Senior Legal Assistant - Commercial Contracts - Chevy Chase, MD (HYBRID)
About the position At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive through relentless innovation to exceed our customers’ expectations while making a real impact for our company through our shared purpose. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported and proud to work here. That’s why we offer The GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards and Great Careers. GEICO is seeking a skilled, motivated, and detail-oriented individual to join our Legal Department as a Senior Legal Assistant, Commercial Contracts . This role will primarily support the Commercial Contracting Team and involve a broad range of responsibilities related to contracting. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication, written, and task management skills, and be a self-starter with strong attention to detail and strategic thinking abilities.
Responsibilities
- Assist with all aspects of commercial contracting, including:
- Review, document, and process contract request intake and assignment to contracting leads.
- Manage the contract lifecycle management platform to assist the Senior Director, Contracting Lead, in monitoring workload management.
- Conduct various contract hygiene activities, including editing contracts, updating templates, playbooks, and other materials used for negotiations.
- Prepare contract execution packages, including gathering relevant materials and contract documents for approval and signature.
- Conduct reviews of documents and legal research as requested by contracting leads.
- Interact with business customers and deal sponsors as applicable.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with legal and business subject matter experts (SMEs), and with external vendors.
- Assist in project managing strategic deals.
- Assist in creating/maintaining/closing legal matters and otherwise keeping matter records organized.
- Provide project and assistant support as needed to ensure smooth operations and successful completion of tasks.
- Provide other administrative or paralegal support as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree
- 7+ years of legal assistant experience or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Strong research skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy.
- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and prioritizing skills.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to process highly confidential/sensitive data and maintain discretion.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint).
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with contract lifecycle management systems.
- Experience in the insurance industry.
Benefits
- We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.
- Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family’s overall well-being.
- Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
- Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
- Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.