Legal Assistant

Exciting Opportunities at Maverick Payments !

Join our fast-paced, growing company and further your career with Maverick Payments, where you can thrive, your ideas are valued, and your colleagues feel more like family than coworkers!

About Us:
Maverick Payments is a family-owned and privately held full-service payment provider. Located in Calabasas, CA, Maverick has created innovative technology designed for sales organizations, such as ISO’s and ISV’s, looking to monetize payments by reselling our white-labeled payments stack. Our payment products include merchant acquiring services, a proprietary gateway, ACH processing, fraud & chargeback tools, analytics, and other value-add services. Maverick’s team includes underwriting, risk management, compliance & legal, technology & product development, on-boarding, customer support, information technology, and more.

About the Position:  Reporting to the VP, Legal, the Legal Assistant provides comprehensive legal support to the company’s Legal Department. The Legal Assistant provides assistance with document management, administrative tasks and other tasks to ensure the smooth operation of the legal department.

• Assist with drafting, reviewing, and editing legal documents, including pleadings, contracts, responses to document requests, and correspondence, ensuring accuracy and compliance with legal procedures. 
• Provide administrative assistance to the Department, including, without limitation, managing calendars, scheduling, making copies, preparing internal files, managing meeting records and maintaining files related to same.
• Attend meetings and take accurate notes for managing attorneys.
• Assist with preparation of documents, including, without limitation, correspondences, court filings, logs and trackers, and other documents and data relevant to the operation of the Legal Department.
• Provide assistance with managing and organizing case files, including maintaining electronic and physical records, tracking deadlines, and coordinating with external parties. 
• Communicate with internal and external parties by phone, email, and in person to conduct interviews and field questions on behalf of the Department.
• Maintain Department policies and procedures, manage document repositories.
• Intake, scan, enter to relevant trackers, and distribute incoming mail and requests to the Department.
• Maintain Department lists and trackers to support reporting functions of the Department.
• Conduct legal research and analysis under the direction and supervision of legal personnel to support attorneys in case preparation, strategy, and decision-making. 
• Support ad-hoc tasks and projects as required by the VP, Legal or executive leadership.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency in using legal research tools, case management software, and Microsoft Office Suite. 
• Demonstrates organizational and multitasking abilities, with attention to detail. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. 
• Ability to work collaboratively with attorneys and other team members. 
• Ability to critically think and problem-solve to analyze legal issues and find solutions.
• Proficiency Microsoft Office products including Excel
• Knowledge of all Card Brand rules and regulations and ability to interpret.
• Analyzing, testing, assessing and / or interpreting information or data provided by Dev group to make recommendations to enhance business operations.
• Understanding of various and complex verticals and associated risks.
• Ability to effectively communicate ideas, thoughts, and facts in writing and otherwise.
• Ability to support, promote, and ensure alignment with the organization's vision and values.
• Ability to understand how an organization must change in light of internal and external trends and influences.
• Ability to focus personal efforts on achieving results consistent with the organization's objectives.
• Ability to effectively manage and guide group efforts. This includes providing the appropriate level of feedback concerning group progress
• Ability to support effective recruitment, selection, development, and retention of team staff.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Salary, Bonuses and Incentives.
• Comprehensive employer sponsored health, vision, and dental insurance programs.
• Paid time off, Paid Sick and Paid Holidays.
• 401K plan with up to a 3% matching contribution.
• Commitment to Career Development and Advancement.
• Employee Recognition Programs
• Vibrant Office Culture, Team Building, Birthdays, Work Anniversaries, Snacks, and more!

Pay Range: $65 to $78k
This position reports on site to our offices in Calabasas, California. 

Maverick Payments is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Pay Transparency Notice: At Maverick Payments, we believe in openness, honesty, and empowering our candidates to make informed career choices. As part of our commitment to transparency, we disclose the salary range for our positions. These ranges reflect our dedication to fair compensation practices and recognize the value that each team member brings to our organization. The final salary offer will be based on factors such as your experience, skills, and qualifications.

Non-Solicitation from Third Parties: Do not contact Maverick Payments about this position unless you are a job seeker and potential applicant for this position. Do not contact Maverick Payments about other services, products or commercial interests.

Notice to Agency and Search Firm Representatives: Maverick Payments is not accepting unsolicited resumes from agencies and/or search firms for this or other job postings. Resumes submitted to any Maverick Payments employee by a third-party agency and/or search firm without a valid written and signed search agreement, will become the sole property of Maverick Payments. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral.

Fair Chance Ordinance: Maverick will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a consistent manner with the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.