Senior Specialist, Paralegal

BNY
Lake Mary, FL
On-site

Who this role is best for

Paralegals with AI and data analytics experience in financial services will find this role's focus on legal tech innovation and governance compelling.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with AI innovation experience and a background in corporate legal operations
    — “Demonstrated experience or strong curiosity in AI, automation, and legal innovation”
  • Individuals who thrive in cross-functional collaboration and stakeholder coordination
    — “Communicating and coordinating with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders”
  • Professionals with a track record in contract analytics and dataset maintenance
    — “Partnering with attorneys and business clients to maintain and enhance datasets, dashboards, and reporting”

Things to consider

  • The role demands managing AI workflows and governance in a fast-paced environment
    — “Managing multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment”
  • Strong familiarity with legal technology platforms is essential for success
    — “Supporting the administration, optimization, and adoption of legal technology platforms”

How to stand out

  • Highlight AI workflow design and governance documentation experience in your resume
    — “Supporting BNY’s firmwide AI governance efforts, including intake triage, issue tracking, workflow coordination, and maintaining governance documentation”
  • Emphasize your ability to extract and analyze contract data for strategic insights
    — “Extracting, analyzing, and presenting insights on contracts and trends”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • AI solution development
  • data analytics
  • contract management
Typical background
paralegallegal operationsdata analytics

Skills & requirements

Required

Data AnalyticsAI GovernanceContract ManagementLegal Technology

Preferred

Legal OperationsContractual Compliance

Stack & domain

AI SolutionsContractingData AnalyticsLegal Technology PlatformsCommunicationProblem-solvingTeamworkLegalFinance

About the role

Original posting from BNY

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

Collaborating with attorneys to design, develop, and manage BNY Legal’s custom-built AI solutions to modernize the Legal Department's operations, including developing an Agentic AI workflow to support contracting and negotiations. Supporting BNY’s firmwide AI governance efforts, including intake triage, issue tracking, workflow coordination, and maintaining governance documentation. Performing data analytics and reporting to support transactional work, including extracting, analyzing, and presenting insights on contracts and trends, and partnering with attorneys and business clients to maintain and enhance datasets, dashboards, and reporting used for risk management and strategic decision‑making.Supporting the administration, optimization, and adoption of legal technology platforms, including CLM systems, contract repositories, analytics tools, and custom-built AI solutions. Communicating and coordinating with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, including business teams, sourcing, and external counsel, to support contracting processes, vendor management, data quality, and related governance initiatives. 

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

Experience in a paralegal, analyst, or legal operations role, preferably within a corporate or financial services environment.Strong data analytics skills, including experience working with structured and unstructured data, spreadsheets, reporting tools, dashboards, or legal analytics platforms.Demonstrated experience or strong curiosity in AI, automation, and legal innovation.High degree of comfort working with technology platforms and digital workflows.Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and proactive mindset.Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.Effective communicator and collaborator.Experience supporting contracting, negotiations, or third-party governance is beneficial.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

Source: BNY careers

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