Senior Paralegal, Securities and Governance

About the role

The position supports the Corporate Secretary’s office in the day-to-day operations and functions in providing legal support on public company securities reporting and corporate governance compliance.

Responsibilities

• Assist with developing materials that are presented to Board and committees (i.e., agendas, resolutions, corporate governance reviews, director independence, related party transactions)
• Support preparation and filing of SEC documents, including Forms 8-K, 10-Q, 10-K and proxy statement.
• Support tracking insider stock holdings and assist with preparing and file Section 16 reports (Forms 3, 4, and 5).
• Prepare and review of D&O questionnaires.
• Prepare timeline for proxy statement and work with third party vendors for proxy preparation and solicitation process.
• Perform benchmarking and research on various securities and governance matters.
• Prepare filings for NYSE compliance.
• Interact with cross-functional stakeholders at all levels, including senior executives and the HR, investor relations and finance teams on corporate and compliance matters.
• Serve as primary contact with BD’s transfer agent and assist with shareholder-related issues.
• Assisting in the execution of Board and committee meetings.
• Assist with variety of other governance and shareholder-related matters, including policies and procedures, insider trading procedures and executive and director compensation.
• Help to review and update content and legal policies for corporate governance compliance.
• Perform other related duties as required, including liaising with other departments as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or paralegal certificate from an accredited institution
• Minimum of 8 years of in-house corporate governance experience
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office product suite and willingness and ability to learn new corporate governance and other software tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Experience being proactive, self-driven with the capacity to work autonomously in a dynamic work environment
• Interpersonal skills and experience working collaboratively with cross-functional partners at all levels of the organization
• Attention to detail and organizational problem-solving skills
• Excellent work ethic and high degree of professionalism, and a proven ability to work both independently and within a team.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced, changing environment and to balance multiple, concurrent projects