Paralegal in Ripon, Wisconsin at Alliance Laundry System LLC

The Contracts Administrator/Paralegal will play a critical role in managing the Company’s contractual agreements and supporting the legal team. This position requires a detail-oriented professional adept at managing contracts through their life cycle and assisting with managing the company’s contract management system and related legal tools and systems.

Contract Management:

• • Assist the legal team in successfully administering and overseeing the lifecycle of contracts using our contract management system.
  • Collecting all existing company agreements and uploading them into our contract management system including extracting important data and information to be used for reporting.
  • Monitor contract deadlines, renewals, and obligations, within the contract management system and provide timely notifications to relevant stakeholders.
  • Maintain accurate and up-to-date contract records and documentation.
    
    

Corporate Governance Support:

• • Assist the legal team with Corporate entity governance and maintenance, including, entity formation, annual filings and maintaining the company’s corporate record books.
    
    

Legal/Compliance Support:

• • Provide general administrative and paralegal support for the internal legal and compliance departments.
  • Liaise with other internal Company departments and external counsel.
  • Assist the legal team in developing and updating standard contract templates and company policies.
  • Assisting with maintaining the company’s IP maintenance, including reviewing the company’s trademark renewals and assisting the attorneys with renewals and filings;
  • Assisting with creating, implementing, tracking and auditing company compliance trainings;
  • Assisting with managing legal invoices and sending subpoenas to outside counsel; and
  • Assisting the legal team in other related areas of need.

• Paralegal certification required.
• 2+ years of professional paralegal experience in house for a legal department at a company;
• Experience in contract management, including overseeing a CMS required; and
• Corporate entity maintenance experience preferred.

Skills And Abilities

• Excellent communication skills with internal and external customers;
• Excellent organizational and time management skills with ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects and deadlines;
• Self-assured and confident in a variety of settings;
• Demonstrated ability to handle long-term and/or complex legal projects with significant financial or other business impact; and
• Strong business acumen as well as superior analytical and writing skills.
• Occasional travel may be required (no more than 10% per year)

Education:

• Minimum Paralegal certificate or equivalent work experience required

Physical Requirements:

• Position involves sitting long periods, standing, manual dexterity, stooping, bending and minimal lifting