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Are you an experienced, passionate pioneer in technology who wants to work in a collaborative environment? As an experienced Deal and Funds & Alternatives Paralegal Support Associate Analyst you will have the ability to share new ideas and collaborate on projects as a consultant without the extensive demands of travel. If so, consider an opportunity with Deloitte under our Project Delivery Talent Model. Project Talent Model (PTM) is a talent model that is tailored specifically for long-term, onsite client service delivery.

Work you'll do/Responsibilities  

• The Deal and Funds & Alternatives Paralegal Support Analyst is responsible for overseeing and delivering comprehensive paralegal and legal operations support across deal, fund, and alternatives workflows. This role manages endtoend document execution, transaction and regulatory coordination, matter management, and auditready recordkeeping.
• The Analyst serves as the primary point of accountability for workflow governance, quality control, tracking, and stakeholder coordination, ensuring all activities are performed in accordance with established policies, procedures, and job aids and under appropriate legal supervision. Oversee intake, triage, and processing of deal, fund, and alternatives requests, ensuring accurate scoping, prioritization, and routing through established workflows.
• Manage document execution intake and approval coordination, including identification of applicable entities or funds and initiation of required legal, finance, and business approvals.
• Supervise operational request handling, including officer and authorized person updates, serviceofprocess notices, internal audit requests, and NDA data disposition requests.
• Ensure administrative and clerical quality control reviews are performed to confirm accuracy of entities, signatories, and documentation requirements.
• Coordinate audit requests, maintain auditready documentation, and support internal and external audit processes.
• Maintain and oversee trackers covering deals, consultants, financial advisors, forbearance agreements, intermediary agreements, board seats, proxy powers of attorney, and joint transactions.
• Act as the primary coordination point with internal legal teams, compliance, finance, investment professionals, custodians, outside counsel, and vendors.

The Team 

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organization. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Our Enterprise Operations & Risk offering enables clients to achieve profitable growth and competitive advantage by optimizing "heart of the business" operations. We leverage deep domain expertise to extend enterprise resilience, agility, and remediation. Our professionals address client needs which span the organization and impact strategy, operations, performance, and reputation.

Qualifications

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  Effective written and verbal communication skills
  Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  Ability to meet deadlines

Required

• 1+ years' experience managing paralegal, legal operations, or transaction support functions across complex deal, fund, or alternatives environments
• Working knowledge of document execution workflows, approval governance, regulatory coordination, and records management requirements
• Experience coordinating with crossfunctional stakeholders, including legal, compliance, finance, investment teams, custodians, and external counsel
• Experience conducting research using a Bloomberg terminal.
• Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve. This may include overnight travel.
• Must live in Southern CA to be on client site in Newport Beach area.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Business, Law, Criminal Justice, or a related field; or equivalent experience
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred

• Consulting experience and/or Investment Management Industry experience
• Analytical ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks into manageable work products
• Can operate independently or with minimum supervision
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to deliver technical demonstrations

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to California and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.A reasonable estimate of the current range is $66,200-$85,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.

Are you an experienced, passionate pioneer in technology who wants to work in a collaborative environment? As an experienced Deal and Funds & Alternatives Paralegal Support Associate Analyst you will have the ability to share new ideas and collaborate on projects as a consultant without the extensive demands of travel. If so, consider an opportunity with Deloitte under our Project Delivery Talent Model. Project Talent Model (PTM) is a talent model that is tailored specifically for long-term, onsite client service delivery.

Work you'll do/Responsibilities  

• The Deal and Funds & Alternatives Paralegal Support Analyst is responsible for overseeing and delivering comprehensive paralegal and legal operations support across deal, fund, and alternatives workflows. This role manages endtoend document execution, transaction and regulatory coordination, matter management, and auditready recordkeeping.
• The Analyst serves as the primary point of accountability for workflow governance, quality control, tracking, and stakeholder coordination, ensuring all activities are performed in accordance with established policies, procedures, and job aids and under appropriate legal supervision. Oversee intake, triage, and processing of deal, fund, and alternatives requests, ensuring accurate scoping, prioritization, and routing through established workflows.
• Manage document execution intake and approval coordination, including identification of applicable entities or funds and initiation of required legal, finance, and business approvals.
• Supervise operational request handling, including officer and authorized person updates, serviceofprocess notices, internal audit requests, and NDA data disposition requests.
• Ensure administrative and clerical quality control reviews are performed to confirm accuracy of entities, signatories, and documentation requirements.
• Coordinate audit requests, maintain auditready documentation, and support internal and external audit processes.
• Maintain and oversee trackers covering deals, consultants, financial advisors, forbearance agreements, intermediary agreements, board seats, proxy powers of attorney, and joint transactions.
• Act as the primary coordination point with internal legal teams, compliance, finance, investment professionals, custodians, outside counsel, and vendors.

The Team 

Our Deloitte Regulatory, Risk & Forensic team helps client leaders translate multifaceted risk and an evolving regulatory environment into defensible actions that strengthen, protect, and transform their organization. Join our team and use advanced data, AI, and emerging technologies with industry insights to help clients bring clarity from complexity and accelerate their path to value creation.

Our Enterprise Operations & Risk offering enables clients to achieve profitable growth and competitive advantage by optimizing "heart of the business" operations. We leverage deep domain expertise to extend enterprise resilience, agility, and remediation. Our professionals address client needs which span the organization and impact strategy, operations, performance, and reputation.

Qualifications

A successful candidate would possess these skills:

• Ability to work independently and collaborate as part of a team
  Effective written and verbal communication skills
  Meticulous attention to detail and quality of work product
  Ability to build and sustain professional relationships
  Ability to lead projects or workstreams
  Ability to manage and prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
  Strong interpersonal skills and professional demeanor
  Ability to meet deadlines

Required

• 1+ years' experience managing paralegal, legal operations, or transaction support functions across complex deal, fund, or alternatives environments
• Working knowledge of document execution workflows, approval governance, regulatory coordination, and records management requirements
• Experience coordinating with crossfunctional stakeholders, including legal, compliance, finance, investment teams, custodians, and external counsel
• Experience conducting research using a Bloomberg terminal.
• Ability to travel 10%, on average, based on the work you do and the clients and industries/sectors you serve. This may include overnight travel.
• Must live in Southern CA to be on client site in Newport Beach area.
• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Finance, Business, Law, Criminal Justice, or a related field; or equivalent experience
• Limited immigration sponsorship may be available

Preferred

• Consulting experience and/or Investment Management Industry experience
• Analytical ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks into manageable work products
• Can operate independently or with minimum supervision
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to deliver technical demonstrations

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in California Deloitte is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. This compensation range is specific to California and takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case.A reasonable estimate of the current range is $66,200-$85,000.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.