Inspirational, innovative and entrepreneurial - this is how we describe our empowered teams. Combine your passion with purpose and join a culture that is thriving in the face of change.
Make an impact with our Legal & Risk Management team as a Legal Assistant. This diverse team of professionals provides legal expertise to support the success of our operations across a broad range of practice areas. As a trusted advisor, you’ll apply your understanding of the legislative landscape to proactively explore and mitigate risk and ensure firmwide compliance.
MNP is proudly Canadian. Providing business strategies and solutions, we are a leading national accounting, tax and business advisory firm in Canada. Entrepreneurial to our core, our talented team members transcend obstacles into opportunities and are successfully transforming mid-market business practices.
Responsibilities
- Provide day-to-day administrative support to a variety of Legal Counsel, ensuring timely adherence to deadlines
- Draft and edit basic correspondence, PowerPoint presentations, Excel spreadsheets, and Word documents
- Create and maintain legal files (predominantly electronic) in accordance with internal protocols
- Maintain accurate records and data in legal systems to support reporting and compliance
- Proceed with high level of confidentiality in all interactions
- Manage calendars, schedule meetings, and coordinate logistics for legal team activities
- Prepare detailed travel arrangements, where necessary
- Complete and review expense reports, invoices, requisition requests and other monetary documents
- Review, evaluate and distribute all incoming and outgoing mail
- Assist in implementing and maintaining legal templates and standardized processes
- Triage legal support requests and route them to the appropriate team member
- Prepare travel arrangements with a fine attention to detail, where necessary
- Contribute to the development of new ideas and approaches to improve work processes
Skills and Experience
- Ability to effectively communicate (spoken and written) in both French and English preferred
- Strong grammatical skills, including punctuation and proofreading
- Experience working in a Professional Services environment, particularly as an administrative assistant, considered an asset
- Demonstrate ability to deal with people sensitively, tactfully, diplomatically and professionally at all times
- Ability to work well under pressure, individually and as part of a team while balancing multiple demands
MyRewards@MNP
With a focus on high-potential earnings, MNP is proud to offer customized rewards that support our unique culture and a balanced lifestyle to thrive at work and outside of the office. You will be rewarded with generous base pay, vacation time, 4 paid personal days, a group pension plan with 4% matching, voluntary savings products, bonus programs, flexible benefits, mental health resources, exclusive access to perks and discounts, professional development assistance, MNP University, a flexible ‘Dress For Your Day’ environment, firm sponsored social events and more!
Diversity@MNP
We embrace diversity as a core value and celebrate our differences. We believe each team member contributes unique gifts and amplifying their potential makes our business stronger. We encourage people with disabilities to apply!
