What are the responsibilities and job description for the Finance Paralegal position at Haynes and Boone LLP?
The Finance Paralegal will assist attorneys in accomplishing clients’ goals by using organizational, analytical and communication skills. Position requires individual working with various finance legal teams across firm offices to organize large due diligence sets, loan closing sets, to assist with commercial loan closings, to obtain and summarize lien filings, to review title and surveys for applicable real estate collateral, to prepare UCC financing statements and amendments and terminations, to track lien and other corporate filings, to draft basic transaction documents from existing forms and templates, and to assist lawyers in compliance with client protocols.
Essential Duties
Manage, organize, and analyze due diligence materials for commercial loan closings, including constituent documents, officer’s certificates, resolutions, and corporate and lien filings.
Order and track lien searches and title reports and prepare drafts of lien filings in each case at state, county, and federal levels.
Conduct basic corporate and finance due diligence, basic real estate title and survey diligence experience not required but preferred.
Prepare first drafts of closing checklists and loan documents based on forms, revise loan documents based on attorney instructions, and schedules to credit agreements, security agreements, mortgages, and information certificates.
Interact with finance legal teams, local and foreign counsels, and clients to facilitate all aspects of loan closings and closing deliverables.
Prepare, track, collect, collate, and assemble copies and wet-ink signature pages to loan documents.
Manage process for closings and closing deliverables.
Prepare closing binders.
Assist, in coordination with knowledge management specialists and attorneys, client form documents and protocols.
Other Duties
Assist attorneys with speeches, articles, and presentations.
Manage administrative aspects of client relationships.
Perform other related duties as needed or assigned.
Reporting Relationship
The Finance Paralegal reports directly to the Office Administrator or Human Resources representative, and directly and indirectly to assigned attorneys.
Qualifications
Knowledge/Experience
Candidates should be familiar with effective firm and finance section administrative processes and possess the ability to manage a multitude of tasks and loan transactions concurrently. This employee should be able to work independently with minimal supervision. The Paralegal should have administrative experience related to the legal services environment.
Skills
Additionally, candidates must possess above-average organizational, analytic, and problem solving skills and have the ability and desire to learn difficult concepts. This employee should also have competent computer skills, including use of Word, Excel, NetDocs and other related web or cloud based programs.
Education
Paralegal certification from an ABA approved school or bachelor’s degree in a field related to library sciences or other liberal arts is strongly preferred.
Physical Demands
Must be able to move around the office up to 15% of the time to scan documents, file, etc. Remains stationary at least 75% of the time. This position constantly operates, computers and other office productivity machines (e.g., scanner, printer, etc.). Occasionally required to move documents or files weighing up to 15 lbs. This position requires constant communication and exchange of information with the Firm attorneys, clients and staff. This position must be able to inspect and observe information on a computer screen at least 80% of the time.
Working Conditions
Professional office environment. Overtime Required.
Salary : $42,000 - $60,000
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