Corporate Paralegal

Summary

Join Sprout Social's Legal team as a Corporate Paralegal! You'll contribute to a growing team, tackling diverse challenges in SEC filings, corporate governance, and compliance. Responsibilities include drafting legal documents, managing projects, performing legal research, and implementing compliance measures. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of relevant experience, strong attention to detail, and excellent communication skills. Growth opportunities abound, with clear milestones outlined for the first year. Sprout offers a comprehensive benefits package, including insurance, paid time off, and professional development opportunities, along with flexible work arrangements.

Requirements

• 5+ years of applicable legal experience with an in-house legal department, law firm, or government
• A demonstrable track record of managing legal projects at an intermediate level with limited supervision in the area of securities, corporate governance, and corporate compliance
• A basic understanding of securities law and corporate governance

Responsibilities

• Draft, manage, and assist with a variety of SEC filings and corporate governance documents, including but not limited to, section 16 filings, 13Gs, proxy statements, 10-Ks, 10-Qs, board minutes, board consents, director and officer questionnaires, and other various corporate governance documents
• Serve as a project manager for securities, corporate governance, and corporate reliance-related projects including but not limited to tracking beneficial ownership, updating public company compliance calendars, tracking board and committee matters and documentation to ensure meeting documentation is compliant, coordinating our annual shareholder meeting, performing 10b5-1 plan compliance, tracking and updating corporate compliance training, performing sanctions compliance, and implementing new legal software
• Work closely with our Associate General Counsel and General Counsel to create board and committee meeting materials, including creating the first draft of agendas, unanimous written consents, and resolutions, as well as finalizing board minutes at the direction of our corporate secretary
• Create checklists and processes to avoid “recreating the wheel” with corporate governance and securities issues
• Update ESG disclosure annually
• Perform detailed legal and factual research. Examples include locating secondary and primary legal resources, locating templates, comparing legal vendors, onboarding legal vendors, and summarizing and presenting findings
• Implement the findings of your research by partnering closely with in-house counsel

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of applicable legal experience with an in-house legal department at a SaaS public company
• Paralegal and project manager certifications

Benefits

• Insurance and benefit options that are built for both individuals and families
• Progressive policies to support work/life balance, like our flexible paid time off and parental leave program
• High-quality and well-maintained equipment—your computer will never prevent you from doing your best
• Wellness initiatives to ensure both health and mental well-being of our team
• Ongoing education and development opportunities via our Grow@Sprout program and employee-led diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
• Growing corporate social responsibility program that is driven by the involvement and passion of our team members
• Beautiful, convenient, and state-of-the-art offices in Chicago’s Loop and downtown Seattle, for those who prefer an office setting
• Whenever possible, Sprout wants to provide our team with the flexibility to work in the location that makes the most sense for them. Sprout maintains a remote workforce in many places in the United States. However, we are not set up in all states, so please look at the drop-down box in our application to see whether your state is listed. Few roles require an office setting. If your position requires a physical presence in a Sprout office, it will be evident in the job listing and your offer letter
• Every Sprout team member has an opportunity to receive restricted stock units (RSUs) under Sprout’s equity plan
• Employees (and their dependents) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance, and Modern Health (a wellness benefit)
• Employees are able to enroll in Sprout’s company’s 401k plan, in which Sprout will match 50% of your contributions up to 6% with a maximum contribution
• Sprout offers “Flexible Paid Time Off” and ten paid holidays