Sallie Mae

Manager, Corporate Finance and Transactions Paralegal

Sallie Mae$70K — $95K *
Legal & Accounting
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Solid understanding of legal principles and procedures across practice areas.
  • Exceptional organizational and project management skills to prioritize effectively.
  • Discretion in managing confidential information is crucial.
  • Proficiency in document and transaction management is required.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for stakeholder collaboration.
  • Detail-oriented with a capacity to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

  • Assist attorneys in drafting and organizing transactional documents and agreements.
  • Support all phases of transactions from inception to post-closing.
  • Facilitate SEC filings, including 10-Ks, 10-Qs, and prospectuses.
  • Assist with loan sales, asset-backed securitizations, and finance transactions.
  • Manage commercial contracts and maintain templates and amendments.
  • Develop a system for organizing legal documents and closing checklists.
  • Track deliverables and deadlines to ensure timely execution of documents.

Benefits

  • Generous PTO and holidays observed, including 12 federal holidays.
  • 401k with employer match supporting financial well-being.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, including pet insurance.
  • Flexible hybrid working arrangements to balance work and life.
  • Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement support.
  • Access to on-site fitness centers and gym subsidy for offsite locations.
  • Tuition reimbursement and career development training opportunities.
Full Job Description

What You'll Contribute

The Manager, Corporate Finance & Transactions Paralegal will be responsible for managing the day-to-day paralegal operations and providing crucial support to the Corporate Finance, Corporate Reporting and Commercial and Affiliate Transactions teams within the Legal Department.  This role requires comfort managing multiple deadlines, coordinating across teams, and maintaining high levels of accuracy in documentation.

What You'll Do

  • Assist attorneys in drafting, reviewing, and organizing transactional documents, contracts, and agreements.

  • Assist attorneys through all phases of transactions (inception  closing  post-closing).

  • Support SEC filings, assisting with 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, prospectuses, registration statements and other disclosure documents.

  • Support loan sales and asset-backed securitizations, warehouse facilities, and other finance transactions.

  • Assist attorneys in drafting and managing commercial contracts, amendments, and templates.

  • Develop and maintain an efficient system for organizing and managing accurate and audit-ready legal documents, contracts, closing checklists, trackers, and deal documentation sets.

  • Support the tracking of deliverables, deadlines, and dependencies to ensure the timely and efficient execution of transactional documents.

  • Coordinate and manage legal projects, ensuring timely completion and adherence to project objectives, including the ability to support multiple concurrent deals.

  • Support effective control design, testing, and implementation for the teams and the broader Legal Department.

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather necessary information, track progress, and facilitate project collaboration.

The above information is intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job; it is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees in this role.

What you have

Minimum: Indicate minimum education, skills and experience required.

  • Solid understanding of legal principles, processes, and procedures across various practice areas.

  • Exceptional organizational and project management skills, with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.

  • Discretion and demonstrated ability to properly manage and handle confidential and/or material non-public information.

  • Proficiency in document and transaction management.

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

  • Detail-oriented and able to maintain accuracy while handling multiple tasks, including the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred: nice to haves regarding education, skills, and experience.

  • Bachelor's degree in paralegal studies, legal studies, or a related field.

  • 5 - 10 years of corporate paralegal experience.

  • Experience with capital markets, securitization, or financial services.

  • Six sigma certification.

Feeling your best helps you do your best:Our benefits take care of the whole youso you can build your work around your life (not the other way around!).

  • Competitive base salaries

  • Bonus incentives

  • Generous PTO, Floating Holidays and 12 Federal Holidays observed

  • Support for financial-well-being and retirement401k with employer match

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and more

  • Employer paid short-term/long-term disability and basic life insurance

  • Flexible hybrid working arrangements.

  • Paid parental leave and adoption reimbursement programs

  • Free access to on-site staffed fitness centers (in Delaware) and gym subsidy (for locations outside Delaware)

  • Confidential counseling support (EAP), Health Advocacy services and Wellness program with financial incentives

  • Tuition Reimbursement and Family Scholarship Programs

  • Career development and training opportunities

About Sallie Mae

Sallie Mae is a publicly traded U.S. corporation that provides consumer banking. Its nature has changed dramatically since it was set up in 1973. At first, it was a government entity that serviced federal education loans. It then became private and started offering private student loans, although at one point it had a contract to service federal loans. The company's primary business is originating, servicing, and collecting private education loans. The company also provides college savings tools such as its Upromise rewards program. It is headquartered in Newark, Delaware.
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