Legal - Intern

Florida Crystals Corporation is a fully integrated cane sugar company. Florida Crystals regeneratively farms sugarcane and rice in South Florida, where it owns two sugar mills, a sugar refinery, a packaging and distribution center, Florida's only rice mill, a compost facility, and one of the largest renewable power plants of its kind in the U.S., which uses sugarcane fiber to generate eco-friendly energy that powers its sugar operations. Florida Crystals owns one of the largest Regenerative Organic Certified® farms in the U.S. and its Florida Crystals® products are the only ROC™ sugar grown and milled sugar in the country. Florida Crystals owns ASR Group International, Inc., a holding company that conducts operations through its subsidiaries. The ASR Group® family of companies make up the world’s largest refiner and marketer of cane sugar. Florida Crystals is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida. Learn more at www.FloridaCrystalsCorp.com.

OVERVIEW

Reporting to the Corporate Counsel, the successful candidate will be responsible for working on administrative functions for the Legal department, which include filing, and organizing files, documents.  This includes completing all assigned functions in a timely and accurate manner.

WORK EXPERIENCES

• Experience with Microsoft Outlook, Powerpoint, excel, word

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

• Currently enrolled in 4 year degree with Legal background

ESSENTIAL CAPABILITIES (KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES)

• Analytical Skills – Ability to analyze information and make deductions in accordance with departmental guidelines. Ability to track and report data, as needed.
• Technical Skills – Strong knowledge of the Accounts Payable process in both a manual and electronic environment with a good understanding of general accounting, e.g., Chart of Accounts and Cost Centers.
• Computer Proficiency – Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook).
• Problem solving – Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner, gathers and analyzes information skilfully.
• Customer Focus – Making customers and their needs a primary focus of actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.
• Edge – Well organized, ambitious, courageous, flexible but decisive, with strong interpersonal skills.
• Energy – High positive energy to take on continuous and complex business challenges in a fast-paced environment. Persistence to drive to solutions despite obstacles and/or competing priorities.
• Adaptability – Adapts without difficulty to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands and is able to deal with frequent change, delays or unexpected events.
• Ethics & Integrity – High degree of personal integrity in all business dealings.
• Execution – Attentive to detail and demonstrated ability to deliver on accountabilities in order to help the business and the team be successful.  Track record of high-performance.

• Teamwork/Collaboration – A great team player with a great attitude, good customer service orientation, and focused on delivering outstanding results to their clients and the business, overall.
• Organization – Strong organization skills, attention to detail and follow-through to resolve any outstanding issues.
• Communication – Excellent written and verbal communication skills; appropriately communicates at all levels of the organization

LOCATION:

• West Palm Beach, FL

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.  All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.