Sr. Paralegal

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What you'll do:

NinjaTrader Group, LLC is seeking an experienced, highly organized, and proactive Sr. Paralegal to support its in-house legal team across a diverse and growing FinTech business. This role serves as a key member of the legal function, providing substantive support and operational leadership across litigation, regulatory, corporate, and compliance matters for a group of affiliated entities, including a software company (NinjaTrader, LLC), a regulated futures commission merchant (NinjaTrader Clearing, LLC), and an educational company (NT Technologies, LLC).

The Sr. Paralegal will take ownership of critical legal processes, manage complex legal projects, partner closely with internal stakeholders and outside counsel, and help drive operational excellence across the legal department. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic environment at the intersection of technology, financial services, and regulation.

In this role you will:

Lead and manage all phases of litigation support, including coordinating document preservation, collection, review, production, and discovery responses

Manage subpoena responses, regulatory inquiries, and third-party information requests, partnering with business stakeholders and outside counsel as needed

Own the legal hold program, including implementation, tracking, monitoring compliance, and maintaining document preservation protocols

Serve as the primary administrator for contract lifecycle management processes, including tracking, maintaining, organizing, and reporting on legal agreements and obligations

Prepare, review, and coordinate corporate, regulatory, and governance filings across multiple affiliated entities

Maintain and oversee corporate records, minute books, governance documentation, and entity management activities, ensuring accuracy and compliance

Manage legal department calendaring, including litigation deadlines, regulatory filings, corporate obligations, and key compliance milestones

Coordinate and oversee outside counsel engagement and billing processes, including invoice review, budget tracking, accrual support, and legal spend management

Partner directly with internal business teams, compliance, finance, operations, and executive leadership on legal and regulatory matters

Conduct legal, regulatory, and industry research and prepare summaries, analyses, and recommendations for attorneys and business stakeholders

Support compliance initiatives, policy development, regulatory examinations, audits, and internal governance programs

Identify opportunities to improve legal operations, implement process enhancements, and help develop scalable legal workflows and best practices

Assist attorneys with corporate transactions, strategic initiatives, and special projects as needed

What you'll need:

Bachelor's degree and/or Paralegal Certificate preferred

7+ years of paralegal experience, preferably supporting in-house legal departments, financial services organizations, or FinTech companies

Strong experience supporting litigat…