Paralegal Team Lead, Compliance

Dentons is designed to be different. Our firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a firm with over 21,000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80+ countries.  

Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers (2026); Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2026), and Canada’s Best Diversity Employers (2026).

This role is an opportunity for you to join Canada's global law firm, a firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

This POSITION SUMMARY

Dentons is seeking a highly skilled and detail-oriented Corporate Paralegal to join our Vancouver office as a Compliance Team Lead. Reporting to the Corporate Services Supervisor, the Compliance Team Lead serves as a senior compliance resource, coordinating workflow, supporting the day-to-day delivery of compliance services, and promoting operational excellence across the compliance function. Key responsibilities include:

• Provide ongoing guidance, knowledge sharing, and technical support to compliance team members on compliance procedures, best practices, and legislative requirements;
• Serve as the primary resource for compliance-related questions and procedural guidance within the compliance team.
• Monitor and triage compliance-related requests and serve as the primary contact for lawyers and clients on day-to-day compliance matters.
• Coordinate compliance workflow, prioritize monthly deadlines, and distribute workload to support the timely completion of compliance obligations.
• Prepare and provide monthly compliance status reports to the Supervisor, highlighting workload volumes, outstanding matters, and potential risks.
• Maintain compliance control lists and allocate work assignments to support efficient workflow management.
• Identify and escalate complex, sensitive, or high-risk compliance matters to the Supervisor, as appropriate.
• Facilitate regular compliance team meetings to review workflow, monitor deadlines, and identify workload priorities and resource needs.
• Conduct monthly compliance database audits, including reviewing data integrity ensuring key compliance dates and records are accurate and up to date.
• Meet regularly with the Supervisor to provide workflow updates and identify opportunities to improve compliance procedures, data quality, and operational efficiencies.
• Prepare and file compliance documents (including annual reports and resolutions) for British Columbia and Federal entities and monitor applicable deadlines.
• Prepare and coordinate extra-provincial annual reports for all Canadian jurisdictions, liaising with agents and monitor applicable deadlines.
• Prepare and/or revise any documents related to changes to annual maintenance documents, such as changes of officers, directors and principal addresses, including change of outgoing registered and records office.
• Process Transparency Register annual review confirmations.
• Process electronic minute book filing for compliance documents and various other executed documents.
• Process Notices of Commencement of Dissolution received from BC Registries.
• Post time daily to maintain accurate time dockets.

REQUIREMENTS

• 7+ years’ experience working within the Corporate Records practice area preparing annual compliance packages is required
• Experience providing technical guidance, knowledge sharing, and onboarding support to team members.
• Paralegal diploma an asset
• Knowledge of the Business Corporations Act (British Columbia) and Canada Business Corporations Act
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills; able to manage competing deadlines
• Demonstrate excellence in grammar, proofreading and meticulous attention to detail across all deliverables
• Professional and courteous communication with clients, and internal teams
• Demonstrate reliability, confidentiality, and commitment to service excellence
• Ability to work collaboratively, adapt to changing priorities, and exercise sound judgment under pressure
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite; ability to format complex legal documents, manage data

 This is a new position.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

The target salary range for this position is $85,000 – $100,000, commensurate with the successful candidate’s skills, experience, and qualifications. Dentons is committed to equitable and competitive compensation. This target range falls within our internal salary ranges, which are based on comparable roles in the external market.  We strive to hire, promote, and transfer individuals at the entry point of the range, with consideration given to prior experience, relevant skills, and market conditions.

We recognize that rewarding exceptional talent goes beyond salary. Our comprehensive total rewards package includes inclusive and flexible benefits that support the wellbeing and development of our people. This includes extended health and mental health benefits, paid time off, retirement savings plans, a fitness subsidy, parental leave top-up, and more.

In addition, our learning and development programs—such as mentorship opportunities, employee networks, and leadership development initiatives—are designed to support personal and professional growth.

At Dentons, all candidate screening, assessment, and hiring decisions are made by people. From time to time, we use AI-enabled tools to assist in enhancing our recruitment process and materials; however, these tools do not screen candidates or make hiring decisions.

Note: Availability of benefits and programs may vary depending on your location and employment type and may be subject to eligibility criteria. Dentons reserves the right to modify or discontinue offerings, in whole or in part, at its discretion and without prior notice.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Dentons Canada, inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) are not just ancillary values, they are foundational to our business. We believe that IDEA is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people, enhances the leading services we offer to our clients, and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to IDEA, we have been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employer’s for 15 consecutive years (2011-2026), as well as one of Canada’s Top Employers for Young People (2026) for the eighth time.

Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome your application. All employment decisions, including hiring, will be made without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity, marital status, place of origin, race, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.

We are committed to providing you with an inclusive, barrier-free, and accessible workplace to support your success. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process, for example as a result of a disability, please contact us at careers.canada@dentons.com.