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Job Summary

The Sr. Specialist, Corporate Governance & Public Company Reporting is a key member of the organization's in-house legal team, providing essential legal services and counsel, especially with respect to publicly-company functions. This role involves managing corporate governance functions, SEC filings, and supporting significant corporate transactions. As part of this role, the Sr. Specialist, Corporate Governance & Public Company Reporting engages regularly with the Company's Board of Directors and executive leadership team.

 

Essential Job Functions

• Key role in preparing and filing SEC and NYSE reports, including Form 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, proxy statements and Section 16 filings. The Sr. Specialist, Corporate Governance & Public Company Reporting also organizes the Company's Annual Meeting of Stockholders - (50%)
• Prepare and maintain Board materials, corporate organizational documents and other corporate contracts and records. - (20%)
• Leading legal support for significant transactions, including corporate finance transactions. - (20%)
• Maintenance and organization of corporate policies and management committee materials. - (10%)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree Legal Studies or related
• 8+ years experience in SEC filings, including Section 16 filings, and corporate governance either at a publicly-traded company or law firm.

Preferred Qualifications

• JD or Paralegal certification
• 8+ years experience
• Experience in banking or financial services industry
• Expertise with SEC filing software such as Workiva or Active Disclosure

Skills

• Business Writing
• Due Diligence
• Legal Entity Management
• U.S. SEC Filings

Reports To: SVP and above

Direct Reports: 0

Work Environment

• Normal office environment. (Remote or Hybrid), 3 to 4 days per month are required in office if within 60 miles of a posted Bread Financial location.

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 5% annually

Physical and Mental Requirements

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship.

• Communicate/Hearing
• Communicate/Talking
• Move/Traverse
• Reaching
• Standing
• Stationary Position/Seated
• Typing/Writing

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below):

$108,300.00 - $196,300.00

Full Salary Range for position:

California: $124,600.00 - $245,400.00

Colorado: $108,300.00 - $206,100.00

New York: $119,200.00 - $245,400.00

Washington: $113,700.00 - $225,700.00

Maryland: $113,700.00 - $215,900.00

Washington DC: $124,600.00 - $225,700.00

Illinois: $108,300.00 - $215,900.00

New Jersey: $124,600.00 - $225,700.00

Vermont: $108,300.00 - $196,300.00

The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors, which may include, but are not limited to, work location, education, experience, and skills.

Bread Financial offers medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance, supplemental medical plans, and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners, and child(ren) under the age of 26.  New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period).  Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is