Paralegal

Contract: New York, New York, US

Salary: $28.00 Per Hour

Job Code: 348519

End Date: 2024-05-24

Days Left: 20 days, 0 hours left

Position Details:
Industry: Banking Industry
Job title: Legal assistant / paralegal
Location: New York, NY 10013
Duration: 6 Months + Possible Extension
Shift hours: Mon - Fri
Start date: ASAP
 
Job Description:
  • A visually impaired Assistant General Counsel is seeking a Legal assistant/paralegal to join the Legal Department.
  • This position is ideal for candidates who have interest in learning and working within a financial firm's Legal and Compliance group.
  • This role will provide the right candidate the experience in a corporate, legal setting.
  • This position will require heavy reading assistance consisting of reading documents aloud, editing agreements and other memoranda, typing and creating documents, legal research, and work organization and management. Responsibilities will also include traditional administrative tasks such as calendar management, phones, and data base maintenance.
  • The ideal candidate will have an interest in pursuing a legal career and whose educational background was focused on writing and research. The candidate must have an exceptional attention to detail and precision in writing and document creation. The candidate must have an excellent command of MS Office and the ability to create and manage red-line documents. A successful candidate will have the temperament to work well under pressure in a demanding business environment.
  • This position provides the unique opportunity to be exposed to sales, trading, capital markets, operations, and asset management, in a fast-paced environment of a worldwide company.  
 
Responsibilities:
  • Heavy reading assistance
  • Assisting with editing and creating documents
  • Tracking status of matters and metrics
  • Maintaining relevant databases
  • Basic administrative support tasks
  • Ad hoc projects as needed
 
Qualifications:
  • Strong MS Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) experience
  • Experience working in corporate legal department, law firm, financial services, consulting, technology firm or related industry
  • Must have excellent organizational skills, attention to detail, exceptional verbal communication and listening skills
  • Knowledge of legal customs and practices
  • Project administration skills
  • Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry
 
Education:
  • Bachelor's Degree with a strong GPA, or equivalent exp
Job Requirement
  • Legal Assistance
  • paralegal
  • financial services
  • banking
  • banks
  • legal
  • law
  • MS Office
  • Administrative
  • admin
  • compliance
  • legal research
  • Legal Department
  • legal customs
Reach Out to a Recruiter
  • Recruiter
  • Email
  • Phone
  • Swarit Gujrati
  • swarit.gujrati@collabera.com
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