Legal & Compliance Specialist
Zayo See More Job Openings by This Employer
- Full Time
- $53,300 - $80,000
- Denver, CO
Company Description
Zayo provides mission-critical bandwidth to the world’s most impactful companies, fueling the innovations that are transforming our society. Zayo’s 141,000-mile network in North America and Europe includes extensive metro connectivity to thousands of buildings and data centers. Zayo’s communications infrastructure solutions include dark fiber, private data networks, wavelengths, Ethernet, and dedicated Internet access. Zayo serves wireless and wireline carriers, media, tech, content, finance, healthcare and other large enterprises.
Zayo is seeking a Legal & Compliance Specialist to join our team. Our Legal & Compliance Specialist will support members of the Corporate Legal team by working on a variety of legal matters, including paralegal support for compliance, entity management, corporate governance, and contract administration matters. This is a non-lawyer legal support position.
Responsibilities:
Support the Corporate Legal Team with domestic and international corporate governance, compliance, and entity management matters.
Coordinate entity formation, registration, qualification, maintenance, and dissolution activities across U.S. and foreign jurisdictions.
Prepare and manage annual reports and related compliance documentation to maintain entities in good standing.
Draft and maintain corporate governance documents, including board resolutions, shareholder consents, officer and director changes, and secretary of state filings.
Maintain corporate records, legal databases, entity organizational charts, compliance calendars, and related tracking systems.
Support Know Your Customer (“KYC”) compliance requests and respond to internal and external requests for corporate documentation and entity information.
Assist with contract management and legal support functions, including organizing records and maintaining contract repositories.
Redline corporate contracts, such as NDAs.
Coordinate legal mail, signatures, notarizations, invoice processing, and e-billing support.
Work cross-functionally with attorneys, finance, tax, outside counsel, registered agents, and third-party service providers on corporate and compliance matters.
Assist with corporate transactions, restructurings, and special legal projects as needed.
Qualifications:
Undergraduate degree,
Paralegal certificate, preferred
2–4 years of paralegal or legal support experience, preferably in the telecommunications industry
Notary public or willingness to become a notary public within six months of hire
Excellent organizational and project management skills with strong attention to detail
Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work collaboratively with attorneys, business teams, outside counsel, and third-party providers to develop practical and effective solutions
Prior experience reviewing and supporting commercial contracts, preferred
Estimated Base Pay Range: $53,300 - $80,000 USD/annually
The base pay range shown is a guideline and reasonable estimate for this role. It takes into account the wide variety of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions. Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted range based upon geographic location, work experience, skill level, certifications, and other business and organizational needs. Non- sales roles may be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive plan. Sales roles may be eligible to participate in a sales incentive plan.
Additionally, this position may be eligible for certain benefits, such as health insurance, life insurance, disability retirement plans, paid time off.
The posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days. The active posting will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
Benefits, Rewards & Wellness
Excellent Health, Dental & Vision Insurance
Retirement 401(k) Savings Plan
Generous paid time off policy including paid parental leave
Zayo provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type 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, state, provincial or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
- $53,300 - $80,000
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