Hybrid Senior Legal Assistant – Commercial Contracts

at GEICO

• Job title: Senior Legal Assistant – Commercial Contracts
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $73,800 - $115,825 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chevy Chase, United States

About the role

• Senior Legal Assistant supporting the Commercial Contracting Team with contract management and legal research at GEICO. Involves collaboration with legal and business experts in a hybrid role.

Responsibilities

• Assist with all aspects of commercial contracting, including: Review, document, and process contract request intake and assignment to contracting leads.
• Manage the contract lifecycle management platform to assist the Senior Director, Contracting Lead, in monitoring workload management.
• Conduct various contract hygiene activities, including editing contracts, updating templates, playbooks, and other materials used for negotiations.
• Prepare contract execution packages, including gathering relevant materials and contract documents for approval and signature.
• Conduct reviews of documents and legal research as requested by contracting leads.
• Interact with business customers and deal sponsors as applicable.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with legal and business subject matter experts (SMEs), and with external vendors.
• Assist in project managing strategic deals.
• Assist in creating/maintaining/closing legal matters and otherwise keeping matter records organized.
• Provide project and assistant support as needed to ensure smooth operations and successful completion of tasks.
• Provide other administrative or paralegal support as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years of legal assistant experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Strong research skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to process highly confidential/sensitive data and maintain discretion.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).

Benefits

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.