We are looking for an experienced Corporate Paralegal to join a fast-growing fintech company in Irvine, California on a contract-to-permanent basis. In this highly visible role, you will partner closely with the General Counsel and senior leaders to strengthen legal operations, support corporate governance, and help build efficient processes across the legal function. This opportunity is well suited for a proactive legal team member who is comfortable managing multiple priorities, improving workflows, and collaborating across departments in a dynamic business environment.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee day-to-day legal operations by creating and refining procedures, tracking workflows, and improving the overall efficiency of the legal department.
- Coordinate the full contract administration process, including request intake, document routing, execution follow-up, template usage, and status reporting.
- Maintain and enhance legal technology tools used for document management, e-signature, matter tracking, and project coordination.
- Prepare and monitor legal reporting metrics such as workload trends, contract turnaround times, departmental performance indicators, and risk-related data.
- Manage relationships with external legal vendors and outside counsel, including invoice review, spend monitoring, and budget support.
- Organize corporate governance records by maintaining minute books, resolutions, entity documents, and other required legal files.
- Support board and committee meeting activities by assembling agendas, distributing materials, tracking deadlines, and preparing meeting documentation.
- Monitor filing deadlines, annual corporate obligations, and compliance requirements while assisting with audits and broader regulatory readiness efforts.
- Partner with Finance, HR, Sales, Product, and executive stakeholders on projects that require legal coordination, executive summaries, and process improvement initiatives.
- At least 3 years of experience in legal operations, corporate paralegal work, legal project coordination, or a similar legal support function.
- Demonstrated experience supporting senior legal leadership, such as a General Counsel or executive management team.
- Working knowledge of corporate governance practices, entity record maintenance, and contract administration processes.
- Hands-on familiarity with legal operations platforms, contract management systems, e-signature tools, or project tracking applications.
- Strong ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities while maintaining accuracy and organization.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, along with sound judgment and a high level of professionalism.
- Ability to handle confidential information with discretion in a highly visible role.
- Availability to work on-site in Irvine, California.