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Assistant General Counsel
At Concordia Plans we care for those who serve by providing excellent retirement, healthcare, and benefit services. The Assistant General Counsel is responsible for ensuring compliance in the design, structure, implementation and administration of health and wellness benefit plans and retirement plans in a manner consistent with ethical standards and Concordia Plans values.
Concordia Plans has a reputation for outstanding culture, most recently winning the 2024 Top Workplaces USA award, with additional special awards for Work-Life Flexibility, Compensation & Benefits and Purpose & Values. This honor goes to the country’s best employers with high performing people-first cultures. Our recent history of employment excellence also includes being awarded the 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, the Top Workplaces 2021 - 2024 St. Louis Post-Dispatch awards and the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition’s 2020 Business Health Culture Award. Established more than 50 years ago providing service in 6,000 communities throughout the United States, we are mission focused professionals united to care for those caring for our community.
At Concordia Plans we are focused and flexible. Embracing the new normal, pioneering ways to continue to support work life balance in our family first culture. We offer competitive compensation with a benefit package, including a pension plan, 403(b), health insurance at no cost to the employee, and much more. With this exciting opportunity you can combine experience, talent, and passion as part of our team at Concordia Plans serving the workers of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod.
General Summary
The Assistant General Counsel is responsible for ensuring compliance in the design, structure, implementation and administration of health and wellness benefit plans and retirement plans in a manner consistent with ethical standards and Concordia Plans values.
Essential Job Functions
♦ Handle a variety of complex legal matters and projects related to multiple-employer employee benefit plans.
♦ Prepare, review and revise plan documents, employee communications and board resolutions.
♦ Oversee regulatory matters, including filings, related to retirement, health, life, and disability plans.
♦ Prepare IRS determination letter requests and other employee benefits-related governmental filings.
♦ Conduct and oversee legal research on retirement, health, life, and disability plans.
♦ Respond to regulator inquiries and research related issues.
♦ Provide advice on employee benefit plan compliance and resolution of compliance issues. Advise on a variety of employee benefits, tax, corporate and employment issues.
♦ Review statutory, regulatory and other governmental pronouncements to assess the impact on employee benefit plans.
♦ Supervise and coordinate the work of outside counsel.
♦ Communicate effectively, including in presentations, with all internal constituents including senior management and the Board, as well as external organizations including employers, employees of various employers, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and outside counsel.
♦ Build and maintain relationships with corporate counsel at similar organizations.
Education and Experience
♦ Bachelor's Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
♦ Licensed attorney (Missouri) or licensed in another state and willing to obtain Missouri license.
♦ Five years of experience in a law firm or corporate law-related setting.
♦ Five years of experience in employee benefits to include complex contracts preferred or a combined practice of employee benefits and another relevant area such as tax.
Competencies
♦ Model Resilience: Leads with optimism and composure, setting the tone for others. Is self-aware, humble, and open to alternatives when challenged.
♦ Strategic Thinking: Demonstrates sound judgment, discernment, and church/business acumen. Encourages new thinking and makes future-focused decisions.
♦ Influence Others: Is a positive influence across and outside the organization. Paints a compelling picture and gains commitment for forward momentum.
♦ Confidentiality: Demonstrates the utmost discretion in maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information, follows HIPAA and other relevant legal requirements, maintains privilege and safeguards information in a manner that fosters trust and integrity.
♦ Collaboration: Builds authentic relationships and harnesses the energy of others. Adapts interpersonal style and models productive dialogue and debate.
♦ Communications: Has the ability to articulate and present complex information simply and concisely in person, over the phone and in writing, and to reflect Concordia Plans values (integrity, compassion, excellence, stewardship, accountability) in all internal and external communications.
♦ Research: The ability to systematically investigate, study, and analyze information, data, or resources to gain insights, generate new knowledge and address complex questions or challenges.
♦ Problem solving: Uses rigorous logic, systematic methods and analysis to solve difficult problems, able to exercise discretion and make decisions to resolve issues and questions, anticipates the implications and consequences of situations and takes appropriate action, is excellent at objective analysis, and asks questions, seeks answers and engages others in analyzing and developing solutions.
♦ Results oriented: Steadfastly pushes self for results, self-motivated with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks with minimal supervision, maintains focus on organizational goals.
♦ Detail driven: Focuses on thorough, accurate and complete work product with high attention to detail.
♦ Trustworthy: Acting with integrity, being honest and credible, reliable, having positive intent, able to present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
At Concordia Plans we care for those who serve by providing excellent retirement, healthcare, and benefit services. The Assistant General Counsel is responsible for ensuring compliance in the design, structure, implementation and administration of health and wellness benefit plans and retirement plans in a manner consistent with ethical standards and Concordia Plans values.
