Legal Operations & Risk Management Specialist - Hoffman Estates, IL

Heritage-Crystal Clean; Hoffman Estates (IL); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in environmental waste services is seeking a proactive Legal Operations & Risk Management Specialist. This role is pivotal in enhancing the efficiency of the Legal Team by managing legal matters, supporting outside counsel, and implementing process improvements. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills and a knack for organization, ensuring that legal operations run smoothly. With a commitment to diversity and inclusion, this company offers a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package, making it an exciting opportunity for motivated individuals looking to grow their careers.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Wellness Program

Flexible Spending Accounts

Life Insurance

Long-Term Disability

Employee Assistance Program

Tuition Reimbursement

Qualifications

• 1-3+ years' work experience in legal operations or risk management.
• Exceptional communication skills and ability to document information accurately.

Responsibilities

• Maintain Legal Matter management system and assist with report generation.
• Support legal projects and provide process improvements within legal operations.

Skills

Oral Communication

Written Communication

Interpersonal Skills

Legal and Compliance Operations

Organizational Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Notary Public License

Tools

Microsoft Office

Legal Files

ISN

Avetta

Adobe Sign

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Job Description

Crystal Clean (CC) is one of the nation's leading privately held companies in the environmental waste services industry. We are seeking highly motivated individuals with a strong work ethic to join our rapidly growing company. Crystal Clean offers competitive compensation, excellent benefits, and opportunities for advancement. We are willing to provide complete training for this opportunity!

We are looking for a Legal Operations & Risk Management Specialist to join our Legal Team. This individual will have a proactive mindset with a bias towards action and an eagerness to step outside of their comfort zone to affect changes big and small. The Legal Operations & Risk Management Specialist will be an enthusiastic self-starter that values building relationships and working closely with individuals across the organization. In this role, you will take the lead on developing, implementing, supporting, and improving several processes, practices and systems that are (or will be) designed to improve our team's efficiency, effectiveness, cost management and overall performance. This role will ultimately serve as the operational backbone of the Legal Team and champion cross-functional efforts to provide legal and compliance support across Crystal Clean.

Essential Duties:

• Maintain Legal Matter management system:

• Assist with creation and generation of reports.


• Ensure matters and documents are classified and organized correctly.

• Provide support on legal projects or projects that require legal support.

• Review Legal spending and budgeting.

• Provide support to Outside Counsel management.

• Track spending, billing practices and general Counsel management.

• Provide process improvements within legal team operations.

• Creating master agreements


• General assistance with M&A; due diligence collection, organization, and APA negotiation

• Legal Governance

• Entity Management


• Assist tax department with management of CT Corp

• Managing insurance applications, supporting documentation, and reports

• Insurance vendor management

• Assist to receive, review, negotiate, and execute NDA's as needed.

• Other duties as assigned.

Position Qualification Requirements: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The following requirements are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

Core Competencies

• Must have exceptional oral (phone), written and interpersonal communication skills.

• Basic knowledge of legal and compliance operations

• Individual must be highly organized with ability to accurately document information.

• Present a positive image of Crystal Clean to fellow employees, external contacts, the general public.

Work Experience

• 1-3+ years' work experience required (Experienced non-managerial)

Education, Certificates, Licenses, or Designations

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.

• Licensed Notary Public (Preferred)

Specific Skills

• Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office applications

• Legal Files

• ISN

• Avetta

• Adobe Sign

Crystal Clean LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Crystal Clean expressly values diversity, equity, and inclusion, and encourages the applications of individuals from diverse backgrounds, so that Crystal Clean reflects the communities and customers that we serve.

The anticipated salary range for this position is $65,000-$85,000, and includes benefits such as the following:

• Health, Dental and Vision insurance


• Wellness Program


• Flexible Spending Accounts


• Life Insurance


• Long-Term Disability


• Employee Assistance Program


• Tuition Reimbursement

Location(s)

2000 Center Dr
Suite East C300, Hoffman Estates, Illinois 60192, United States