Corporate Paralegal

Position: Corporate Paralegal, AML

Anti-Money Laundering

Location: New Jersey

Salary: $85,000 - $100,000

Onsite Logistics: Hybrid (Monday and Friday remote; Tuesday through Thursday in-office)

Schedule: Monday-Friday (10:00 am - 6:00 pm)

Responsibilities:

• Perform corporate-related duties including, but not limited to, entity formations, amendments, and dissolutions; drafting initial governance documents; obtaining EINs; and tracking subscription agreements (as needed).
• Conduct due diligence, including reviewing and summarizing contracts, agreements, and corporate records (as needed).
• Order and distribute certified copies, good standing certificates, and other necessary documents.
• Review, analyze and summarize constitutive and offering documents for various legal entity types in multiple jurisdictions.
• Analyze client data and prepare reports, summaries, matrices, and/or databases to catalogue client information for internal and external consumption (e.g., internal trackers and matrices and shared data sites including SharePoint, Markit, Onboarding Accelerator, Smartsheet etc.
• Prepare and deliver standard KYC documentation to financial institution counterparties including but not limited to: Customer Identification Program Questionnaires, FinCEN Beneficial Ownership Rule Customer Due Diligence Questionnaires, Sanctions, and Account Onboarding forms, AML Comfort/Reliance Letters, Wolfsberg Questionnaires, and other AML documents, tax forms and certifications to various counterparties in connection with account opening, legal agreement negotiation, existing account refresh and client deals/transactions. Direct contact with clients, counterparties, and attorneys is required.
• Additional projects as designated by the AML team leader.

Skills and Knowledge

• Associate or Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college is preferred.
• A minimum of 3 years of paralegal experience in AML, Corporate law or banking is a plus.
• ACAMS Certification(s) a plus.