Legal and Compliance Administrator
Standard Nuclear · Oak Ridge, TN · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteFinanceFull-time
Responsibilities
- Manage complex calendars, travel, and expense reporting for one or more senior executives.
- Cook up and distribute briefing materials for internal and external meetings, including drafting agendas and follow-ups.
- Serve as a trusted liaison among executive leadership, board members, internal teams, and outside parties (counsel, auditors, vendors, regulators).
- Draft, edit, and format correspondence, memos, presentations, and reports.
- Handle sensitive and confidential information with consistent discretion.
Corporate Governance & Board Support (Assistant to the Corporate Secretary)
- Support the Corporate Secretary in preparing for board and committee meetings: scheduling, logistics, agenda preparation, and assembling and distributing board materials (including via board portals such as Diligent or similar).
- Draft and maintain meeting minutes, board and committee resolutions, and written consents.
- Maintain the company's corporate records and minute books, entity records for subsidiaries, and good-standing / annual-report filings.
- Administer director and officer (D&O) questionnaires and conflict-of-interest/independence disclosures.
- Cook up annual meeting preparation and other governance calendars and deadlines.
- Cook up with equity administration on stock and cap-table matters as needed.
Legal & Contract Administration
- Own the contract lifecycle: intake, tracking, routing for review and signature, execution, organized storage, and monitoring of renewals, expirations, and key obligation dates.
- Maintain the contract database / contract-lifecycle-management (CLM) system and keep it accurate and current.
- Prepare, organize, and assist in redlining standard agreements (e.g., NDAs, vendor and services agreements) under attorney supervision.
- Cook up with outside counsel; manage legal files, matter tracking, and legal-invoice processing.
- Support policy administration, recordkeeping, and general compliance workflows.
SEC & Compliance Filings
- Prepare and file Section 16 reports — Forms 3, 4, and 5 — through the SEC's EDGAR system for directors, officers, and other reporting persons, ensuring strict compliance with filing deadlines (generally two business days for Form 4).
- Maintain EDGAR access codes and powers of attorney for reporting persons.
- Track insider transactions and coordinate with finance, equity administration, and counsel to gather accurate transaction data.
- Aid in other periodic and ad hoc ownership and compliance filings as directed.
Process Improvement & Legal Operations
- Support development of templates, trackers, filing systems, and legal department workflows.
- Identify opportunities to improve organization, efficiency, and visibility across legal matters.
- Help establish scalable administrative processes as the legal function grows.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience supporting executives as an executive assistant, combined with paralegal or corporate / legal administrative experience.
- Familiarity with corporate governance practices and board support.
- Familiarity with SEC Section 16 reporting and the EDGAR filing process.
- Demonstrated experience with contract management and document handling.
- Exceptional confidentiality, discretion, and professional judgment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication, organization, and attention to detail.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office (or Google Workspace), Workiva and comfort learning board-portal and CLM tools.
Benefits
- Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Disability and Life Insurance
- 401K Plan
- Paid Time Off, Holidays
Work Environment
- The role is based in Oak Ridge, TN and is primarily office-based, with regular interaction across legal, executive, finance, operations, and administrative teams.
- The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.
- Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.