Senior Corporate Counsel - Virtual

Our story

At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Alight helps clients gain a benefits advantage while building a healthy and financially secure workforce by unifying the benefits ecosystem across health, wealth, wellbeing, absence management and navigation.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

Position Summary
The Senior Corporate Counsel position reports to the Deputy General Counsel.

We are seeking an attorney with experience in general corporate legal work, including experience with international corporate entity management, treasury and financing work, mergers & acquisitions and related matters. This attorney will partner with a wide range of internal teams, balancing deep legal knowledge with operational insight to enable business growth, manage risk, and maintain compliance for a rapidly transforming organization.

Responsibilities:

• Support oversight of multi-national subsidiary entity management, ensuring intercompany agreements and entity structures remain optimized and compliant
• Coordinating cross-functionally with tax, treasury, and other finance teams as needed on subsidiary projects, including subsidiary creation, ownership changes, capital changes and other matters
• Provide legal support for treasury and finance operations, including intercompany loans, cash management, and banking relationships
• Draft, review and negotiate banking, merchant services, credit card and payment processing agreements
• Advise on U.S. and Canadian financial regulatory requirements, such as those relating to NACHA compliance, ACH transactions, and electronic payments
• Collaborate with finance, treasury, and tax teams to identify and mitigate regulatory and operational risks in intercompany and other financial transactions
• Support corporate development transactions (mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and investments into new ventures and other strategic transactions
• Support legal participation in enterprise risk management activities
• Assist in developing training materials and provide training to business partners on relevant corporate legal topics
• Provide legal guidance, supervision, and support to paralegals and legal support staff
• Develop and implement efficiencies to improve existing processes and procedures
• Anticipate and mitigate potential legal risks while supporting the company’s strategic objectives
• Contribute to ongoing professional development, training, and knowledge sharing within the legal department
• Perform other corporate duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Law degree and current state bar membership
• 3-5+ years’ experience in a corporate law department or international law firm
• Experience advising U.S. based multinational organizations on complex legal and business matters
• Ability to collaborate on multiple projects with short deadlines simultaneously and adapt to rapidly changing business priorities
• Highly responsive and service oriented with excellent legal and business judgment
• Must have strong communication skills and the ability to respond effectively and persuasively on behalf of the company, including to inquiries from regulatory agencies

Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video.

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible.  Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and