Overview
This role involves working as a professional assistant within a department that supports multiple business areas such as Investments (residential, commercial, and/or securities), Corporate, Legislative/Regulatory, Products (group, individual, pension), Debtor/Creditor, Tax, Exam coordination, and Governmental compliance.
Responsibilities
- Manage highly complex, large projects with a high degree of independence and initiative, including project planning, setting objectives, and ensuring goal attainment.
- Set and approve guidelines and procedures, direct negotiations, advance strategies, and promote alternative solutions for clients, outside counsel, insurance departments, courts, and government agencies.
- Conduct complex legal and/or legislative research; analyze legislation, regulations, laws, statutes, and administrative rules; and inform department lawyers, clients, outside counsel, and courts.
- Draft highly complex legal and legislative/regulatory memoranda, documents, and forms to address various legal and legislative issues.
- Develop systems, policies, and procedures for the department or organization.
- Share expertise across multiple work areas and manage workflow for more than one area.
- Develop and monitor training objectives and plans.
- Create, organize, and maintain various systems and procedures used in the department.
- Contribute to and maintain procedural and substantive manuals for the department's clients.
- Perform other job-related duties and special projects as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- Minimum of 8+ years of related legal and/or legislative/regulatory experience.
- Paralegal certificate or equivalent experience preferred.
- Broad expertise in more than one area of law.
- Extensive knowledge of relevant state and federal statutes, regulations, and case law.
- Ability to transfer skills and work independently in multiple areas of the department.
- Excellent legal/legislative research and project management skills.
- Strong oral and written communication and organizational skills.
- Strong analytical and negotiation skills.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary range (non-exempt hourly; exempt yearly): $33.32 - $60.58 per hour.
- Examples of annual salary ranges by location for the Paralegal Analyst role:
- Dubuque, IA / Wichita, KS / Grand Island, NE: $69,300 - $94,500
- Des Moines, IA / Louisville, KY / Green Bay, WI: $73,150 - $99,750
- St. Louis, MO / Pittsburgh, PA / Charlotte, NC: $77,000 - $105,000
- Denver, CO / Houston, TX / Chicago, IL / Minneapolis, MN: $84,700 - $115,500
- Seattle, WA / Los Angeles, CA / New York City, NY: $92,400 - $126,000
- Non-sales positions may participate in a bonus program.
- Personal Time Off (PTO) is provided to hourly employees for vacation, personal time, or short-term illness.
- Pension eligible.
Work Authorization
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for immigration sponsorship now or in the future. Visa sponsorships such as F1-OPT, F1-CPT, H-1B, TN, L-1, J-1, and similar are not available.
Location
Multiple locations across the United States as indicated by salary examples.
Equal Opportunity
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Application Window
Applications will be accepted for 3 full days following the original posting date, after which the posting may remain open or be removed based on applications received. If reposted, applications will be accepted for at least 1 full day following the most recent posting date. Applicants are encouraged to apply promptly.