Corporate Counsel | Benefits & Insurance Services Division
#LI-OD1 #LI-Hybrid
Essential Functions and Primary Duties
Provide central office legal support to draft, review, negotiate and manage new and existing contracts and account relationships, business and vendor relationships across all CBIZ Property & Casualty and Life Insurance practice groups
Ability to utilize DocuSign, Docuware, Sagitta and Salesforce
RFP support for all practice areas
Assist with acquisition issues
Develop and implement workflow process with a focus on improvements through AI
Primary legal support to Property & Casualty when CBIZ is the Client (contracts and disputes)
Maintain contract templates
Additional responsibilities as assigned
Preferred Qualifications
Five years of professional in-house counsel experience
Juris Doctorate in good standing (preferably Missouri or Kansas)
Possesses advanced knowledge and understanding of industry and professional concepts, principles, practices, and procedures
Possesses expert knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, and professional standards
Expert use of applicable technology – specifically Copilot
Proficient use of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and enterprise communication and travel solutions (Concur, Microsoft Teams)
Experience performing work that requires initiative and leadership skills
Ability to anticipate and elicit customer needs
Ability to self-learn and develop business and technical knowledge quickly
Motivated team player with demonstrated interpersonal skills
Comfortable working with quick turnaround times and deadlines
Capacity to adapt and work effectively within a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups
Display innovative ideas and solutions and capacity to identify and eliminate redundant work efforts and inefficient processes
Demonstrates commitment to continuous improvement
Ability to provide technical leadership and management of a team of associates
Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member
Proactively manages issues and expectations of colleagues and clients
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree required
- Graduate or specialty degree preferred
- 8 years experience
- 6 years supervisory experience (if applicable)
- Ability to manage deadlines, work on multiple assignments and prioritize each assignment as necessary
- Proficient use of applicable technology
- Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of organization, both internally and externally