[Hiring] Senior Paralegal @Cardinal Health

Role Description

What Sr. Paralegal contributes to Cardinal Health:

• Legal provides the company with strategic, proactive, practical and cost-effective legal advice and services to protect the organization’s assets, operations, and image.
• This role will be part of Cardinal Health’s corporate legal team, focusing on corporate governance, entity management, and other corporate transactions.
• Responsible for coordinating and managing corporate governance and legal entity management activities of Cardinal Health’s international subsidiaries.
• Partners closely with international Finance, Tax, Treasury, Legal, and Compliance teams to support strategic initiatives, including:
  • Internal entity reorganizations
  • Cash management and repatriation projects
  • Tax planning strategies
  • Other cross-border transactions

Responsibilities

• Partners with Accounting, Tax, Treasury, international Legal & Compliance, and international business leaders, as well as external legal counsel and corporate secretarial providers, to support governance, compliance, and strategic transactions involving international subsidiaries.
• Drafts, reviews, and coordinates corporate governance documentation, including:
  • Board and shareholder resolutions
  • Minutes
  • Written consents
  • Powers of attorney
  • Director and officer appointments and resignations
  • Other corporate approvals
• Coordinates annual general meetings of shareholders (AGMs), board meetings, statutory financial statement approvals, and related governance activities in collaboration with Cardinal Health’s external reporting and finance teams.
• Maintains corporate records, minute books, governance databases, organizational charts, and legal entity management systems for Cardinal Health’s international subsidiaries.
• Coordinates annual corporate maintenance activities, including:
  • Annual reports
  • Statutory filings
  • Regulatory registrations
  • Other jurisdiction-specific compliance requirements through local service providers and external counsel.
• Manages KYC, UBO, and audit requests by collecting, reviewing, and providing corporate records and supporting documentation to banks, auditors, internal stakeholders, and regulatory authorities.
• Supports international corporate transactions, including:
  • Entity formations
  • Liquidations
  • Mergers
  • Acquisitions
  • Restructurings
  • Cash management
  • Tax planning projects
  • Other strategic initiatives
• Monitors governance obligations and corporate maintenance requirements, identifies compliance risks, and supports the implementation of appropriate corrective actions and governance best practices.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of relevant experience in international corporate governance, entity management, and transactional support strongly preferred.
• BA, BS or equivalent experience in related field.
• Must be a quick learner and possess excellent written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Intermediate-to-Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly in MS Word and Excel.
• Experience with legal entity management systems and governance databases preferred.

Requirements

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and general guidance on new projects, manage conflicting priorities, and meet deadlines.
• Ability to manage high volumes and effectively balance workload.
• Capacity to work in a team environment, including cross-functionally, and manage projects accordingly.
• Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects.
• Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems.
• Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives.

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage
• Paid time off plan
• Health savings account (HSA)
• 401k savings plan
• Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay
• Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Work-Life resources
• Paid parental leave
• Healthy lifestyle programs