If you like to be at the forefront driving progress and development, doing things better for your clients and your career, unleash your potential at BNP Paribas.  

As the successful Paralegal/Legal Assistant, you will work closely with the Head of Legal Australia and New Zealand on implementing and maintaining processes and reference documents to contribute to the success of a diverse team with a broad range of expertise.

Principal Role Accountabilities

 In this role, you will: 
  * Be in charge of the regulatory watch process for Australia and New Zealand: this requires identifying changes to laws, reporting them and tracking them in the relevant system;
  * Be in charge of the company secretarial tasks supporting the Company Secretary; This includes, organising board meetings, drafting minutes, maintaining records, perform lodgements with ASIC, etc
  * Manage the Power of Attorneys that are required for the proper functioning of BNP Paribas in Australia and New Zealand;
  * Support the Head of Legal with the preparation of committees, the management of legal procedures and the record keeping of documents.
  * Provide support in creating reference documents for the team that will streamline processes (e.g: create a data base of frequently received questions and answers within the Legal department).
  * Assist lawyers in preparing legal documents as and when required.

 Other contributions 
  * Provide support of day to day tasks within the Legal department;

 What is required for you to succeed? 
  * Overall experience of 5-6 years in a similar role.
  * Experience of company secretarial work is a desirable.
  * Proficient use of Microsoft Office tools and comfortable using new and varied IT tools.
  * Flexibility and openness to tackle new challenges.
  * Be extremely detailed oriented and results driven.