Corporate Paralegal

Purpose of Position:

Amalgamated Bank is seeking an experienced Corporate Paralegal to join its Legal team. Reporting directly to the Deputy General Counsel, this role provides legal, securities, corporate governance, regulatory, policy, and administrative support to the Bank. The ideal candidate will have at least ten years of relevant experience at a law firm or in-house within a financial institution and will collaborate cross-functionally with Finance, Human Resources, Risk, Executive Leadership, Investor Relations, the Board of Directors, and other stakeholders across the Bank.

This position is based at the Bank's New York City headquarters and follows a hybrid work schedule that includes both in-office and remote work.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Coordinate the preparation, review, and timely filing of SEC reports and disclosures, including Section 16 filings, proxy materials, and other securities filings.
2. Administer the Bank's insider trading compliance program, including pre-clearance requests, blackout periods, insider lists, communications, and recordkeeping.
3. Conduct initial reviews of routine agreements, including contracts, loan agreements, and nondisclosure agreements, and coordinate stakeholder review, approval, and execution.
4. Maintain corporate governance records and support Board and committee matters, including meeting materials, resolutions, consents, minutes, charters, and governance calendars.
5. Coordinate compliance activities involving directors, executive officers, insiders, affiliates, and related parties under Regulations O and W.
6. Support public-company disclosures under Regulation S-K and other applicable securities requirements in coordination with Legal, Finance, Investor Relations, Human Resources, and Risk.
7. Administer governance and compliance activities for the Bank's Political Action Committee and New York City lobbying activities, including required bimonthly filings.
8. Manage the Legal Department's policy governance process, regulatory calendars, trackers, databases, document repositories, and records.
9. Manage designated Legal Department operations, including invoices, expenses, vendors, budget tracking, matter administration, and document management.
10. Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to support legal, governance, regulatory, and business initiatives and monitor assigned deliverables.
11. Identify and implement approved improvements to Legal Department processes, controls, documentation, and technology.
12. Serve as a senior paralegal resource, exercise independent judgment, escalate material issues appropriately, and ensure timely and accurate completion of assigned matters.
13. Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management.
14. Draft and prepare minutes for Board and committee meetings.
15. Demonstrate strong numerical aptitude and proficiency with spreadsheets.
16. Communicate clearly and professionally with executives and senior-level stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience Requirements:

1. Bachelor's degree required; paralegal certificate from an accredited program preferred. An equivalent combination of education and directly relevant experience may be considered.
2. Minimum of ten years of progressively responsible corporate paralegal or comparable legal experience, including substantial experience at a law firm, public company, or regulated financial institution.
3. Advanced knowledge of SEC reporting and public-company disclosure requirements, including Section 16 filings, proxy materials, Regulation S-K, EDGAR filing processes, and related controls and recordkeeping.
4. Demonstrated experience administering insider trading compliance processes, including pre-clearance requests, blackout periods, insider lists, certifications, and related communications.
5. Strong knowledge of corporate governance practices and experience supporting Boards of Directors and committees, including meeting materials, resolutions, consents, minutes, charters, governance calendars, and corporate records.
6. Working knowledge of banking laws and regulations governing directors, executive officers, insiders, affiliates, and related-party transactions, including Regulations O and W.
7. Experience conducting initial reviews of routine commercial agreements, loan agreements, and nondisclosure agreements and coordinating legal review, approval, execution, and retention.
8. Experience supporting political activity, lobbying, policy governance, legal operations, regulatory calendars, matter administration, records management, or related compliance processes preferred.
9. Proven ability to manage complex, time-sensitive matters; maintain accurate and complete records; improve processes and controls; and deliver high-quality work with limited supervision.
10. Exceptional judgment, discretion, and commitment to confidentiality, with the ability to identify and escalate material legal, regulatory, governance, and reputational issues appropriately.
11. Excellent written and verbal communication, analytical, organizational, research, and stakeholder-management skills, with the executive presence to work effectively with senior leaders, Board members, outside counsel, regulators, and cross-functional partners.
12. Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office and experience with Computershare, EDGAR Next, Intelligize, Workiva, or comparable securities and governance platforms; familiarity with Navan, Prevalent, Salesforce, SixLambda, and Slack preferred.

Our job titles may span more than one career level. The starting base salary for this role is between $120,000.00 - $135,000.00. The actual base pay is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferrable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Hybrid Work Model
Effective February 18, 2025, employees in office-based positions will be working a Hybrid work schedule consisting of three days or more, on-site per week, Monday - Thursday, although the specific days may vary by site or organization, with Friday designated as a remote-working day, unless business critical tasks require an on-site presence. This Hybrid work model does not apply to, and daily in-person attendance is required for, the contact center, branch service roles, and general services where the work to be performed is located at a Company site; positions covered by a collective-bargaining agreement (unless the agreement provides for hybrid work); or any other position for which the Company has determined the job requirements cannot be reasonably met working remotely. Please note, this Hybrid work model guidance does not apply to roles that have been designated as "remote".

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