We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with us.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
Applicants must be authorized to work for Louisiana Blue in the United States without employer-sponsored immigration support. Louisiana Blue will not provide current or future employment-based immigration sponsorship or other immigration support for this opportunity, including H-1B, L-1, O-1, H-1B1, E-3, TN, or J-1 sponsorship or F-1 OPT/STEM OPT/CPT support. Applicants who would require such sponsorship or employer support during their employment should not pursue this opportunity.
POSITION PURPOSE
This position completes a regulatory compliance review of all contracts submitted to the Legal Department, performs research on contracts as requested by management and responds to request for information on contracts by management.
NATURE AND SCOPE
This role does not manage people
Necessary Contacts: In order to effectively fulfill this position, the incumbent must develop, build and maintain networks, and be in consistent contact with all levels of management, officers, board members, employees of the company, federal and state regulatory agencies, inside counsel, outside company counsel, outside counsel for vendors that the company engages in contractual relationships with, employer groups, vendors, external auditors, federal and state courts, and professional associations that license the company, and consultants.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Bachelor's Degree, preferably in Business or Pre-Law, required
Four years of related experience can be used in lieu of a Bachelor's degree.
Work Experience
1 year of legal experience as direct support personnel reporting an attorney, such as a paralegal required
Skills and Abilities
Health insurance knowledge or experience in the insurance field is preferred.
Knowledge of HIPAA privacy and health insurance is preferred.
Strong understanding of legal proceedings with the ability to analyze and interpret legal language.
Ability to research laws and regulations on Westlaw is preferred.
Strong understanding of the contracting process with the ability to analyze and interpret contractual language.
Must be able to perform work with minimal direction and exercise considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assigned tasks.
Strong understanding of databases as used in software platforms is required.
Strong attention to detail as well as the ability to comprehend, document, calculate, compare, contrast, visualize, and analyze are required.
The ability to write legal documents with the correct grammatical use of the English language is required.
Must be able to maintain the confidentiality of contractual agreements and the Company's proprietary information with a high degree of integrity.
Must be able to exercise considerable latitude in determining objectives and approaches to assigned legal work.
Must be able to multi-task and work efficiently in a quickly changing work environment.
Must be able to work individually and in a team setting. Must be able to interact with a departments with all departments.
Must be proficient in the use of Microsoft Office Suite of products (Access, Word, Powerpoint and Excel), and Adobe.
Licenses and Certifications
None Required
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reviews, identifies, and analyzes contractual agreements to verify that required regulatory clauses are added to the Company's contracts. Reviews and verifies completeness of legal documents submitted to Legal in relation to contracts. Reviews contracts for milestones, deliverables, and business terms noting potential problem areas and verifies governing documents.
Researches legal issues relating to vendor contracts for management and drafts demand letter for vendor disputes and pre-litigation situations.
Supports and assists management, as well as, contracts liaisons in various departments with the proper use and available functionality of the contract management system.
Reviews third party vendor requests, for compliance purposes, for access to the contract management system in order to participate in contract negotiations. Reviews and updates the vendor and provider directory, within the contract management system.
Reviews reports of expiring contracts and consults with management to make informed decisions.
Researches and tracks corporate leases and lease abstracts. Drafts abstracts of corporate leases for filing at applicable courthouses. Files lease abstracts at the courthouse.
Responsible for logging contract requests after assignment to an attorney in a legal database for research purposes.
Monitors daily and takes actions on emails and contracts sent to the legal department's contracts email account.
Communicates directly with all departments (from entry level to senior management) and vendors to ensure accurate and efficient information retrieval as well as timely completion of contract related activities.
Performs due diligence check on vendors on contracts, including verification of corporate status with the Secretary of State and coordinates vendor management issues with management.
Follows up on outstanding contracts to bring to closure and complete the contract record in the contract management system.
Reviews executed contracts for compliance with Company's contract policy.
Assists with maintaining Contracts Sharepoint Site.
Additional Accountabilities and Essential Functions
The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.
Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels.
Work is predominately done while standing or sitting.
The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.
An Equal Opportunity Employer
All internal employees please apply through Workday Careers.
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Additional Information
Please be sure to monitor your email frequently for communications you may receive during the recruiting process. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, only those most qualified will be contacted. To monitor the status of your application, please visit the "My Applications" section in the Candidate Home section of your Workday account.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application, please contact recruiting@bcbsla.com for assistance.
In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, we encourage the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
We perform background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, we are a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
JOB CATEGORY: Legal, Compliance & Audit
