Sr. Corporate Paralegal

Affordable Care, LLC has an immediate opening for a Senior Corporate Paralegal. The Senior Corporate Paralegal will be an integral member of the Legal Department and will support the entire Legal Department in corporate governance, entity management, corporate compliance, file maintenance, outside counsel administration, and special projects. As a Senior Corporate Paralegal, this individual will have a direct professional reporting line to the Assistant General Counsel in the Company’s Legal Department. The Senior Corporate Paralegal will also be expected to assist other members of the Company’s Legal Department as may be required from time to time, based on workloads and overall Company priorities.

Summary of Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate entity management tasks, including preparation of and filings for the formation, maintenance, foreign qualification and dissolution of various types of business entities and maintenance of corporate organizational charts.
• Prepare, file, and manage renewals for fictitious business name filings for 400\+ supported dental practices.
• Manage the Legal Department’s electronic and physical files, including monitoring and implementing document retention policies, safeguarding and organizing documents and files, maintaining the Legal Department file database.
• Draft corporate documents, bylaws, subsidiary resolutions and minutes, and other general parent and subsidiary level corporate work.
• Support ongoing public company compliance obligations, including secretary of state, dental board and other agency filings and submittals.
• Act as primary liaison with U.S. registered agent (i.e., Corporate Service Company)
• Provide timely responses to legal requests from other internal functional areas, such as Operations, Tax, Treasury and Accounting, for preparation, review, and analysis of legal documents or research of legal or entity issues.
• Analyze and triage real\-time situations, coordinate appropriate responses, attend and participate in corporate affairs and Legal Department meetings.
• Assist other Legal Department members on matters arising in the course of ongoing business activities.
• Implement organizational and recordkeeping initiatives as needed to comply with legal requirements and internal policies and develop and implement standard forms as needed.
• Promote confidentiality and discretion to protect sensitive Company information and data.
• Other duties as requested, and flexibility to work on special projects and transactions and fill specific needs.
• Role may be fully remote, or hybrid in\-office in Morrisville, NC, depending on candidate preference.

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3\+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in\-house legal department.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Function as a team player, with the ability to organize, work independently, manage multiple projects concurrently, prioritize, and meet demanding deadlines in a fast\-paced environment.
• Highly effective written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to communicate and interact professionally at all levels of the organization, including with senior executives.
• Self\-motivated, strong work ethic, and detail\-oriented with excellent proofreading skills.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality/discretion on a variety of sensitive matters.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 6\+ years of relevant experience at a law firm and/or in\-house legal department.
• Credentialed paralegal certification preferred.
• Notary preferred.
• Experience in healthcare regulations, particularly Dental Board compliance, is a plus
• Technically savvy and able to learn new software systems and online services platforms efficiently.