Attorney in Irvine, CA

In-House

Irvine, CA

Attorney in Irvine, CA

Non-practicing Attorney

Min 4 yrs required

No

Job Title: Leave Law Compliance Attorney

Job Responsibilities:
- Develop content addressing new compliance legislation for distribution internally and to clients. This includes educational webinars, seminars, alerts, white papers, checklists, and FAQs.
- Partner with other members of the Compliance team to ensure that Compliance portal content is current.
- Collaborate with brokers, managing directors, and service teams on key accounts, including attending meetings and participating in conference calls as per established protocols.
- Engage with local operational leads to assess local client compliance needs and account team training needs.
- Contribute significantly to developing Compliance content for the national Compliance team, for client distribution, and to educate staff on compliance issues.
- Provide timely daily compliance question and answer support for local employee benefits practice based on regional or office assignments.
- Develop processes and a templates library to support client service teams, updating them as needed.
- Participate in prospect meetings per established National Compliance engagement protocol to present Compliance capabilities.
- Act as a subject matter expert, presenting at conferences, seminars, webinars, etc.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Juris Doctor preferred.
- Four or more years of related work experience in the employee benefits and compliance areas.
- Experience drafting white papers on benefits compliance issues and written legal analysis.
- Experience in public speaking, including developing and delivering benefits compliance training content.
- Active state bar license preferred.

Skills:
- Command of employee benefits laws and regulations, including a practical understanding of how they relate to benefit program administration with specific knowledge of the ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, COBRA, and Medicare.
- Understanding of regulatory agencies and rulemaking processes that can impact employee benefits.
- Basic understanding of leaves of absence and time off policy requirements.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex topics in a practical way and provide practical answers to client questions.
- Excellent problem-solving, organizational, and prioritization skills.
- Ability to meet deadlines and timely deliver content in keeping with established processes.
- Ability to lead or take direction, as appropriate.

Salary Information:
- A competitive financial package is offered, with comprehensive, high-quality employee programs to meet employees’ needs now and in the future.

Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other protected status.