Job Title: Paralegal
Office Location:
7171 Southwest Parkway, Building 300, Suite 200. Austin, TX 78735
(hybrid: Tuesday and Thursday in office)
Reports to:
Senior Vice President & General Counsel
Overview:
We're looking for a positive and professional for our Legal Department reporting to the Senior Vice President & General Counsel and dotted line to the Associate General Counsel and Senior Counsel.
The ideal candidate is a great communicator with a strong work ethic who is interested in a meaningful role on a legal department team.
Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
- Assist in the administration of the day-to-day tasks of the Legal Department.
- Assist the Company's compliance officers with administering the Company's Dow Jones third party screening platform.
- Assist the Company's compliance officers with the implementation of the Company's global export control procedures.
- Assist in the preparation and administration of the Legal Department's budgeting process.
- Assist in the preparation and administration of the Company's enterprise risk management process.
- Manage the Company's compliance training platform, including selection and implementation of training campaigns.
- Manage the Company's contract lifecycle management contract repository.
- Assist in the administration of the Company's department SCRUM board for planning purposes.
- Assist in the administration of the Company's Legal Department invoice process review and management.
- Under the supervision of counsel, provide administrative support in the filing of required reports under Section 16.
- Under the supervision of counsel, provide administrative support in the preparation of materials the Company's annual proxy statement filing.
- Support due diligence activities and help implement corrective action as required.
- Any other administrative task as assigned by management.
Knowledge and Experience:
- Minimum of a bachelor's degree.
- Minimum of five to eight years' experience in legal department administration and management.
- Demonstrate intermediate level of proficiency with Microsoft applications (including but not limited to Outlook, Work, Excel, and PowerPoint).
Key Characteristics, Competencies and Skills:
- Excellent global communicator and team player.
- Problem solver.
- Strong interpersonal, presentation, and written communication skills.
- Self-motivated with the ability to think creatively and successfully and simultaneously manage multiple tasks and meet multiple deadlines.
- Ability to resolve conflict in a manner that addresses business needs while mitigating risk.
- Ability to work with many different personalities and individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
- Strong analytical skills associated with developing and utilizing legal compliance measures and initiatives.
- Strong problem-solving skills, including logical thought processes, with the ability to resolve complex issues.
