Senior Paralegal - Remote/Flex

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If you’re eager to contribute to an inclusive, innovative environment where your personal and professional growth is encouraged and supported, we invite you to explore this exciting opportunity with us.

The senior paralegal is a position within the Legal & Risk Department which handles a variety of projects that support the department. This position will prepare and review legal documents, complete legal research, oversee data retention guidelines, as well as prepare communications for internal and external inquiries about legal documents and contracts.

Some positions at Novogradac may be open to remote or hybrid work arrangements depending on business needs. Review, revision, and drafting of legal documents for company-wide business units, including but not limited to contracts, subpoena responses and objections, NDAs, board resolutions, insurance applications and related documents and correspondence.

Maintain prompt communication and responses to internal and external inquiries regarding various legal documents and contracts presented to the Legal & Risk Department.

In accordance with company and department guidance and checklists, identify risks, provide alternatives to mitigate issues and come to favorable resolutions. Legal research and assistance to company attorneys as assigned.

Manage and direct annual company-wide engagement data retention/purging procedures as needed.

Perform clerical/administrative duties such as maintaining department files and trackers, scheduling appointments, providing information to callers, composing routine correspondence, and reading and routing incoming mail.

Maintain records of outside counsel and other legal department expense invoices, process invoices pursuant to the company’s accounts payable procedures.

Under supervision of attorney, manage process of responding to subpoenas and requests for documents and coordinate with outside counsel as required.

Provide support to Legal & Risk Department on other legal projects as assigned.

Organize, maintain, and update legal document templates and forms for company-wide business units including but not limited to engagement letters, standard letters, NDAs, and request forms.

Organize, maintain, and update legal department files systems, including NovieNet and secure drive, in a logical and systematic manner.

Bachelor’s degree in related area plus a minimum of 10 years of work experience, and/or appropriate balance of education and work experience. Law degree/Paralegal certification highly preferred.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills, in particular the ability to interpret complex policies and law and translate them clearly.

Ability to effectively prioritize a fast-paced and varied workload, effectively manage a variety of concurrent and shifting priorities.

Strong problem solving/analysis skills.

Strong customer service orientation.

Strong computer skills, including solid skill in the Microsoft Office suite (prefer advanced skill in Excel).

Able to work additional hours, nights and/or weekends on occasion as needed.

Flexible working hours and work arrangements

Remote and hybrid opportunities

Inclusive workplace, providing strong professional growth and development opportunities

Strong growth opportunities

Strong emphasis on quality work-life integration

Dress for your day policy

Novogradac is one of the nation’s top 40 certified public accounting and consulting firms and is a recognized leader in real estate and community development. Novogradac provides publicly and privately held national enterprises with a full spectrum of audit, tax, valuation, expert witness and litigation support, property compliance and general consulting services and works extensively in the affordable housing, community development, historic preservation and renewable energy fields.

Commitment to Inclusion

Novogradac is committed to ensuring a fair and inclusive recruitment process, making reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities or special needs throughout the application process. We value diversity and respect the different perspectives that each of our employees bring to Novogradac no matter their age, race, religion, gender identity or sexual orientation. By submitting an application with us, you are providing Novogradac with personal information. More information on how we use your personal information may be found in our Privacy Notice at Collection.

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