
perform assigned tasks
- Safely ambulate and/or maneuver when on-site UTI locations
- Demonstrate and utilize active listening, inductive reasoning,
information ordering and category flexibility Work Environment
- Work is performed indoors in a climate-controlled environment
when on-site a UTI location
- Remote and hybrid (remote and onsite) worksites are available;
Employees must meet minimum technical standards for eligibility and
participation
- Salary range $71,500/yr - $95,000/yr depending on experience
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Keywords: Universal Technical Institute, Sun City , Corporate Paralegal, Legal , Phoenix, Arizona
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