Paralegal

Paralegal/Legal Assistant Chicago, IL Reports To: General Counsel Position Description This position works with the legal team across a broad range of legal initiatives, including corporate governance, SEC and other regulatory compliance, contract administration, litigation, labor and employment and other corporate matters.
This position will be given responsibilities commensurate with skills and experience, including responsibility for initiatives often accomplished by attorneys, including interacting with all functions of Century’s business, international and domestic, and with senior levels of management.
Key Responsibilities / Duties Prepare and/or assist in preparation of SEC filings (8-Ks, Section 16 filings, etc.
) under attorney supervision; Maintain and manage all corporate documents and entity information for all corporate subsidiaries (foreign and domestic); including completing annual state and foreign annual and other filings; Maintain records of equity programs and grants for directors and company executives; Draft, review, and revise contracts and other legal documents under attorney supervision; Support attorneys on M&A deals and other projects; Maintain litigation database and calendar; work with internal attorneys and outside counsel on litigation and employment related matters; Coordinate quarterly law firm audit letters; Manage legal department invoices, budget and E-billing system.
Maintain minute books and other corporate records; Assist with maintenance and preparation of real estate documentation; Assist with drafting intercompany subsidiary contracts, intercompany notes, intercompany bills of transfers, and other legal documents as requested Upload universe of existing active contracts in legal department into Contract Safe data base, filling in correct fields for legal terms After initial upload of contracts, serve as go-to for adding new executed contracts and pulling contracts as needed for legal review Work with procurement and business groups to complete vendor-requested revisions to terms and conditions contracts and nondisclosure agreements with attorney oversight Annual law firm audit response letters Quarterly D&T Litigation Letters Board Litigation Slides Litigation Insurance Chart Update Work Comp Settlement Chart Update Qualifications Undergraduate degree Paralegal certificate Experience working with corporate documents such as articles of incorporation, bylaws, minutes, stock certificates, resolutions, powers of attorney, etc.
Proficiency in Word, Excel and PowerPoint (experience with Workiva and SimpleLegal a plus)