Legal Entities Specialist III

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Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you will discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact?

The Legal Entities Specialist III plays a crucial role in the team responsible for managing legal entities. Key features of this US-based role are to provide corporate governance oversight for a portfolio of US subsidiaries.

The role will report to the Senior Manager, Legal Entities and will work closely with other members of the department. The candidate will also partner with other functions, including corporate tax, local tax and local finance. The role can be remote or hybrid, based in either Morrisville, North Carolina or Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

What will you do?

• Lead and maintain company secretarial administrative matters for our US portfolio of entities
• Assist in the production of annual meeting, including board and shareholder communications for a designated portfolio of legal entities within the US
• Prepare, co-ordinate and supervise local regulatory filing submissions, including approvals
• Maintain corporate directorship appointments, including preparation of associated documentation and reports
• Collaborate with internal staff, business teams, legal advisors, auditors, treasury, tax, and external partners to support subsidiary formations, capital changes, ownership changes, dividend payments, reorganizations, and dissolutions, and other corporate governance matters in the US.
• Provide support for ad-hoc projects as needed.

We are looking for:

Education/Experience

• Associates or Bachelor’s Degree
• Certification or certificate from an American Bar Association (ABA) approved program preferred
• 4+ years experience as a corporate paralegal
• Legal entities management experience is preferred
• 1+ year experience working at a global company is preferred
• Understanding of corporate governance requirements in North American jurisdictions
• Knowledge of tax, legal and accounting functions
• Previous exposure to Corporate Tax transactions and restructurings is preferred
• Prior experience working with CSC Global online platform is helpful
• Active commissioned notary is preferred

Skills/Abilities

• Strong sense of ethics and integrity
• Self-motivated and capable of working autonomously as well as collaboratively
• Effective interpersonal and analytical skills
• Attention to detail to ensure completeness and accuracy of work within established timelines
• Strong dedication to taking ownership and consistently producing high-quality work
• Collaborative style with experience working within a fast-paced matrixed environment
• Able to effectively collaborate with teams across multiple time zones

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation!

Thermo Fisher Scientific is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.

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