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Responsibilities
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
CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) is a leading professional services advisor to middle-market businesses nationwide. With industry knowledge and expertise in accounting, tax, advisory, benefits, insurance, and technology, CBIZ delivers actionable insights to help clients anticipate what is next and discover new ways to accelerate growth. CBIZ has more than 9,500 team members across 23 major markets coast to coast.
CBIZ strives to be our team members' employer of choice by creating an environment where team members are appreciated, recognized for their contributions, and provided with opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally, throughout their careers.
Together, CBIZ and CBIZ CPAs are ranked as one of the top providers of accounting services in the United States. CBIZ CPAs is an independent CPA firm that provides audit, review and attest services, while CBIZ provides business consulting, tax and financial services. In certain jurisdictions, CBIZ CPAs operates under its previous name, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.
Skills Required
- Draft, review, negotiate, and manage contracts and vendor and account relationships
- Utilize DocuSign, Docuware, Sagitta and Salesforce
- Provide RFP support across practice areas
- Assist with acquisition issues
- Develop and implement workflow processes with a focus on AI improvements
- Primary legal support to Property & Casualty for contracts and disputes
- Maintain and manage contract templates
- Bachelor's degree
- 8 years experience
- 6 years supervisory experience (if applicable)
- Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing across all levels
- Ability to manage deadlines, work on multiple assignments and prioritize
- Five years of professional in-house counsel experience
- Juris Doctorate in good standing (preferably Missouri or Kansas)
- Expert use of Copilot and familiarity with AI tools
- Proficient use of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint), Concur, and Microsoft Teams
- Graduate or specialty degree
- Ability to provide technical leadership and management of a team of associates
What We Do
Named one of the "Best & Brightest Places to Work for" in the Nation, CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) provides professional business services that help clients better manage their finances and employees. CBIZ provides its clients with financial services including accounting, tax, financial advisory, government health care consulting, risk advisory, real estate consulting, and valuation services. Employee services include employee benefits consulting, property and casualty insurance, retirement plan consulting, payroll, life insurance, HR consulting, and executive recruitment. As one of the nation’s largest brokers of employee benefits and property and casualty insurance, and one of the largest accounting and valuation companies in the United States, the Company’s services are provided through more than 100 Company offices in 33 states. CBIZ is associated with Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C. (MHM)*, a national, independent CPA firm. Through this association, we offer audit and attest services.
