Legal Entities Specialist III

About the Role

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, US and Canada, will be a key member of the legal entities management team. Key features of this US-based role are to provide corporate governance oversight for a portfolio of US and Canadian subsidiaries.

The role will report to the Senior Legal Entities Manager and will work with other members of the legal entities team. 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?

• Manage and maintain company secretarial administrative matters for our US and Canadian 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 and Canada
• 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 collaborators to support subsidiary formations, capital changes, ownership changes, dividend payments, reorganizations, and dissolutions, and other corporate governance matters in the US and Canada.
• 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
• 5 years+ experience as a corporate paralegal
• Legal entities management preferred
• 1+ year experience working at a company with international operations preferred
• Understanding of corporate governance requirements in North American jurisdictions
• Knowledge of tax, legal and accounting functions
• Prior experience working with CSC Global Entity Management is preferred
• Active commissioned notary is preferred

Skills/Abilities

• Strong sense of ethics and integrity
• Self-motivated and effectively work independently as well as within a team
• Effective interpersonal and analytical skills
• Attention to detail to ensure completeness and accuracy of work within established timelines
• Strong work ethic and ability to deliver high quality work
• Collaborative style with a proven track record to work within a fast-paced matrixed environment
• Able to optimally collaborate with teams across multiple time zones

What We Offer

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!

Employment Type & Schedule

• Employment Type: Full time
• Work Schedule: Standard (Mon-Fri)
• Environmental Conditions: Office

EEO Statement

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.

Accessibility/Disability Access

Job Seekers with a Disability: Thermo Fisher Scientific offers accessibility service for job seekers requiring accommodations in the job application process. For example, this may include individual