Senior Legal Assistant
Apply NowCompany: MetLife Services and Solutions, LLC
Location: New York, NY 10025
Description:
Description and Requirements
Role Value Proposition:
MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. We're united by our purpose to help our customers and each other create a confident future; we're guided by empathy; and we're inspired by each other to make a difference in the lives of our coworkers, customers, communities, and the world at large. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
Legal Affairs - Building confident futures is at the center of all our work at MetLife. In Legal Affairs, that means empowering our trusted advisors and advocates to focus on what's possible while safeguarding MetLife's global interests. Collaborating with each other and our businesses around the globe, we support innovative solutions while protecting our customers, employees, communities, and shareholders. And we work in an environment founded on integrity, trust, candor, and respect, where new challenges and diverse perspectives are encouraged and celebrated.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Legal Assistant to join the in-house Legal Services Team to support the Legal Affairs department of MetLife, Inc. The incumbent will primarily support attorneys and professionals in the Public Company Unit and the Global Employee Benefits Unit. The successful candidate will also support work in other areas of Legal Affairs and Legal Services Team initiatives. The Senior Legal Assistant will have experience working at a large law firm, corporation, or other organization and exhibit proficient knowledge and skills in matters relating to public company Security Exchange Commission disclosures and proxy statement reporting relating to executive compensation disclosure requirements. Sharp attention to detail, strong legal acumen, comfort with autonomy, strong learning and working agility are a must. The ability to demonstrate time and workload management through exceptional project management skills showcasing high level of initiative, confidentiality, good judgment, and collaboration are vital together with solid legal research and technology proficiencies.
Key Responsibilities:
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:
Preferred:
At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.
The salary range for applicants for this position is 73000 - 97400.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For , MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
73000 - 97400
Role Value Proposition:
MetLife, through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies, providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. We're united by our purpose to help our customers and each other create a confident future; we're guided by empathy; and we're inspired by each other to make a difference in the lives of our coworkers, customers, communities, and the world at large. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible. Join us!
Legal Affairs - Building confident futures is at the center of all our work at MetLife. In Legal Affairs, that means empowering our trusted advisors and advocates to focus on what's possible while safeguarding MetLife's global interests. Collaborating with each other and our businesses around the globe, we support innovative solutions while protecting our customers, employees, communities, and shareholders. And we work in an environment founded on integrity, trust, candor, and respect, where new challenges and diverse perspectives are encouraged and celebrated.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Legal Assistant to join the in-house Legal Services Team to support the Legal Affairs department of MetLife, Inc. The incumbent will primarily support attorneys and professionals in the Public Company Unit and the Global Employee Benefits Unit. The successful candidate will also support work in other areas of Legal Affairs and Legal Services Team initiatives. The Senior Legal Assistant will have experience working at a large law firm, corporation, or other organization and exhibit proficient knowledge and skills in matters relating to public company Security Exchange Commission disclosures and proxy statement reporting relating to executive compensation disclosure requirements. Sharp attention to detail, strong legal acumen, comfort with autonomy, strong learning and working agility are a must. The ability to demonstrate time and workload management through exceptional project management skills showcasing high level of initiative, confidentiality, good judgment, and collaboration are vital together with solid legal research and technology proficiencies.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assist with preparing and filing of SEC disclosures (i.e., Forms 3, 4, 5), periodic filings such as Forms 8-K, 10-Q, and 10-K and other public company disclosure filings and documents conforming to legal requirements.
- Assist with preparing Board of Directors/Executive compensation reporting requirements.
- Assist in preparing Security Ownership shares of Board of Directors/Executive Leadership with strong knowledge of SEC Section 16 and beneficial ownership filings.
- Collaborate with other proxy contributors with professionalism to coordinate data gathering and analysis.
- Utilize research skills to perform a "Rule Check" for Security and Exchange Commission "SCHEDULE 14A".
- Demonstrate software knowledge of Workiva (a/k/a WDesk).
- Maintain SharePoint site with Unit policies, procedures, records, schedules, and other information.
- Collect, draft, and analyze documents providing multifaceted information efficiently.
- Successfully coordinate, monitor, and manage progress on multiple deliverables with capability of anticipating issues and ability of knowing when to escalate issues to stakeholders.
- Provide robust assistance to attorneys and stakeholders participating in projects including team huddles, events and meetings as required with attorneys and Legal Services teams.
Essential Business Experience and Technical Skills:
Required:
- 5+ years of paralegal experience in corporate law firm or similar role.
- Advanced technical skills (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, iManage, SharePoint, Outlook, Litera Compare, Lexis Nexis, NAIC website, NILS, web-based applications, and legal systems, etc.).
- Experience working in Workiva (a/k/a WDesk) or other direct Security and Exchange Commission filing application, and maintaining Security and Exchange Commission EDGAR access codes, a plus.
- Perform proficient legal research with sound knowledge of legal concepts and ability to analyze facts.
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to translate complex business and legal concepts into clear and compelling text.
- Flexibility and ability to shifting demands working under tight deadlines and multiple detailed tasks.
- Takes ownership of deliverables, is accountable, and owns professional development by actively seeking out feedback, learning new skills and new systems quickly and teaching others as necessary.
- Must demonstrate ability to maintain confidential information sensitively and discreetly.
- Exceptional critical thinking and organizational skills managing a high-volume workload successfully with increasing and changing demands demonstrating agility, EI (interpersonal skills), collaboration/partnership building, and strong attention to detail.
- Ability to work independently with integrity and ethical professional judgment knowing when to escalate issues.
- Passion for process analysis and continuous improvement.
- Continuously refine, develop, and expand skills in anticipation of changes in the work environment or profession.
Preferred:
- Bachelor's degree and/or Paralegal degree or certificate.
- Notary public or willingness to obtain.
- Corporate governance experience a plus.
At MetLife, we're leading the global transformation of an industry we've long defined. United in purpose, diverse in perspective, we're dedicated to making a difference in the lives of our customers.
The salary range for applicants for this position is 73000 - 97400.
Benefits We Offer
Our U.S. benefits address holistic well-being with programs for physical and mental health, financial wellness, and support for families. We offer a comprehensive health plan that includes medical/prescription drug and vision, dental insurance, and no-cost short- and long-term disability. We also provide company-paid life insurance and legal services, a retirement pension funded entirely by MetLife and 401(k) with employer matching, group discounts on voluntary insurance products including auto and home, pet, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance, as well as Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and digital mental health programs, parental leave, volunteer time off, tuition assistance and much more!
About MetLife
Recognized on Fortune magazine's list of the 2024 "World's Most Admired Companies", Fortune World's 25 Best Workplaces for 2024, as well as the 2025 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For , MetLife , through its subsidiaries and affiliates, is one of the world's leading financial services companies; providing insurance, annuities, employee benefits and asset management to individual and institutional customers. With operations in more than 40 markets, we hold leading positions in the United States, Latin America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
Our purpose is simple - to help our colleagues, customers, communities, and the world at large create a more confident future. United by purpose and guided by empathy, we're inspired to transform the next century in financial services. At MetLife, it's #AllTogetherPossible . Join us!
MetLife is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment decisions are made without regards to race, color, national origin, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or domestic/civil partnership status, genetic information, citizenship status (although applicants and employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States), uniformed service member or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law ("protected characteristics").
If you need an accommodation due to a disability, please email us at accommodations@metlife.com. This information will be held in confidence and used only to determine an appropriate accommodation for the application process.
MetLife maintains a drug-free workplace.
73000 - 97400