What are the responsibilities and job description for the Paralegal position at SAP?
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At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
Job Summary
We are seeking a talented paralegal to join our N.A. employment legal team. The paralegal will provide day-to-day support to our attorneys on employment law related matters and projects along with related daily administrative duties. A track record of efficient project management, excellent verbal and written communications skills, and ability to balance multiple tasks is essential.
Key Responsibilities
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 59,000-130,200 (USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.
Requisition ID: 425458 | Work Area:Legal | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations:
At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. How? We focus every day on building the foundation for tomorrow and creating a workplace that embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.
Job Summary
We are seeking a talented paralegal to join our N.A. employment legal team. The paralegal will provide day-to-day support to our attorneys on employment law related matters and projects along with related daily administrative duties. A track record of efficient project management, excellent verbal and written communications skills, and ability to balance multiple tasks is essential.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist attorneys with a broad scope of employment law matters including, but not limited to, compensation and benefits, employment contracts, performance management, leaves of absence, accommodations, discrimination and harassment complaints, workplace safety, audits, and policies.
- Provide litigation support, including coordinating tasks between internal and external partners, handling discovery requests, and conducting in-house review and organization of documents.
- Draft and manage document preservation notices.
- Communicate with outside counsel representing the company to manage case and project activities.
- Gather and organize relevant documents and assist with witness interviews.
- Respond to subpoenas, requests for employment records and other data requests.
- Coordinate the company’s response to QDROs.
- Conduct basic legal research.
- Support outside counsel engagement, including creating purchase orders and statements of work and managing vendor invoices and assisting with budget development and tracking.
- A variety of administrative tasks such as scheduling meetings, organizing employment law team files and templates, maintaining trackers and spreadsheets, proofreading policy and manual drafts, sending docusigns for execution, and other administrative duties as assigned.
- Other duties and projects, as assigned.
- Education: BA and paralegal certification
- 2 years of paralegal experience supporting an employment law function in an in-house legal department or law firm.
- Ability to work independently, proactively, innovatively, and creatively while exercising sound judgment and taking ownership of projects.
- Excellent written and verbal and interpersonal communication skills and ability to interact with all levels of management.
- Excellent project management skills.
- Strong organizational and time management skills, ability to support multiple legal professionals and effectively prioritize and manage work.
- Proficient in legal research tools (e.g., Westlaw, LexisNexis).
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and legal case management software.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and appropriately handle sensitive information with tact and discretion.
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
- Highest standards of integrity, ethics and behavior.
SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better world.
SAP is committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provides accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com.
For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability, in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local legal requirements.
Compensation Range Transparency: SAP believes the value of pay transparency contributes towards an honest and supportive culture and is a significant step toward demonstrating SAP’s commitment to pay equity. SAP provides the annualized compensation range inclusive of base salary and variable incentive target for the career level applicable to the posted role. The targeted combined range for this position is 59,000-130,200 (USD) USD. The actual amount to be offered to the successful candidate will be within that range, dependent upon the key aspects of each case which may include education, skills, experience, scope of the role, location, etc. as determined through the selection process. Any SAP variable incentive includes a targeted dollar amount and any actual payout amount is dependent on company and personal performance. Please reference this link for a summary of SAP benefits and eligibility requirements: SAP North America Benefits.
Requisition ID: 425458 | Work Area:Legal | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations:
