Senior Legal Assistant
The Los Angeles office of SunAmerica Financial Group (SAFG) is looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to provide a wide range of administrative and corporate governance support to the Office of the Corporate Secretary.
In this position you will:
- Assist in formation and dissolution of legal entities and filing of foreign qualifications and withdrawals for legal entities;
- Draft form resolutions (appointments of officers, payments of dividends, etc.), incumbency certificates, and secretary's certificates, and circulate the same for execution;
- File required annual reports to secretary of state's offices and franchise tax reports to revenue agencies, if applicable, in various jurisdictions;
- Input corporate database with information regarding structure, management and status of subsidiaries and related entities;
- Manage minute books, corporate seals, legal files and other corporate information;
- Assist with arranging board and committee meetings, gathering reports and assembling board and committee meeting packages;
- Monitor written consents and/or documents circulated for signature and maintain log as to status of each written consent and/or document;
- Fulfill requests for corporate information, including copies of minutes, consents and other corporate documents;
- Provide administrative assistance to attorneys and other legal professionals in the Legal Department as requested; and
- Serve as back-up, when needed, to Executive Assistant to Senior Vice President and General Counsel.
The ideal candidate will have:
- At least 2 years of corporate experience in providing support on general corporate governance and corporate secretary matters;
- Knowledge of legal entity formation and maintenance and generation of form board of directors/committee resolutions;
- Knowledge and experience with legal entity management software programs (e.g., Secretariat) preferred;
- Excellent project management skills with a strong commitment to details and follow-up;
- Effective communication (verbal and written), organizational and inter-personal skills;
- Adept at multi-tasking and ability to work under tight (and, at times, competing) deadlines;
- Ability to work on various projects at the same time;
- Ability to work under a team environment and provide team support;
- Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (including Word, Outlook, PowerPoint and Excel); and
- Bachelor's Degree, preferred; AA, if experience meets job requirements; Paralegal certificate (or in the process of obtaining paralegal certificate), preferred.
About Us
SunAmerica Financial Group is the fourth largest life insurance organization in the United States based on more than $221 billion of admitted assets as of September 30, 2009. It is comprised of several leading life insurance and retirement services businesses, including American General Life Companies, AGLA, VALIC, Western National Life Insurance Company, SunAmerica Retirement Markets, SunAmerica Mutual Funds, SunAmerica Affordable Housing Partners, FSC Securities, Royal Alliance and SagePoint Financial. The unified businesses, which comprise the domestic life and retirement services unit of AIG, offer a comprehensive suite of life insurance, retirement savings products and guaranteed income solutions through an established multi-channel distribution network that includes banks, national, regional and independent broker-dealers, career financial advisors, wholesale life brokers, insurance agents and a direct to consumer platform. Equal Opportunity Employer.
