Corporate Paralegal

Benefitfocus (NASDAQ: BNFT) provides a leading cloud-based benefits management platform that simplifies how organizations and individuals shop for, enroll in, manage and exchange benefits. Every day leading employers, insurance companies and millions of consumers rely on our platform to manage, scale and exchange benefits data seamlessly. In an increasingly complex benefits landscape, we bring order to chaos so our clients and their employees have access to better information, make better decisions, and lead better lives.

The Corporate Paralegal duties will include:

• Assist with public company filings including but not limited to 10-K, Annual Report to Stockholders, 10-Q, 8-K and Proxy Statement, and Section 16 reports on Forms 3, 4 and 5.
• Assist with the company's equity plan administration, including monitoring vesting under equity award plans and trading activity pursuant to 10b5-1 plans, as well as open market transactions. Coordinating pre-clearance and open trading window periods and monitoring matching transactions.
• Assisting with NASDAQ and SEC compliance activities including, monitoring of changes in regulatory requirements for public companies.
• Coordinate annual review of corporate governance policies, charters and guidelines, and D&O Questionnaires.
• Coordinate Annual Shareholder Meeting process, including task list and calendar, annual meeting documentation, meeting logistics, shareholder record, vote tabulation, etc.
• Communicating and coordinating as needed with Management, outside counsel, shareholders, transfer agent, financial printers and various regulatory agencies, brokers and employees, as well as internal departments including but not limited to Accounting, Finance, Human Resources, Investor Relations, Marketing and Tax.
• Coordinate with the Company's 3rd party auditors for documentation as requested.
• Maintaining articles of incorporation, bylaws, board & shareholder minutes, consents, secretarial certificates, and powers of attorney.
• Tracking and processing all annual filings and necessary qualifications for domestic subsidiaries and coordination with Tax Department for the same.
• Tracking and processing all Third Party Administrator and Broker annual filings (including biographical affidavits) and necessary qualifications for business licenses and registrations.
• Supporting assigned commercial transactions and providing support to other internal attorney as requested.
• Special projects and other duties as requested.

Note: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities or qualifications associated with this job. The duties listed above are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position.

Qualifications/Experience

• Public company SEC reporting experience required.
• Experience with domestic subsidiaries and entity management required.
• Experience with insurance or financial services compliance preferred.
• Exposure to software and IP a plus.

Work Experience

• 7+ years of experience as a paralegal in a corporate legal department of a publicly-traded company, large law firm or combination thereof.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to perform job duties may be considered.

Education

• Bachelor's degree and paralegal certification.

Skills and Tools

• Ability to exercise judgment, initiative and discretion in confidential and sensitive matters.
• Computer literacy and proficiency (EDGAR, RRD Active Disclosure, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Adobe, Westlaw/PLC and CSC Compliance Manager).
• Ability to follow verbal and or written instructions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with diverse internal and external groups including top level administrators, directors, officers, attorneys and executives.
• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with co-workers, supervisors, other Benefitfocus Associates, vendors and clients.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Ability to identify and prioritize workload, and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions and to meet critical deadlines.
• Skill in managing details with speed and accuracy.
• Skill in managing electronic and paper files.

Working ConditionsPhysical Work Demands

• Able to sit and work at a computer keyboard for extended periods of time.
• Able to stoop, kneel, bend at the waist and reach on a daily basis.
• Able to perform general office administrative activities: copying, filing, and using the telephone.
• Able to lift up to 25 pounds occasionally.
• Frequently required to talk and hear and within an open work environment.
• Required to walk; use hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands and arms.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and the ability to adjust focus.

Mental Work Demands

• Regular and on-time attendance.
• Attentiveness to detail.
• Hours may periodically exceed 40 hours per week.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.