Director, Corporate Governance and Legal Operations

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing, logistics, and life sciences sectors. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates more than $315 billion of real estate in 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages more than 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of more than $78 billion of assets under management, including over $36 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit www.greystar.com.

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

JOB DESCRIPTION

Primary Responsibilities

Entity Management and Corporate Governance

• Establish comprehensive understanding of Greystar’s business lines, legal structures and entities.
• Create and maintain official entity records and organization charts, including document repositories, within Greystar’s designated technology systems.
• Work to enhance Greystar’s global legal entity management processes and workflows, including with respect to entity formation, officer appointments, regulatory, tax and other ongoing reporting obligations and entity dissolution.
• Oversee special projects and outside consultants related to corporate governance and entity management, including rollout of entity management technology to new departments, business lines and geographic regions.
• Review official entity records to ensure consistency and accuracy.
• Coordinate and collaborate with Greystar’s global legal, compliance, accounting/finance, tax and transactions teams, as well as registered agent systems and other third-party service providers, to promote efficiency and consistency.

• Support external counsel billing and administration
• Lead and support legal department initiatives and change management efforts, including document management, contract management, matter management, compliance initiatives
• Support implementation and management of department metrics, benchmarking and reporting
• Participate in industry legal operations conferences, industry benchmarking studies, and create a network to provide recommendations on best practices.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Partner closely with Legal Department, Finance and Technology teams

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• 8+ years of relevant experience required, preferably working in a corporate secretary department or legal entity management role supporting a global organization.
• Relevant language skills (Fluent written and spoken English required).
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Knowledge of corporate governance, legal structures and entity/document management practices.
• Familiarity with technology solutions for entity and document management (experience with Diligent a plus), contract management, matter management and e-billing.
• Previous management experience a plus, particularly with remote and offshore teams.
• Excellent organizational skills, including attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple assignments and priorities.
• Commitment to excellence, including a dedication to performing the role at the highest level possible on a consistent basis.
• Superior judgment and ethical practices, including demonstrated ability to work with sensitive information.
• Practical business sense and ability to appropriately prioritize and make sound judgment calls when needed.
• Excellent project management skills and evidenced ability to take initiative in the area(s) of focus in order to drive results.
• Demonstrated skills in interpersonal communication to establish and build internal and external relationships and work as a team player, including ability to communicate in a confident, professional, direct and diplomatic manner.
• Self-starter attitude with quick ability to learn and desire to make a difference in a high-growth organization.

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Additional Compensation:

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

• Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus program based on individual and company performance.

• Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.

• Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 10 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure.

• For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.

• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).

• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.

• Charitable giving program and benefits.

*Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.