Senior Remediation Clerk

Gowling WLG; Ottawa; Hybride; CAD 80 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health coverage

Hybrid work

Parental leave top-up

Retirement savings plan

Résumé du poste

Gowling WLG is seeking Corporate Clerks for the Business Law Corporate Services group with eight to ten years of law clerk experience in Ontario. The role supports a national digitization project, ensuring data integrity for corporate records across clients.

Flexible hours and location options include Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, or Waterloo. The successful candidate will work with a collaborative team of clerks and lawyers in a challenging professional services environment, focusing on accuracy

Qualifications

• Eight to ten years of legal experience as a Corporate Law Clerk/Paralegal in Ontario.
• Ability to work proactively and independently while collaborating with a team and mentoring juniors.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to reset priorities and meet deadlines.
• Excellent attention to detail; capable of analyzing legal documents for accuracy and working with technology.

Responsabilités

• Complete minute book reviews for various entity types in electronic format.
• Identify corporate data issues to ensure completeness of minute books and records.
• Exercise discretion when reviewing and organizing documents within iManage and Athennian.
• Ensure currency and integrity of corporate materials stored in iManage, Closing Folders and Athennian.

Connaissances

Attention to detail

Independent and proactive

Time management

Communication skills

Outils

iManage

Athennian

Nuance PDF

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

About Gowling Wlg

At Gowling WLG, our commitment to excellence begins with our people. As an international law firm with offices in Canada, the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, we’re proud to recruit and retain top talent who bring energy, insight, and a singular focus on delivering exceptional experiences – for our clients and each other.

About Gowling Wlg

At Gowling WLG, our commitment to excellence begins with our people. As an international law firm with offices in Canada, the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, we’re proud to recruit and retain top talent who bring energy, insight, and a singular focus on delivering exceptional experiences – for our clients and each other.

We’re intentional about building a workplace that’s both high-performing and supportive, ensuring that everyone is empowered to do their best work and reach their full potential. Our culture is grounded in our shared values: Raise the Bar, Embrace Differences, and Thrive Together. These values shape how we collaborate, lead, and succeed – across teams, time zones, and career paths.

Whether you’re pursuing a role in law or business services, explore what’s possible and make your mark with Gowling WLG.

PROFILE

Gowling WLG is currently seeking Corporate Clerks for our Business Law Corporate Services group with eight to ten years of law clerk experience.

The successful candidate(s) will be supporting a key national project with the digitization of our corporate services process. The corporate clerk will help with data integrity for the corporate records for various clients. This individual will have an exciting opportunity to work alongside a great team of corporate clerks and lawyers in a challenging professional services environment.

We can be flexible with hours and days in the office. Overtime and work outside of the standard hours will not be necessary. This position can be based in our Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton or Waterloo office.

Responsibilities

• Independently complete a minute book review of various entity types (corporation, not-for-profit, LLPs) in electronic format.
• Identify corporate data issues to ensure that the minute book and other corporate records are complete in the electronic database.
• Exercising discretion and judgement when reviewing and organizing documents and materials within iManage and Athennian.
• Ensuring the currency and integrity of the corporate materials saved in iManage, Closing Folders and Athennian.

Qualifications

• A minimum of eight to ten years’ legal experience as a Corporate Law Clerk/Paralegal in the Province of Ontario.
• Demonstrated initiative and capacity to work proactively and independently, as well as in a team environment, including training junior clerks and new team members.
• Excellent organizational skills and the ability to redefine priorities when necessary.
• Strong attention to detail, with the ability to analyze legal documents for accuracy.
• Ability to work efficiently and effectively with technology.
• Willingness to continuously learn and develop new skills.
• Strong time management skills, ability to meet deadlines, proven effectiveness in delivering fast and accurate client service.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Firm members, verbally and in writing, in a professional and courteous manner.
• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, iManage and Nuance PDF or Adobe Acrobat.
• Experience with Athennian or similar corporate database, such as EnAct, GlobalEnact or Alf, is an asset.

Benefits/Perks

Gowling WLG’s total rewards program is designed to foster a culture where high performance and personal well-being go hand-in-hand. We support your career and life with:

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and mental health coverage, plus an annual lifestyle spending allowance
• Benefits coverage for Firm members and their dependents from day one!
• 15+ vacation days and hybrid work flexibility
• Parental leave top-up for 26 weeks (after 12 months of full-time employment)
• Group Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Financial protection through short & long-term disability, life, accident & critical illness insurance
• Employee & Family Assistance Program, guided CBT, and an internal network of 120+ trained Mental Health First Aid responders
• Recognition awards, appreciation events, and a supportive, collaborative work culture
• Perks and preferred pricing programs, referral bonuses and more

The starting range for this role is $80,000 to $90,000. Starting salary will be determined based on an applicant’s individual skills, competencies and unique qualifications. Gowling WLG employees have the potential to exceed this range based on tenure and performance.

This position is currently vacant and is open to both internal and external candidates. Gowling WLG is recruiting for this role to support ongoing firm needs and team operations.

This employer may use tools within our applicant tracking system that include artificial intelligence–supported features, such as automated candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all screening, assessments, and selections are reviewed and completed by human recruiters and hiring managers.

Gowling WLG is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are in need of accommodation or support at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.