Paralegal – 80% (m/f/d)

About the job

Are you curious and eager to seize new opportunities? Do you go the extra mile and are also an open, communicative personality with a strong customer and solution orientation? Then let us together exceed the expectations of our clients and continue writing the success story of VP Bank. With us, you will find space for bold ideas and the opportunity to actively shape the future. As an internationally oriented bank, VP Bank offers you a diverse and exciting working environment with cross-border issues and close exchange with various locations.

• Support of the Group Paralegal team as well as the Group Legal team at the head office and at the international locations of VP Bank in the operational day-to-day business and ensuring efficient processes in the legal back office (Law Office Management).
• Support of the lawyers and the head of Group Paralegal in legal and regulatory issues of the banking business as well as conducting simple legal research and preparing decision-making bases.
• Independent handling of standardised legal cases, especially in the areas of estates, guardianships, debt enforcement, execution and insolvency proceedings as well as in the release of court files.
• Receipt and coordination of customer enquiries with legal reference as well as acting as the first point of contact for internal stakeholders on legal matters.
• Management of electronic mandate documentation, administration of legal documentation and maintenance of legal databases. Conducting simple legal research and preparing decision-making bases.
• Participation in digitisation, automation and optimisation projects.
• Independent handling of authority enquiries, especially from law enforcement agencies, as well as reviewing and implementing corresponding orders and rulings.
• Assumption of general administrative tasks (e.g. mail processing, document management and correspondence) and monitoring of deadlines and appointments as well as ensuring proper and audit-compliant file management.

• Commercial basic training; specific further education (e.g. CAS Paralegal, Bank Specialist HF etc.) advantageous
• Professional experience as a paralegal in a bank (e.g. Avaloq knowledge) or in the legal department of an internationally active company is advantageous
• Independent, structured and precise working style as well as high initiative
• Ability to present facts clearly and understandably in writing and orally
• Organisational strength and enjoyment of coordinative tasks
• Team player as well as a high sense of responsibility
• Discreet handling of confidential information
• Confident German and very good English skills