What are the responsibilities and job description for the Financial Services Paralegal position at Securian Financial Group?
Job Description:
We are seeking a highly skilled Law Services Senior Analyst to join our Affinity Solutions legal team. As a key member of our team, you will collaborate with credit unions, banks, and finance companies to provide regulatory services and compliant documents for lending and depository needs.
The ideal candidate will have established legal experience, creativity, and a pragmatic approach to balance business needs and risk mitigation. You will work closely with product line attorneys to provide compliant services and solutions for our clients' lending, deposit program, and documentation needs.
You will also provide subject matter support in federal and state consumer financial protection laws and regulations, such as the Truth in Lending Act, Truth in Savings Act, Uniform Commercial Code, and related laws.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Product Line Attorneys: Work with product line attorneys to provide compliant services and solutions for our clients' lending, deposit program, and documentation needs.
- Subject Matter Support: Provide subject matter support in federal and state consumer financial protection laws and regulations.
- Complex Legal Information Distillation: Distill complex legal information into easy-to-understand guidance for our business unit and external clients.
- Strategic Business Growth Solutions: Support strategic business growth solutions to ensure compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.
- Research and Analysis: Research and analyze legal issues related to insurance matters and provide ongoing support to our product line attorneys and to our business units.
- Drafting and Revising Contracts: Draft and revise contracts, addendums, and other forms to align with the goals and needs of the business unit and external clients.
Qualifications:
- Strong Research Skills: Ability to research a wide variety of insurance law topics and jurisdictional differences.
- Desire and Ability to Become Subject Matter Expert: Desire and ability to become subject matter expert on relevant topics.
- Excellent Communication Skills: Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Self-Directed and Disciplined: Self-directed and disciplined in working independently with minimal supervision.
- Versatility and Maturity: Versatility, maturity, and ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Strong Organization and Planning Skills: Strong organization and planning skills necessary to adjust to changing priorities and meet deadlines.
- Attention to Detail and Accuracy: Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy.
- Critical Thinking and Problem Solving: Exceptional capacity for critical thinking and creative problem solving.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience in Law Firm or Corporate Law Department: Experience in previous law firm or corporate law department.
- Paralegal Certification: Paralegal Certification.
- Estate & Trust Law and/or Life Insurance Experience: Experience in Estate & Trust law, and/or Life Insurance.
