Sr Paralegal, Transactions

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of shaping a sustainable world together, we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Company Overview

Novelis is one of the world leaders in aluminum recycling and rolling and a leading sustainable aluminum solutions provider. Driven by our purpose of “shaping a sustainable world together,” we work alongside our customers to provide innovative solutions to the aerospace, automotive, beverage packaging and specialty markets. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Novelis has approximately 13,000 employees in 32 operating facilities on 4 continents.

Position Overview

The Legal team, located in Atlanta, Georgia, is seeking a Senior Corporate Transactions Paralegal. The Corporate Transactions Paralegal will support the Head of Legal Operations and Project Management Office (PMO) in the execution of strategic projects that drive operational excellence, process improvement, facilitate change, and control costs for the Legal Operations Center of Excellence (COE). These initiatives can range from standard process sharing, COE programs, governance programs, portfolio management, technology implementations, vendor management, knowledge management and information governance, and data analytics to modernize legal service delivery.

Additionally, the COE and PMO structure will allow this role to provide project management support to many special projects and initiatives across the Global Legal Department. This role will apply generalist legal knowledge with project management skills to lead and support various legal areas, such as key investments, expansions/contractions, real estate, tax, finance, intellectual property, environmental, social, and governance (ESG), and the global commercial COE. This role will liaise directly with key business leads, including but not limited to, Legal, Finance, Strategy, and IT on these projects.

Responsibilities

• Support Legal Operations COE in handling the daily execution of strategic legal operations priorities, including process improvement, portfolio management, technology implementations, vendor management, knowledge management and information governance, and data analytics to modernize legal service delivery
• Drive COE standard methodology sharing across the Global Legal Department and drive successful execution of key projects
• Deliver global COE training, prepare training materials, prioritize COE training calendar, and coordinate with legal collaborators on delivery of training
• Lead and handle legal technology software implementations and upgrades
• Provide substantive transactional support and project management services to the Global Legal Department on various corporate transactions, including but not limited to, Novelis Ventures transactions, M&A projects, real estate, tax, ESG, and the global commercial COE
• Utilize Microsoft and legal technology tools to establish project planning documents and timelines, prepare presentations and presentation materials, coordinate meetings, maintain meeting notes and documents, track completion of tasks, connect with partners as necessary to provide updates, produce status reports, and compile monthly and quarterly reports from internal databases
• Conduct and synthesize legal research
• Assist with the organization and maintenance of company documents and department files
• Maintain legal databases and legal technology systems
• Work with the lead corporate attorneys, deal teams, and outside counsel on investment closings
• Conduct due diligence activities and complete information requests
• Draft and review legal documents
• Implement new processes and crafting operational efficiencies for transaction closing
• Support Novelis Legal billing process, supervise vendor invoicing for compliance with Novelis Legal Billing guidelines, and assist with monthly and quarterly invoicing accruals process
• Translate the legal business objectives and priorities into strategic plan inclusive of benchmarks, metrics, and KPIs

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum of 7 years of related paralegal experience in a law firm or in-house corporate environment supporting special transactions and projects
• Track record reporting on Legal department KPIs and other measurable cost benchmarks

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience and paralegal certification from ABA accredited paralegal program.
• Minimum of 10 years of related paralegal experience in an international corporate company environment

What We Offer:

Novelis' benefits say a lot about how we care for each other. Our employees and their families have many different needs. As a result, our benefits offer choices on many levels and are high in quality, driven by the marketplace, and affordable. In addition to core benefits, we provide these unique to the industry benefits:

• Family Growth Programs: Paid parental Leave, Adoption Assistance, Fertility Treatment, Childcare Discount and Nursing Mom Support
• Employee Assistance Programs: free resources available 24/7 to you and your family in the areas of mental health, family life, and career and financial guidance
• Wellness Programs: incentives for wellness activities, wellness spending account, programs for building healthy habits, virtual physical therapy for joint, back, and pelvic health, health management programs and more.
• Diabetes Management Program
• Pet insurance
• Identity Theft Protection
• PerkSpot Discount Program
• Tuition assistance and career development programs

This role offers a hybrid schedule. Our hybrid approach is designed to foster employee work-life balance and powers connection, collaboration, and a sense of community among our teams.

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Novelis’ Global Corporate and North America Headquarters is located in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta GA employing around 700 people. Supporting it’s 31 operations worldwide Novelis’ corporate office is home to the executive leadership team and global functions that support the automotive beverage can and high-end specialties value streams. The City of Atlanta provides a diverse and family-friendly place to live with countless museums cultural organizations and educational institutions including the Georgia Aquarium Woodruff Arts Center CNN Center Georgia Tech and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. In the Atlanta area Novelis has strong community partnerships with Atlanta Habitat for Humanity GeorgiaFIRST and Agape Youth and Family Center in addition to many local museums and community groups.

Novelis recognizes its talented and diverse workforce as a key competitive advantage. Novelis provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.All terms and conditions of employment at Novelis including recruiting hiring placement promotion termination layoffs recalls transfers leaves of absence compensation and training are without regard to race color religion age sex national origin disability status genetics protected veteran status sexual orientation gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal provincial or local laws.

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