Concordia Plans has a reputation for outstanding culture, most recently winning the 2024 Top Workplaces USA award, with additional special awards for Work-Life Flexibility, Compensation & Benefits and Purpose & Values. This honor goes to the country’s best employers with high performing people-first cultures. Our recent history of employment excellence also includes being awarded the 2023 Top Workplaces USA award, the Top Workplaces 2021 - 2024 St. Louis Post-Dispatch awards and the St. Louis Area Business Health Coalition’s 2020 Business Health Culture Award. Established more than 50 years ago providing service in 6,000 communities throughout the United States, we are mission focused professionals united to care for those caring for our community.
At Concordia Plans we are focused and flexible. Embracing the new normal, pioneering ways to continue to support work life balance in our family first culture. We offer competitive compensation with a benefit package, including a pension plan, 403(b), health insurance at no cost to the employee, and much more. With this exciting opportunity you can combine experience, talent, and passion as part of our team at Concordia Plans serving the workers of The Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod.
General Summary
The Assistant General Counsel is responsible for ensuring compliance in the design, structure, implementation and administration of health and wellness benefit plans and retirement plans in a manner consistent with ethical standards and Concordia Plans values.
Essential Job Functions
♦ Handle a variety of complex legal matters and projects related to multiple-employer employee benefit plans.
♦ Prepare, review and revise plan documents, employee communications and board resolutions.
♦ Oversee regulatory matters, including filings, related to retirement, health, life, and disability plans.
♦ Prepare IRS determination letter requests and other employee benefits-related governmental filings.
♦ Conduct and oversee legal research on retirement, health, life, and disability plans.
♦ Respond to regulator inquiries and research related issues.
♦ Provide advice on employee benefit plan compliance and resolution of compliance issues. Advise on a variety of employee benefits, tax, corporate and employment issues.
♦ Review statutory, regulatory and other governmental pronouncements to assess the impact on employee benefit plans.
♦ Supervise and coordinate the work of outside counsel.
♦ Communicate effectively, including in presentations, with all internal constituents including senior management and the Board, as well as external organizations including employers, employees of various employers, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and outside counsel.
♦ Build and maintain relationships with corporate counsel at similar organizations.
Education and Experience
♦ Bachelor's Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
♦ Licensed attorney (Missouri) or licensed in another state and willing to obtain Missouri license.
♦ Five years of experience in a law firm or corporate law-related setting.
♦ Five years of experience in employee benefits to include complex contracts preferred or a combined practice of employee benefits and another relevant area such as tax.
Competencies
♦ Model Resilience: Leads with optimism and composure, setting the tone for others. Is self-aware, humble, and open to alternatives when challenged.
♦ Strategic Thinking: Demonstrates sound judgment, discernment, and church/business acumen. Encourages new thinking and makes future-focused decisions.
♦ Influence Others: Is a positive influence across and outside the organization. Paints a compelling picture and gains commitment for forward momentum.
♦ Confidentiality: Demonstrates the utmost discretion in maintaining the confidentiality of sensitive information, follows HIPAA and other relevant legal requirements, maintains privilege and safeguards information in a manner that fosters trust and integrity.
♦ Collaboration: Builds authentic relationships and harnesses the energy of others. Adapts interpersonal style and models productive dialogue and debate.
♦ Communications: Has the ability to articulate and present complex information simply and concisely in person, over the phone and in writing, and to reflect Concordia Plans values (integrity, compassion, excellence, stewardship, accountability) in all internal and external communications.
♦ Research: The ability to systematically investigate, study, and analyze information, data, or resources to gain insights, generate new knowledge and address complex questions or challenges.
♦ Problem solving: Uses rigorous logic, systematic methods and analysis to solve difficult problems, able to exercise discretion and make decisions to resolve issues and questions, anticipates the implications and consequences of situations and takes appropriate action, is excellent at objective analysis, and asks questions, seeks answers and engages others in analyzing and developing solutions.
♦ Results oriented: Steadfastly pushes self for results, self-motivated with the ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks with minimal supervision, maintains focus on organizational goals.
♦ Detail driven: Focuses on thorough, accurate and complete work product with high attention to detail.
♦ Trustworthy: Acting with integrity, being honest and credible, reliable, having positive intent, able to present the unvarnished truth in an appropriate and helpful manner; keeps confidences; admits mistakes; doesn’t misrepresent him/herself for personal gain.
