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About the Role
WEX is seeking a self-driven and motivated individual to join our Commercial Legal team as a Commercial Paralegal. This role will primarily be responsible for supporting the commercial and transactional work of WEX’s Corporate Payments line of business in the Americas. As a new member of the team, the Commercial Paralegal will have the opportunity to utilize and enhance their subject matter experience in commercial contracts and transactional matters, particularly customer and revenue-generating agreements.
Responsibilities
- Draft and revise commercial contracts accurately and in compliance with all WEX policies and risk framework.
- Review customer requested changes to the contracts, work with Corporate Payments attorneys and appropriate stakeholders for feedback/approvals and revise applicable documents accordingly.
- Assist attorneys with the preparation, review and execution of various transaction documents, forms and filings in connection with the Corporate Payments line of business in the Americas.
- Assist in the migration of legacy contracts to the company’s new contract lifecycle management system (Malbek).
- Drive contracts from intake through workflow routing and version control, to execution and post-signing tasks through our contract lifecycle management system.
- Manage legal matter workflow, including managing the legal request queue for matter intake in the workload/matter management system (Xakia), interfacing with internal stakeholders and administrative tasks related to completing matters for the Corporate Payments legal team.
- Collaborate with other support functions, including Finance, Compliance and Risk.
- Assist with strategic projects as necessary.
- Utilize excellent written and verbal communication skills and exercise sound judgment and independent decision-making.
Requirements
- 5+ years of paralegal or equivalent experience with commercial contracts and transactional matters, including drafting and generating agreements, redlining, and reviewing contract revisions and comments.
- Experience with legal technologies (matter management and contract lifecycle management systems) strongly preferred.
- Experience with all aspects of a contract lifecycle management is highly preferred.
- Previous experience working in-house supporting a line of business on the customer side.
- Demonstrated ability to learn IT applications and systems.
- Hard working, dependable, curious, proactive, resourceful, and consistently follow through.
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills to effectively and independently prioritize and manage a heavy workload while accountable for work product.
- Ability to work as a team player in a fast-paced environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Collaborative, flexible, adaptable and able to work across functions in a team-oriented environment.
- Proficiency in Google Suite, Microsoft Office, Adobe Acrobat, and DocuSign.
Skills
- Commercial contracts
- Transactional matters
- Customer and revenue-generating agreements
- Contract lifecycle management systems
- Legal technologies
- Matter management systems
- Written communication
- Verbal communication
- Judgment
- Independent decision-making
- Organizational skills
- Multi-tasking
- Prioritizing skills
- Team player
- Analytical skills
- Attention to detail
- Accuracy
- Collaboration
- Flexibility
- Adaptability
- Google Suite
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Acrobat
- DocuSign
Location
- Portland, ME
- Boston, MA
- New York, NY
- Washington D.C.
- Chicago, IL
- Dallas, TX
Work Type
- Remote
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of paralegal or equivalent experience
Education Level
- Paralegal degree or certification
- Bachelor's degree in Finance or Business
- Paralegal Certificate from an ABA accredited paralegal program
- B.A. or B.S. degree
- Juris Doctorate
Salary/Compensations
- $38.70 - $49.30
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Retirement savings plan
- Paid time off
- Health savings account
- Flexible spending accounts
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
About the Company
- WEX is a company that offers comprehensive and market-competitive benefits designed to support your personal and professional well-being.