Junior Corporate Paralegal & Stock Administrator

Palo Alto, CA

Summary

Private American Software Company seeks a motivated individual to join their Legal Team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone looking to gain hands-on experience in the world of corporate securities law, finance, and equity administration.

Are someone that gets excited by the opportunity to learn about all-things-equity, and are passionate about the challenge inherent in building processes and systems that scale at a quickly growing company?  If so this role is for you.  You are extremely organized, resourceful, and detail oriented..  If the two periods in the last sentence caught your eye and almost stopped you from reading the rest of this job description out of disdain for a sloppy work product, you would fit right in. They are also a team that values teamwork, creativity, and a sense of humor.

Whether running solo or working collaboratively, the team strives to achieve great results on challenging, time-sensitive projects. Equipped with your eagle eye for minute details, commitment to delivering information in a concise and understandable way, and boundless reserve of energy and self-motivation, you’re excited to join the team and contribute to a dynamic company solving some of the world’s hardest problems. 

Core Responsibilities

• All aspects of equity administration, including managing a complex capitalization table, transaction processing and data entry, reconciliations/audits for quality control, investor analysis, and related tax reporting.
• Maintain corporate records and support various transactional matters, including interfacing with Company Leadership.
• Help manage the team’s work coordination process and related communications, including responding to inquiries from current, former and potential employees about equity compensation.
• Spearhead process improvement of day-to-day operations and workflows related to general corporate governance and equity administration.
• Collaborate with C-Level Executives, Finance, People Operations, Legal Team, and other cross-functional teams to anticipate, implement and/or address equity compensation matters. 

What Is Valued

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Excellent attention to detail and organizational skills, and experience improving and streamlining processes
• Demonstrated ability to multi-task, problem-solve, and complete complex projects under pressure
• Impeccable judgment, discretion, and integrity
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to tailor communication style to different audiences
• Flexible schedule-the company still operates in start-up mode and fire drills don’t always stop at 5pm 

Preferred

• 1+ years of experience as a paralegal, equity professional or equivalent within a corporation or law firm
• Familiarity with Excel
• Knowledge of private company corporate governance, equity-related administration, accounting, tax and legal concepts