Corporate Counsel Senior

FIS Management Services LLC; United States; On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities to innovate in fintech

Tools for personal and professional growth

Inclusive work environment

Resources to invest in your community

Competitive salary and benefits

Job summary

FIS Management Services LLC in Jacksonville, Florida, seeks a qualified legal professional to provide strategic legal advice to business stakeholders and the legal team. This role requires a J.D. with significant in-house experience in financial services or technology.

As a leader within the legal team, you will be responsible for managing complex projects and advising on regulatory issues while driving process improvements. Exceptional benefits and opportunities to innovate in fintech await you.

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of relevant prior in-house experience within a financial services and/or technology company.
• Prior experience with payments, banking, and data practices.
• Experience advising clients in a complex, diversified, global organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational direction to the legal team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
• Provide strategic legal advice to business stakeholders.
• Support commercial sales contracts with banks and credit unions.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Research and writing skills

Analytical skills

Ability to work independently

Ability to manage multiple projects

Interpersonal skills

Education

J.D. with active membership in at least one state bar

Job description

About the Team

The FIS Legal team is comprised of more than 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide who are part of the Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs group, which includes more than 600 professionals who serve as advisors to and partners with our businesses. Teams within our group work collaboratively with each other and with our business colleagues to solve problems in an effective and pragmatic manner. We view our role as one of strategic enablement and support for our business leaders in a variety of legal, compliance and corporate affairs matters. We strive to assist our businesses in meeting their objectives with sound, reasonable and well‑considered legal counsel and compliance analysis and support.

Responsibilities

• Provide operational direction to the legal team, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives.
• Provide strategic legal advice to various business stakeholders with respect to product development, go‑to‑market and production support.
• Provide support with Enterprise Account Managers in supporting commercial sales contracts with banks and credit unions throughout North America.
• Support strategic partnerships with market‑leading financial services providers and emerging technology partners.
• Communicate with executive leadership and various strategic stakeholders in the organization.
• Act as a thought leader within the legal team and the organization, providing insights on emerging legal trends and industry best practices.
• Develop strategic goals and implement strategic initiatives in support of those goals.
• Develop and implement new processes, standards or operational plans that will have an impact on the achievement of functional results.
• Significantly improve existing processes and practices for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Implement the organization’s intellectual property strategy, managing trademarks, patents and copyrights, and conducting rigorous due diligence related to intellectual property in complex business transactions.

Qualifications

• J.D. with active membership in at least one state bar.
• 7–10 years of relevant prior in‑house experience within a financial services and/or technology company, strongly preferred.
• Prior experience with payments, banking and data practices.
• Strong communication, research, writing and analytical skills, including drafting of advice.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to review and evaluate multi‑faceted issues and counsel business colleagues on complex legal questions relating to various regulatory issues.
• Experience advising clients in a complex, diversified, global organization.
• Experience prioritizing and managing multiple projects efficiently and effectively in a fast‑paced business environment and driving complex projects to completion.
• Confident and proactive self‑starter with strong interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to provide sound legal advice, exercise good judgement and work well with senior management and cross‑functional stakeholders.

Benefits

At FIS, we hire the best. In return, you receive exceptional benefits including:

• Opportunities to innovate in fintech
• Tools for personal and professional growth
• Inclusive and diversity‑friendly work environment
• Resources to invest in your community
• Competitive salary and benefits

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EEOC Statement: FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here and a supplement document is available here for positions located in the US.

ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. For Americans with Disabilities Act purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case‑by‑case basis.