Fis
SVP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Legal, M&A and Assistant Corporate Secretary
US FL JAX 347
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 7 days ago
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About the role
- This is a highly visible, board-facing leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary, with primary responsibility for the Corporate Secretary function as well as M&A and governance matters.
Responsibilities
- Serve as Assistant Corporate Secretary, partnering directly with the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary to support the Board of Directors and its committees, including board and committee materials, meeting logistics, minutes, and governance calendars.
- Lead legal management of mergers, acquisitions, and divestiture transactions, including due diligence, deal structuring, negotiation, execution, and post-closing integration support.
- Lead legal management of treasury and financing transactions, including due diligence, deal structuring, negotiation, execution, and related filings.
- Manage, develop, and retain a team of seven direct reports (attorneys and legal professionals) across corporate governance, securities, and M&A legal support functions.
- Maintain and enhance Corporate Secretary processes and serve as a key point of contact for directors between board meetings.
- Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida, FIS is publicly traded and is regularly recognized as one of the largest fintech companies globally, combining deep financial services domain expertise with modern technology to help clients run mission-critical operations, manage risk, and grow in an increasingly complex regulatory environment.
- FIS is seeking a Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Legal, M&A and Assistant Corporate Secretary to lead corporate legal, M&A and corporate governance for the enterprise during a period of continued focus on board effectiveness, public-company governance, securities compliance, and strategic transaction execution.
- This role is based at FIS's headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida and leads a team of seven direct reports (attorneys and legal professionals).
Requirements
- Deep working knowledge of U.S. securities laws, SEC reporting requirements, disclosure obligations, proxy processes, and NYSE or comparable exchange listing standards.
- Proven senior people-leadership experience managing a legal team of similar size and scope.
- Exceptional judgment, discretion, executive presence, and the ability to operate effectively with the CEO, CFO, Board of Directors, and other senior executives.
- Occasional travel may be required for board meetings, strategic transactions, and other business needs.
Nice to have
- However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 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.
- Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model
- a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies.
- Prior experience serving as, or directly supporting, a Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary at a publicly traded company strongly preferred.
Compensation
- The company's platforms span core banking, payments, capital markets, and banking-as-a-service, processing trillions of dollars in transactions annually and supporting thousands of financial institutions and businesses across more than 100
Company info
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