What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Corporate Counsel position at Cross River?
Who We Are
Cross River is a highly profitable, fast-growing financial technology company powering the future of financial services. Our comprehensive suite of innovative and scalable embedded payments, cards, and lending products deliver financial services for millions of businesses and consumers around the globe. Cross River is backed by leading investors and serves the world's most essential fintech and technology companies. Together with its partners, Cross River is reshaping global finance and financial inclusion.
We are on a mission to build the infrastructure that propels access, inclusion, and the democratization of financial services. While our company has tripled in size over the last three years, our strong sense of purpose led Cross River to be named to American Banker's list of Best Places to Work in Fintech for the last 6 years. The reason for this success is simple - our nimble, and collaborative family culture lives in every member of our growing team. Together we are at the forefront of technology and innovation, and we invite passionate, collaborative, and motivated, high performers to join our expanding team.
What we're looking for
Cross River is currently seeking candidates for a Senior Corporate Counsel reporting to the Deputy General Counsel. The successful candidate must have demonstrated legal work experience as an attorney with a recognized U.S. law firm and / or in-house with a financial institution, fintech company or technology company. She / he should also have experience advising on general corporate matters, contract agreements, employment and banking. Demonstrated strong judgement, market knowledge and decision-making skills are critical to successfully lead projects, manage transactions and oversee outside counsel. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills, a strong commitment to client service, ability to handle multiple matters, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced team environment.
Role Responsibilities :
- Provide legal advice and counsel, and legal interpretation, to management on a wide range of legal matters, including vendor IT / SAAS agreements, donation and sponsorship agreements, general transaction matters
- Drafting, review and approval of company agreements, including key agreements relating to customers, partnership arrangements, suppliers and vendors, payers, clients, and licensing.
- Provide legal advice and counsel relating to general employment practice matters and employment related litigation
- Support strategic activities including ventures, acquisitions or other significant transactions-from the earliest stages in the process, through due diligence, preparation of deal terms, negotiation of deal documents, to closing and post-deal integration
- Strong interest in advising companies on legal issues relating to artificial intelligence, including implementing use of AI in the legal department and drafting contracts for AI related transactions or vendor contracts with AI use with a keen focus on providing strategic guidance navigating the legal landscape of AI technology
- Assist in the development of standardized contractual forms across business lines
- Oversee work required from outside counsel, where required
- Provide clear and concise guidance to business units, particularly on novel and complex legal issues
- Proactively collaborate with stakeholders across the enterprise, including compliance, technology, risk, operations and other key partners
- Support other projects to support the legal department as necessary
Success Factors :
Qualifications :
LI-JJ1 #LI-Hybrid #LI-Onsite
Salary Range : $250,000.00 - $275,000.00
Cross River is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Cross River does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.
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Salary : $250,000 - $275,000
