Corporate Counsel | Benefits & Insurance Services Division

About the role

Provide central office legal support to draft, review, negotiate and manage new and existing contracts and account relationships, business and vendor relationships across all CBIZ Property & Casualty and Life Insurance practice groups.

Utilize DocuSign, Docuware, Sagitta and Salesforce for RFP support across all practice areas.

Assist with acquisition issues.

Develop and implement workflow processes with a focus on improvements through AI.

Primary legal support to Property & Casualty when CBIZ is the client (contracts and disputes).

Maintain contract templates.

Additional responsibilities as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• Five years of professional in-house counsel experience
• Juris Doctorate in good standing (preferably Missouri or Kansas)
• Possesses advanced knowledge and understanding of industry and professional concepts, principles, practices, and procedures
• Possesses expert knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, and professional standards
• Expert use of applicable technology – specifically Copilot
• Proficient use of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and enterprise communication and travel solutions (Concur, Microsoft Teams)
• Experience performing work that requires initiative and leadership skills
• Ability to anticipate and elicit customer needs
• Ability to self-learn and develop business and technical knowledge quickly
• Motivated team player with demonstrated interpersonal skills
• Comfortable working with quick turnaround times and deadlines
• Capacity to adapt and work effectively within a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups
• Displays innovative ideas and solutions and capacity to identify and eliminate redundant work efforts and inefficient processes
• Demonstrates commitment to continuous improvement
• Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member
• Proactively manages issues and expectations of colleagues and clients

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Graduate or specialty degree preferred
• 8 years experience
• 6 years supervisory experience (if applicable)
• Ability to manage deadlines, work on multiple assignments and prioritize each assignment as necessary
• Proficient use of applicable technology
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of organization, both internally and externally

Pay

Negotiable

Schedule

Full-time