Corporate Counsel | Benefits & Insurance Services Division

#LI-OD1 #LI-Hybrid 

Essential Functions and Primary Duties

• Provide central office legal support to draft, review, negotiate and manage new and existing contracts and account relationships, business and vendor relationships across all CBIZ Property & Casualty and Life Insurance practice groups

• Ability to utilize DocuSign, Docuware, Sagitta and Salesforce

• RFP support for all practice areas 

• Assist with acquisition issues

• Develop and implement workflow process with a focus on improvements through AI

• Primary legal support to Property & Casualty when CBIZ is the Client (contracts and disputes)

• Maintain contract templates 

• Additional responsibilities as assigned

Preferred Qualifications 

• 8 years of professional in-house counsel experience

• Juris Doctorate in good standing (preferably Missouri or Kansas)

• Possesses advanced knowledge and understanding of industry and professional concepts, principles, practices, and procedures

• Possesses expert knowledge of pertinent laws, regulations, and professional standards

• Expert use of applicable technology – specifically Copilot

• Proficient use of MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and enterprise communication and travel solutions (Concur, Microsoft Teams)

• Experience performing work that requires initiative and leadership skills

• Ability to anticipate and elicit customer needs

• Ability to self-learn and develop business and technical knowledge quickly 

• Motivated team player with demonstrated interpersonal skills

• Comfortable working with quick turnaround times and deadlines

• Capacity to adapt and work effectively within a variety of situations, and with various individuals or groups

• Display innovative ideas and solutions and capacity to identify and eliminate redundant work efforts and inefficient processes

• Demonstrates commitment to continuous improvement

• Ability to provide technical leadership and management of a team of associates

• Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a team member

• Proactively manages issues and expectations of colleagues and clients

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required
• Graduate or specialty degree preferred
• 8 years experience
• 6 years supervisory experience (if applicable)
• Ability to manage deadlines, work on multiple assignments and prioritize each assignment as necessary
• Proficient use of applicable technology
• Demonstrated ability to communicate verbally and in writing throughout all levels of organization, both internally and externally

CBIZ, Inc. (NYSE: CBZ) is a leading professional services advisor to middle-market businesses nationwide. With industry knowledge and expertise in accounting, tax, advisory, benefits, insurance, and technology, CBIZ delivers actionable insights to help clients anticipate what is next and discover new ways to accelerate growth. CBIZ has more than 9,500 team members across 23 major markets coast to coast.

CBIZ strives to be our team members' employer of choice by creating an environment where team members are appreciated, recognized for their contributions, and provided with opportunities to grow, both personally and professionally, throughout their careers.

Together, CBIZ and CBIZ CPAs are ranked as one of the top providers of accounting services in the United States. CBIZ CPAs is an independent CPA firm that provides audit, review and attest services, while CBIZ provides business consulting, tax and financial services. In certain jurisdictions, CBIZ CPAs operates under its previous name, Mayer Hoffman McCann P.C.