Closing Paralegal

Position

Reports to:

Vice President, General Counsel

General Counsel

NFF is a remote-first organization with offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Oakland, and Los Angeles. This is a US-based remote role, with a strong preference for candidates within commutable distance to the New York City office.

$99,500 - $110,600

Nonprofit Finance Fund (NFF®) is a nonprofit lender, consultant, and advocate. For more than 40 years, we’ve helped organizations access the money and resources they need to realize their communities’ aspirations. Alongside others, we’re working to build community wealth and well‑being and put affordable housing, essential services, quality jobs, and excellent education within reach of more people. At NFF, we envision a world of shared prosperity, where communities have the capital, community assets, knowledge, and agency to thrive.

Learn more about our work to achieve our vision through our Theory of Change and Values.

Reporting to the Vice President, General Counsel, the Closing Paralegal will manage the post-closing requirements of core fund loans, the closing of special loan fund loans, and documentation related to extensions and amendments of portfolio loans. This role is essential to advancing NFF’s mission by ensuring that lending activities are executed with rigor, compliance, and care, enabling the organization to deploy capital responsibly and effectively.

Additionally, the Closing Paralegal will support the general operations of the General Counsel department. This role will provide broad support to various functional areas in the department, including compliance and documentation. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who is a detail-oriented, highly organized professional who brings sound judgment, a strong sense of accountability and collaboration, and a commitment to advancing NFF’s mission through careful, compliant execution of legal and lending processes.

NFF is a remote-first organization with offices in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Oakland, and Los Angeles. This is a US-based remote role, with a strong preference for candidates within commutable distance to the New York City office. NFF has core business hours where we expect all staff to be available from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm local time, and occasional travel (20%) is required.

Essential responsibilities for this role include, but are not limited to:

• Draft amendments and waiver letters and other as loan documents, as needed
• Organize and track closing documentation for loan transactions
• Assist with preclosing and closing activities, as needed
• Collect signature pages, and prepare wire transfer requests
• Prepare and file UCC filings, including UCC continuation and termination statements
• Perform lien and litigation searches
• Perform corporate entity searches
• Prepare and manage collateral release documents

• Schedule post-closing meeting with loan servicing, underwriting, portfolio management, and general counsel departments
• Track and follow-up on documents and items required post-closing
• Track UCC and mortgage filings and title insurance policies in favor of NFF
• Manage and update post-closing checklist

• Serve as Asana manager; create and track projects in Asana
• Create and maintain client files
• Upload files to corporate cloud document management system and Salesforce
• Maintain tracking for loan amendments, and other General Counsel department activities
• Coordinate Department meetings, mailings, and filing projects
• Work with NFF’s NMTC team to provide post-closing support including file maintenance
• Work with NFF’s internal enterprise support team, outside agent, and online platforms to manage tasks

• Formation and dissolution of special purpose entities for the NFF’s NMTC team
• Support special projects as required to support the business
• Attend internal and external meetings as needed
• Contribute to advising a large, fast-paced, forward-thinking organization on…