About the Role
As a Paralegal, you will play a key role in supporting our Legal Department and ensuring the organization operates with integrity, compliance, and excellence. This position offers an opportunity to showcase legal expertise and realize potential within a caring and trustworthy company that prioritizes people and their development, fostering collaboration and innovation.
Responsibilities
- Provide support to the VP–Chief Legal Counsel on corporate and compliance matters
- Review routine legal agreements and pleadings
- Coordinate with internal and external counsel on discovery, document collection, and litigation calendaring
- Conduct factual and legal research, including case law, statutes, and regulatory analysis
- Assist with regulatory and licensing matters
- Organize and maintain case files, legal documents, and department records
- Support legal review of agreements under the direction of the Legal team
- Respond to internal inquiries regarding contracts, policies, and other legal issues
- Perform administrative tasks such as scheduling, billing, expense oversight, filing, and record‑keeping
- Maintain positive working relationships with internal stakeholders, external vendors, insurers, and regulators
- Ensure consistency between the legal department and business partners
- Perform other related duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of the legal department
Requirements
- Strong understanding of legal terminology, procedures, and documentation
- Excellent legal research and writing skills
- Strong attention to detail and critical thinking
- Ability to manage multiple projects under pressure
- 5+ years of experience as a paralegal, ideally with a focus on regulatory compliance and/or contract review
- Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies or a related field
- Proficient with MS Office and legal research databases
- Ability to quickly learn new systems
- Excellent organization, record‑keeping, and prioritization skills
- Works well independently and as part of a team
- Adapts well to procedural and organizational changes
- Positive, learning‑oriented attitude and takes initiative in their work
- Able to work overtime as business needs require
Skills
- Legal terminology
- Legal procedures
- Legal documentation
- Legal research
- Legal writing
- Attention to detail
- Critical thinking
- Project management
- MS Office
- Legal research databases
- System learning
- Organization
- Record-keeping
- Prioritization
- Independent work
- Teamwork
- Adaptability
- Initiative
Location
- U.S.
- Austin, TX
- Waco, TX
Work Type
- Hybrid environment
Experience Level
- 5+ years of experience as a paralegal
Education Level
- Bachelor’s degree in Paralegal Studies or a related field
- Paralegal certification
Benefits
- Flexible group insurance
- Competitive pension plan
- Stock purchase plan
- Vacation days
- Wellness/personal development days
- Telemedicine
- Employee and family assistance program
- Ergonomic furniture program
- Performance bonus
- Discounts on iA products
- Medical Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Company-Paid Term Life Insurance
- Company-Paid AD&D Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Short-Term Disability Insurance
- Company-Paid Health Advocate Benefit
- Wellness Allowance
- Generous Paid Time Off Plan
- Holidays
- 401(k) With Company Match
- Competitive Bonus Program
- Employee Discount Program
About the Company
- iA American Warranty LP, American Amicable Group of Companies, iA American Life Insurance Company, and Industrial Alliance Portfolio Management LLC are part of iA Financial Group.
- iA Financial Group is one of the largest insurance and wealth management groups in North America.
- iA American was built through the acquisition of several US-based entities.
- Products and services include automotive protection packages, reinsurance options, dealer support, direct-to-consumer products, in-house administration, life insurance, and progressive special markets.
- iA Financial Group is the fourth largest life and health insurance company in Canada.
- Founded in 1892, iA Financial Group is an employer of choice that invests in its employees and their development.
- CEO Denis Ricard won #1 Insurance CEO in Canada from Glassdoor.
- US headquarters is in Austin, TX.
- American Amicable, based in Waco, TX, offers innovative life insurance and annuity products.
- iA Financial Group has over 9,000 employees.
- The company has earned the trust of over five million clients and 50,000 advisors.
- With over $200 billion in assets and half a billion invested in technological innovation, iA Financial Group is a key player in the financial services industry in Canada and the United States.
- For over 125 years, the company has supported its employees and surrounded itself with reputable leaders to innovate.
Equal Opportunity
- Reasonable accommodations will be made, if requested, in compliance with ADA and EEO regulations to enable employees with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship.
- Our differences make us unique and stronger.
- At iA Financial Group, we are committed to supporting and celebrating diversity.
- We are continually building a team that is as diverse as the people and communities we serve.
- By combining our different ways of seeing and experiencing the world, we will always be stronger than the sum of our parts.
