Job Description

Masco's legal team is looking for an experienced corporate paralegal to support our headquarters team, our business units and our Legal Department attorneys. The Masco Legal Department strives to be a trusted business partner with our corporate headquarters team and our business units, providing proactive advice to support critical initiatives while performing compliance and corporate governance responsibilities in a timely, cost-effective and efficient manner. We have a strong reputation for doing business ethically and with integrity, and this reputation is one of our most valued assets. Masco Corporation offers competitive compensation, generous benefits and the opportunity to earn profit sharing bonus subject to individual and company performance.

This position will be under the Masco Headquarters hybrid working arrangement model.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:  

• Support Masco’s Board of Directors by preparing corporate board agendas, minutes and resolutions and other board communications; and assisting in planning for board and committee meetings
• Organize and manage Masco’s annual meeting of shareholders, including preparing documents and working with third party service providers
• Prepare and file Section 16 reports for directors and executive officers
• Manage domestic and foreign corporate subsidiaries, including preparing corporate formation documents, resolutions, certificates and other documents; assisting with corporate acquisitions, restructurings, divestitures and dissolutions; and overseeing the maintenance of our subsidiary database
• Support our internal clients by investigating facts, identifying and researching legal issues, and providing guidance and training, as appropriate.

Essential Qualifications and Skills:

• Minimum of five years of relevant corporate paralegal experience at an in-house law department and/or law firm
• Paralegal certification
• Solid organizational and time management skills and attention to detail
• Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced work environment while managing numerous projects simultaneously
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work collaboratively with internal clients, other legal department members and external service providers, including outside counsel
• Sound judgment and professionalism with keen focus on providing outstanding customer service and business partnering
• Problem-solving skills with solutions-orientation mindset; ability to develop or improve work processes
• Experience working with electronic legal management systems, including a subsidiary management system (hCue a plus), a document management system, as well as Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Teams)

Preferred Qualifications and Skills:

• Experience with securities compliance, development and implementation of ESG-related initiatives and ESG reporting
• Bachelor’s Degree

Company: Masco

Masco Corporation (the “Company”) is an equal opportunity employer and we strive to employ the most qualified individuals for every position. The Company makes employment decisions only based on merit. It is the Company’s policy to prohibit discrimination in any employment opportunity (including but not limited to recruitment, employment, promotion, salary increases, benefits, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment) based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, pregnancy, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical/mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, height, weight or any other such characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The Company is committed to complying with all applicable laws providing equal employment opportunities. This commitment applies to all people involved in the operations of the Company regardless of where the employee is located and prohibits unlawful discrimination by any employee of the Company.

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