Corporate and Licensing Paralegal

Joining the Benchmark Senior Living (BSL) team means putting your passion to work. Our associates feel a sense of belonging with the care that they provide, empowered by the open and reliable team that surrounds them. Our diverse and skilled workforce takes immense pride in a shared commitment: a devotion to providing caring and dedicated service. In our supportive environment, associates have the opportunity to learn and grow. With professional and personal training programs, as well as education for career advancement, we empower associates to explore their interests, feed their passion, and pursue growth opportunities. We invite you to connect with your calling, find purpose in your career, and gain lifelong relationships through the power of human connection by transforming the lives of seniors!

The Corporate & Licensing Paralegal is responsible for many facets of corporate maintenance such as creating and dissolving corporate entities, updating entity minutes and files, filing entities’ annual reports, updating corporate records, obtaining and maintaining various operational licenses and permits for the company and its senior living communities, and responding to queries from corporate departments and the field.

Principal Duties/Responsibilities:

Corporate Formation & Maintenance
• Maintain corporate existence and good standing for all Benchmark-related entities, including annual report filings, coordination with accounting for payment of taxes and dba filings.
• Maintain and update all minute books and share records for all Benchmark entities, including master entity listing chart. Act as keeper of record. Prepare and maintain organizational charts.
• Form new Benchmark entities, including preparing organizational minutes and actions, qualify them in applicable states and maintain good standing for each Benchmark entity in each state in which it is qualified to do business; and maintain minute book summary sheets. Obtain corporate and tax good standing certificates as needed.
• Identify entities that are ready for dissolution and prepare and file dissolutions and cancelations for Benchmark entities; update Entity Listing Chart.

Regulatory Licensing Maintenance

• Assist the field with maintenance of business and building permits (in concert with Asset Management and its use of TELS technology). Assist field with preparation of documents to apply, renew and maintain such permits.
• Manage preparation and timely submission of regulatory filings including new license filings, renewals, and any follow up with state agencies and CMS (Medicare).
• Follow up with internal clients on any certification fees or post license renewal submission obligations.
• Post all community regulatory licenses on intranet and provide updates for internal clients.
• Prepare quarterly status update reports on regulatory license submissions.

Perform additional duties relating to corporate entities and licensing, as assigned.

Education/Experience/Licensure/Certification:
Bachelor’s degree with five or more years’ relevant experience in corporate law department of law firm

Required Skills/Abilities:
• Knowledge of corporate/business law and entities, such as corporations, LLCs, limited partnerships, general partnerships, proprietorships and other aspects of corporate formation.
• Demonstrates computer literacy and familiarity with a variety of office software, including but not limited to word processing, spreadsheets, databases and presentation software including Excel, Adobe, SharePoint and Microsoft Word.
• Candidate should have familiarity with state regulatory and permitting agencies.
• Must be a self-starter who is also willing to take on more responsibility as requested, and must be able to interact on a frequent basis with multiple disciplines across the organization.

As a Home Office associate at Benchmark, you will have immediate access to a variety of benefits including, but not limited to, the following:

• 10 paid holidays plus 1 floating holiday
• Vacation and Health & Wellness Paid Time Off
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Physical & Mental Health Wellness Programs
• Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits provided by Blue Cross Blue Shield
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Long Term Care Insurance
• Company-provided Life Insurance & Long-Term Disability