Corporate Paralegal (In-House & Onsite)
Location
Sarasota, FL | United States
Job description
Roper Technologies, Inc. (“Roper”) seeks to add a Corporate Paralegal to its corporate legal team located in Sarasota, Florida. Roper is a diversified technology company operating businesses across the globe that design and develop software and engineered products and solutions for a variety of niche end markets. Roper is a component of the S&P 500, Fortune 1000 and Russell 1000 Indexes and trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol ROP.
Your role will contribute to the legal entity management for Roper’s portfolio of over 200 international subsidiaries spanning the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. Working closely with senior colleagues on the team, you will learn the nuances of international corporate compliance pertaining to the various business units and provide support to other corporate-level functions. You will participate in restructuring projects and respond to KYC and other diligence requests. You will be encouraged in your professional development, and, over time, you will become a recognized subject matter expert regarding internal company structure, signing authority, and creative problem solving.
Typical responsibilities include: - Preparing, reviewing, and filing of corporate formation documents, conversions, mergers, dissolutions, qualifications, assumed names, and annual reports;
- drafting bylaws, operating agreements, and amending prior versions;
- preparing, reviewing, and circulating written consents pertaining to subsidiary governance (e.g. officer changes, banking matters, annual meetings);
- updating/maintaining Minute Books, company files, and entity management database;
- preparing stock certificates and maintaining stock ledgers as needed;
- drafting secretary certificates and correspondence;
- coordinating signature pages as needed;
- preparing and editing intercompany transactional documents;
- coordinating requests with international corporate counsel;
- coordinating apostille/legalization for international documents;
- interacting professionally with a diverse group of colleagues (internal and external) worldwide;
- responding timely to acknowledge inbound inquiries;
- collaborating with team members and seeking guidance on unusual or unfamiliar requests;
- providing general legal administrative and clerical support to the legal department;
- working cross functionally to support and collaborate with the Treasury, Tax, M&A, and other departments within the Roper organization as necessary.
Qualifications: - Minimum of 5 years of experience with corporate entities, document management, and general office administrative tasks, either in a law firm or in-house position.
- Familiar with Secretary of State databases.
- Strong understanding of different legal entities, including corporations, limited liability companies, and partnerships.
- Ability to read and understand organizational charts.
- Excellent analytical, writing and editing skills, high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office 365 Suite (Word, Excel, SharePoint).
- Proficiency with Adobe Acrobat Pro.
- Ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize as needed.
- Florida Notary.
- Associate degree in legal studies or Paralegal certification preferred.
- Able and willing to be in office in Sarasota, Florida; hybrid schedule may be available following initial 90 days of employment based upon onboarding progress made.
Base salary ($31.25 – $48.08 per hour); annual bonus (tied to Company performance). Roper also offers a competitive wellness-enhanced benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible spending accounts, life insurance, long and short-term disability, EAP (Employee Assistance Program), 401(k) with a generous immediately vested match, employee stock purchase plan, vacation time, competitive parental leave, and customary holidays.
Total compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to, type of position, location, education level, work experience and certifications.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
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