Legal Analyst I
Location: Spartanburg, SC, United States
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Description
Drive excellence in Our Legal Department - Join us as our Legal Analyst I!
About the Role
The role will primarily support and enhance ACA’s Privacy Program and Information Security. This includes monitoring, analyzing, and communicating updates on Privacy and Information Security laws, creating, and updating related policies and procedures, and responding to business and customer inquiries. This is an opportunity to learn, provide value, and elevate important work in emerging areas of law.
In addition, the Legal Analyst I will also contribute to ACA’s broader Law Change Management by monitoring, analyzing, and communicating updates on changes to federal and state laws, and regulations relevant to our business.
About the Team
Our Legal Department provides guidance and support in a broad range of complex issues, including federal and state consumer protection laws, litigation, transactional matters, contracts, corporate governance, and many others.
What You Bring
We are looking for a motivated individual who wants to make a positive impact both individually and as part of a Legal team. The ideal candidate will possess the following qualities:
- Desire to build and promote a positive, transformative team culture.
- Passion for legal analysis in complex, emerging areas and driving results for the legal team and business.
- Strong business judgment, an analytical mindset, and a strong sense of intuition
- Adaptability, with a willingness and ability to adapt to changing department and business needs.
- Dynamic and enthusiastic individual who excels in a high-energy, demanding environment.
- Ambitious and confident in setting goals, finding solutions, taking initiative, and overcoming obstacles to achieve success.
- Receptive to feedback and directions, with strong organizational and prioritization skills
- Efficiently meets deadlines, even under tight and changing conditions.
- Meticulous, taking pride in high-quality work.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Your Role:
- Assist the team in responding to subpoenas and regulatory requests for information.
- Prepare, draft, review, and edit well-structured legal communications, documents, and forms to clearly articulate complex legal concepts and ensure accuracy and compliance with legal standards for various stakeholders.
- Advise and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization on legal matters.
- Stay updated on current laws, regulations, and legal guidance relevant to the consumer finance and FinTech industry.
- Gather and compile relevant legal information from various resources, including law research databases, codes, regulations, treatises, counsel communications, and internal databases.
- Manage confidential and sensitive information with discretion.
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications:
- Minimum 1 year of demonstrated experience as a legal analyst; consumer finance (auto finance, credit cards, mortgage loans, auto loans) experience preferred.
- Bachelor’s or associate degree; law, paralegal, legal analyst, or related field of study preferred.
- Paralegal certification preferred.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications (advanced knowledge of PowerPoint and Excel), databases, and legal research software
- Solid understanding of consumer finance laws. Additional knowledge in data privacy, governance, risk, regulatory compliance a plus.
Position Details
- Full-time position: 100% onsite in Spartanburg, SC.
- Must be able to commute to the office five days a week.
- Relocation: Open to candidates willing to relocate. Position requires relocation to Spartanburg, SC by the start date.
Who We Are American Credit Acceptance (ACA) is a national leader in the auto finance industry, empowering emerging credit consumers to purchase reliable, affordable transportation. We partner with dealers that finance contracts for consumers who may not qualify for traditional financing options. With over hundreds of thousands of customers and thousands of dealer partners in all 50 states, we have over 1,000 associates committed to fulfilling this vision. This is an opportunity to be a part of our mission and our team.
EEO Statement
ACA provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. ACA complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
California Privacy Notice
As an employer of California residents, we are dedicated to protecting your privacy rights. Any personal information you provide during the application process will be used solely for permitted internal purposes and will be handled in accordance with applicable privacy laws. By applying to this position, you consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of your personal information as described in our Employee Privacy Notice.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. You are not officially considered an applicant unless you have completed an employment application in ACA’s online applicant tracking system, Jobvite.
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