Compliance Paralegal - Governance & Regulatory Support

Confidential; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 335,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Confidential is seeking a Paralegal to support the Compliance Team with legal, regulatory, and administrative tasks. The role includes corporate housekeeping, filing, records management, and coordination with government agencies and external counsel.

Responsibilities cover maintaining governance documents, preparing resolutions, monitoring regulatory requirements, and conducting basic research under guidance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Legal Management, Political Science, Public Administration, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least three years of relevant experience in a paralegal, legal assistant, corporate secretarial, compliance, or regulatory support role.
• Experience in corporate housekeeping, regulatory filings, contract administration, or legal records management.
• Exposure to publicly listed companies an advantage.
• Working knowledge of Philippine corporate governance and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain statutory books, corporate records, and governance documents of the company and its subsidiaries.
• Prepare and organize Board and committee resolutions, Secretary’s Certificates, Minutes of Meetings, General Information Sheets, and other corporate documents.
• Support the preparation, filing, and monitoring of regulatory and reportorial requirements.
• Track permits, licenses, registrations, certifications, and renewal deadlines.
• Coordinate document submissions and follow-ups with government agencies and regulatory bodies.
• Draft, proofread, organize, and process simple agreements, correspondence, certifications, and other legal documents.
• Maintain online and offline document repositories, compliance registers, contract databases, and document control systems.
• Facilitate document routing, execution, filing, and archiving.
• Ensure proper version control, confidentiality, accessibility, and retention of legal and compliance records.
• Conduct basic legal and regulatory research under the guidance of the Compliance Team.
• Monitor relevant regulatory issuances and prepare summaries, briefing notes, and compliance updates.
• Support compliance reviews, audits, assessments, training activities, and management reporting.
• Monitor compliance deliverables, action items, and submission deadlines.
• Coordinate with Legal, Finance, Human Resources, Operations, Corporate Affairs, project teams, and other business functions.
• Liaise with external counsel, consultants, notaries, government offices, and service providers.
• Gather and organize documents required for audits, internal reviews, investigations, and regulatory submissions.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Legal Management / related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Document management tools

Job description

Confidential is seeking a Paralegal to support the Compliance Team with legal, regulatory, and administrative tasks. The role includes corporate housekeeping, filing, records management, and coordination with government agencies and external counsel.

Responsibilities cover maintaining governance documents, preparing resolutions, monitoring regulatory requirements, and conducting basic research under guidance.