An Amazing Career Opportunity foraSenior Corporate Paralegal!!
Location: Austin TX
Job ID: 42295
The Senior Corporate Paralegal is an experienced legal professional with at least seven years of expertise supporting global legal operations. Reporting to the SVP and Head of Legal this role manages a broad range of responsibilities - from corporate governance and global entity management to commercial contract review and compliance.
This role ensures that all subsidiaries are properly maintained assists with board and shareholder documentation supports transaction closings and helps implement best practices for corporate governance worldwide. It also leverages technology like contract lifecycle management tools to streamline contract workflows and improve efficiency across the business.
Who are we
HID powers the trusted identities of the worlds people places and things allowing people to transact safely work productively and travel freely.
We are a high-tech software company headquartered in Austin TX with over 4500 worldwide employees.Check us out here:and ourSenior Corporate Paralegal youll support HIDs successby:
- Leveraging technology including a contract life management platform to support attorney redlining negotiation and management of a high volume of commercial contracts
- Ensuring compliance by internal clients with established HID and ASSA ABLOY policies and procedures
- Overseeing the formation dissolution and reorganization of global legal entities
- Creating organizing and maintaining corporate minute books
- Assisting with internal and external auditor requests and required annual filings
- Independently maintaining a global legal entity management system to manage corporate governance matters for all company subsidiaries worldwide as the primary contact for outside counsel and internal finance departments in all regions
- Advising on best practices for corporate governance and Director and Officer appointments for global entities
- Preparing and filing board meeting minutes and documentation for changes to directors
- Assisting and participating in planning coordination and execution of transaction closings
- Drafting editing and arranging execution of resolutions by-laws shareholder and board of director meeting minutes reports correspondence powers of attorney affidavits and other legal documents and instruments
- Conducting research working with outside counsel and/or service providers and internal business partners to meet local requirements for foreign subsidiaries
- Working with outside counsel to advise shareholders and board members as needed or requested
- Drafting editing assisting with the creation and maintenance of policies and procedures
- Assisting internal and external legal counsel with special projects and day-to-day inquiries on an as needed basis
- Conducting research and analysis
- Managing company policies and procedures
- Conducting research working with outside counsel and/or service providers and internal business partners to meet local requirements for foreign subsidiaries
- Working with outside counsel to advise shareholders and board members as needed or requested
- Drafting editing assisting with the creation and maintenance of policies and procedures
Your Experience and Background include:
- Minimum of 7 years relevant experience in corporate governance contract management contract drafting/negotiation and entity management with a global technology company.
- A Bachelors degree and Notary certification a plus.
- Ability to work independently with minimum supervision shift focus adapt to changing priorities maintain patience in high-pressure situations and take initiative where appropriate.
- Collaborate effectively and positively with others
- Exemplary customer orientation focus and success in creating a superior customer experience
- Sound legal and business judgment
- Strong organizational skills maintaining attention to detail on multiple projects simultaneously and adjusting to changing priorities and deadlines
- Proactively isolate and prioritize issues to focus on implementing both top-level strategic solutions as well as the day-to-day initiatives
- Quickly assimilate and understand complex situations and information including highly technical information
- Efficiently manage intellectual property portfolios and outside counsel globally
- Establish and monitor legal budgets
- Excellent negotiation drafting analytical and communication skills
What we can offer you:
- Competitive salary and rewards package
- Competitive benefits and annual leave offering allowing for work-life balance
- A vibrant welcoming & inclusive culture
- Extensive career development opportunities and resources to maximize your potential
- To be a part of a global organization that is pioneering the hardware software and services that allow people to confidently navigate the physical and digital worlds
Why apply
- Empowerment: Youll work as part of a global team in a flexible workenvironment learning and enhancing your expertise. We welcome an opportunity to meet you and learn about your unique talents skills and experiences. You dont need to check all the you have most of the skills and experience we want you to apply.
- Innovation: You embrace challenges and want to drive change. We are open to ideas including flexible work arrangements job sharing or part-time job seekers.
- Integrity: You are results-orientated reliable and straightforward and value being treated accordingly. We want all our employees to be themselves to feel appreciated and accepted.
HID does not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters recruitment agencies or fee-based recruitment services. We are not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
HID is committed to building a diverse equitable and inclusive workforce that reflects the global communities we serve. As an equal opportunity employer we welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds experiences and perspectives. We evaluate applicants without regard to race color religion gender gender identity or expression sexual orientation national origin disability age veteran status or any other legally protected characteristic. Our goal is to create a workplace that empowers everyone to thrive and be their authentic selves fostering an environment of mutual respect and inclusivity. If you have a disability and require assistance or accommodation to participate in the application process or to perform essential job functions please contact .
We make it easier for people to get where they want to go!
On an average day think of how many times you tap twist tag push or swipe to get access find information connect with others or track something. HID technology is behind billions of interactions in more than 100 countries. We help you create a verified trusted identity that can get you where you need to go without having to think about it.
When you join our HID team youll also be part of the ASSA ABLOY Group the global leader in access solutions. Youll have 63000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions supporting them with regular feedback training and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact and we encourage them to grow their role locally regionally or even internationally. As we welcome new people on board its important to us to have diverse inclusive teams and we value different perspectives and experiences.
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