At The Walt Disney Company, our Paralegals are highly-respected because their skills are quite simply, essential. You’d be a key member of a fast-paced team that supports the Company’s Board of Directors and manages securities, general corporate, transactional and corporate governance matters.

This position currently reports to: Associate Principal Counsel

What you will be doing:

• Support all corporate governance processes, including organizing and maintaining corporate records and filings
• Assist with preparation of materials for Board of Directors, committee and stockholder meetings
• Maintain insider trading compliance program participant lists, correspondence and calendar
• Assist with SEC, NYSE and other securities filings, including current and periodic reports and announcements, proxy statements, registration statements, Section 16 filings and other regulatory filings and reports
• Assist with drafting minutes, resolutions, consents, governing documents and certificates
• Assist with preparing and maintaining governance-related policies and procedures
• Maintain corporate calendars

Here’s what you will need to be successful in this role:

• 2+ years paralegal experience
• In-house and/or law firm corporate transactional, governance or finance experience
• Proficiency with Windows-based software, Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint
• Electronic document filing and maintenance
• Assisting with SEC filing preparation
• Ability to handle a high volume workload in a fast-paced environment, prioritize and meet deadlines and work proactively
• Very strong work ethic, organizational skills and extreme attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to own and solve problems and ability to learn new technology quickly
• High social IQ to build bridges and encourage people to want to work with you to foster cross-department collaboration
• Excellent client service skills and ability to work on multiple matters simultaneously in an organized manner with minimal oversight
• A calm head and steady hand to deal with the unexpected and respond quickly and positively to shifting demands
• Complete reliability handling confidential, often highly sensitive information
• Some flexibility in your schedule – we value work/life balance, but in a pinch, a bit more time is needed

It would be great if you also had these skills/experiences:

• Experience working in a large national law firm or in house at a Fortune 100 company
• Knowledge of California and Delaware corporate law
• Experience with public company corporate governance, including preparation of Board materials and agendas
• Experience in corporate drafting, including resolutions, consents, minutes, certificates, charters and bylaws
• Electronic board portals (Boardvantage, Diligent or similar)
• Experience working with document management systems
• EDGAR filing and SEC reporting software

Location: Burbank, CA