Senior Group Paralegal, FMG

Hyson™; Ohio; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Force Motion Group (FMG) seeks a Senior Group Paralegal to provide high-level paralegal and legal-operations support across U.S. and global operations.

You will report to the Vice President of Human Resources and help manage governance, contracts, compliance, investigations, and external counsel coordination. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of progressive paralegal experience in a large, multi-entity environment and demonstrates independence, discretion, and ownership of complex matters in a

Qualifications

• 8+ years of progressive paralegal experience at senior level.
• Experience supporting a large multi-entity corporate group.
• Experience in governance, contracts, compliance and investigations.
• Experience with U.S. matters and working with U.S. outside counsel.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level paralegal and legal-operations support to U.S. and global leaders.
• Manage matter intake, files, trackers, deadlines and action items to completion.
• Support corporate governance, entity records, consents, minutes, and filings calendars.
• Prepare and organize legal documents, contracts, records, and communications with confidentiality.
• Lead contract administration: intake, templates, redlines, routing, repository, obligations.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external counsel on various agreements.
• Support ethics and compliance hotline activities, intake, escalation and reports.
• Maintain hotline logs, investigations, and status reports for leadership.
• Assist with employment, litigation, subpoenas, and regulatory inquiries as needed.
• Conduct legal research and prepare summaries for VP HR and counsel.
• Support compliance programs, policy maintenance, training records and audits.
• Maintain HubEngage communications and ensure proper approvals before publication.
• Coordinate with departments to ensure proper document management and retention.
• Engage outside counsel as needed and track spend and invoices.
• Prepare reports, presentations, and training materials for legal and compliance teams.
• Build relationships with leaders while safeguarding confidential information.

Skills

Senior paralegal

Corporate governance

Contract administration

Compliance & ethics

Litigation support

Legal research

Job description

The Senior Group Paralegal, FMG provides experienced, high-level paralegal and legal-operations support across Force Motion Group and its U.S. and global business operations. Reporting directly to the Vice President Human Resources, the role supports corporate governance, contract administration, compliance and ethics matters, investigations, employment-related legal support, litigation and claims support, legal research, document management, and coordination with external counsel. The Senior Group Paralegal will also support the administration and documentation of ethics and compliance hotline matters and maintain approved employee-facing legal, compliance, and HR communications through HubEngage/ADP platform. The successful candidate will be highly experienced, self-directed, pro-active, collaborative, discreet, practical, and comfortable taking ownership of complex matters in a fast-paced, multi-entity organization while maintaining appropriate escalation and confidentiality.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide senior-level paralegal and legal-operations support to for other authorized Group leaders across U.S. and global matters.
• Manage legal and compliance matter intake, maintain accurate matter files and trackers, prioritize deadlines, coordinate required actions, and follow matters through to completion.
• Support corporate governance and legal-entity administration, including maintaining entity records, organizational documents, officer and director information, written consents, resolutions, minutes, registered-agent records, and recurring filing calendars.
• Prepare, organize, review, and maintain legal documents, client contracts, corporate records, certifications, correspondence, Policy, and supporting materials to a high standard of accuracy and confidentiality.
• Lead commercial-contract administration, including intake, template use, first-pass document review, redline coordination, signature routing, contract repository maintenance, key-date tracking, and follow-up on contractual obligations.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and external counsel on customer, supplier, service-provider, confidentiality, licensing, and other business agreements, ensuring matters are progressed efficiently and escalated appropriately.
• Manage and support ethics and compliance hotline activity, including monitoring hotline calls and reports, completing initial intake, documenting factual information, maintaining confidentiality, and promptly escalating leading on the investigations reporting findings to Vice President of Human Re
• Maintain complete hotline case logs and supporting records, track investigation ownership and status, follow up on agreed actions, document closure, and prepare periodic factual trend or status reports for authorized leadership.
• Support internal hotline and grievance investigations as a neutral party by coordinating interviews, collecting and organizing documents and evidence, maintaining chronologies and investigation files, tracking action items, and preparing factual summaries for review.
• Support employment-related legal matters, including agency charges, claims, employee-relations escalations, policy matters, document collection, case chronology preparation, and coordination with external employment counsel where required.
• Support litigation, disputes, subpoenas, claims, audits, and regulatory inquiries, including legal holds, document preservation, eDiscovery coordination, evidence collection, deadline tracking, and liaison with external counsel.
• Conduct legal and factual research using appropriate resources and prepare clear summaries, chronologies, issue lists, and background materials for review by the Vice President Human Resources and/or legal counsel.
• Support compliance programs, policy maintenance, training records, certifications, audit evidence, third-party diligence, and other controls designed to support ethical and compliant business operations.
• Maintain and update approved legal, compliance, ethics, and HR communications through HubEngage, including policy notices, training reminders, employee updates, and other authorized content, ensuring information is accurate, timely, and appropriately archived.
• Coordinate with Communications, HR, Compliance, IT, Finance, and business leaders as necessary to ensure HubEngage content and legal/compliance communications are properly approved before publication.
• Maintain legal document-management and records-retention practices, including organized electronic files, version control, retention schedules, and access restrictions for confidential or privileged materials.
• Coordinate external-counsel engagement and administration, including matter opening, document transfer, status follow-up, invoice review support, spend tracking, and maintenance of outside-counsel records.
• Assist with preparation of reports, presentations, training materials, templates, policies, and procedures relating to legal, ethics, compliance, governance, and employee matters.
• Build effective working relationships with business leaders and cross-functional teams while protecting confidential information and applying sound judgment about when to elevate issues.
• Work independently with minimal supervision, manage multiple competing priorities and deadlines, and keep the Vice President Human Resources appropriately informed of progress, risk, and required decisions.
• Support global business initiatives, legal-operations improvements, and special projects as assigned.
• Perform duties as assigned by leadership.
• Act in accordance with FMG's Code of Business Ethics and Values.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Minimum 8+ years of progressive paralegal experience, including substantial experience operating at senior level with a high degree of independence and ownership.
• Significant experience supporting a large, multi-entity corporate group, multinational organization, major law firm, or similarly complex business environment is required.
• Demonstrated experience supporting corporate governance, commercial contracts, compliance and ethics matters, investigations, litigation or claims, and legal document management.
• Experience supporting U.S. legal matters and working with U.S. outside counsel, regulators, agencies, or courts as