Law Clerk (Corporate)

If you are looking to join one of Canada’s fastest growing companies, goeasy Ltd. is the place for you! Recognized as one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures in 2018, one of Canada’s Top 50 Fintech’s and one of North America’s Most Engaged Workplaces, we want the best and brightest to join our team.

We are a publicly traded company on the TSX with over 4000% shareholder return since 2001, goeasy operates two main business units. easyfinancial is our consumer lending business that offers secured and unsecured installment loans of up to $35,000 and easyhome is Canada’s largest merchandise lease-to-own company. It is our mission to provide everyday Canadians the chance for a better tomorrow, today by giving them access to the credit they need and by offering them a second chance when they have been turned down by banks and traditional lenders. With a retail network of nearly 400 locations across Canada and over 1900 employees, we are able to build lasting relationships with our customers as we help them rebuild their credit and graduate towards prime rates and a brighter financial future. 

Goeasy is seeking a highly motivated Law Clerk to oversee all administrative duties and tasks for our Senior Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs and Chief Financial Officer. This individual will provide daily support to the team for contract administration, managing calendars, and providing general administrative support to ensure the effectiveness of your assigned executives.  

Your responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

• Maintaining domestic and foreign extra-provincial registrations and licenses
• Prepare legal documents related to the development and implementation of corporate policies, procedures, and templates
• Perform complex editing and formatting for correspondence and legal documents
• Maintain an efficient file system (physical and electronic files) for confidential files
• Tracks the execution and storage of all legal contracts, including monitoring and following up on all post-closing documents
• Providing exceptional service to all internal clients within the business
• Provide contract support for standard corporate agreements, employment agreements, non-disclosure agreements and other documents, as required, reviewing, summarizing. interpreting and analyzing commercial contracts
• Managing and maintaining relationships with external lawyers, including billing matters and any required follow-up
• Maintain minute books and conducts reviews and rectifications, as required
• Conduct legal research and drafting as required
• Day-to-day administrative tasks and basic executive assistant duties including organizing files, diarization, booking appointments, and maintaining calendars for the CFO and General Counsel
• Collaborating with other Departments to provide documents and other materials to meet business needs
• Co-ordinates and makes travel arrangements, as required
• Takes initiatives on projects as assigned
• Supports General Counsel & CFO in preparation for Board of Directors & Board Committee meetings and publishes meeting documents on a secured site application for high priority audiences

What we are looking for:

• 3-5 years of related experience in a similar role
• Paralegal designation is an asset but not mandatory  
• Excellent interpersonal and communication (oral and written) skills
• Post-Secondary Education preferred (College or University)
• Project management/coordination experience considered an asset
• Experience with maintaining provincial registrations and licenses
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment with minimum supervision
• A strong understanding of corporate governance work required
• Exceptional organization and time management skills
• Ability to multi-task and work independently
• Superior skills in Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Proven ability to maintain confidential information
• Ability to work with people at various levels across the organization
• Detail oriented and demonstrated ability for accuracy

What’s in it for you?

 Goeasy thrives on ensuring our employees have all the programs and benefits to do their best which is why we were recognized for Canada’s Most Admirable Cultures award in 2018 and most recently, listed on Achiever’s Top 50. We take pride in rewarding our employees for their commitment and hard work by offering a variety of programs and services including: 

• Flexible work program
• Significant exposure to key stakeholders
• Competitive compensation package (Base + bonus, Health/Dental benefits)
• Onsite company gym
• Parental/maternity leave top-up
• Group Retirement Plan: RSP + match

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

goeasy is an equal opportunity employer. In addition, goeasy is committed to providing accommodations for applicants upon request at any stage of the recruitment process in accordance with all legislative requirements throughout Canada.   Please let us know if you require an accommodation due to a disability during any aspect of the recruitment process and we will work with you to address your needs.

Why should you work for goeasy?

To learn more about our great company please click the links below:

http://goeasy.com/careers/ 

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