The Flex
Associate General Counsel
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$256k-$320kDetected 5 days ago
ComplianceNegotiationCommunicationCollaboration
About the role
- As Associate General Counsel, you will be a key, early member of Flex's growing Legal & Compliance team.
- This is a hybrid position with on-site expectations of 3 days per week in one of our offices - New York, San Francisco or Salt Lake City.
- For candidates outside of those three areas, you may be eligible for our relocation assistance program.
Responsibilities
- Negotiate and draft key strategic commercial agreements with financial and other partners, including high-impact revenue, distribution, partnership and payments-related deals, and support the broader commercial contracting function for complex or escalated deals
- Build out and maintain playbooks, policies and frameworks and templates for Flex's bank, partner and commercial transactions, including clear standards, fallback positions, and escalation paths.
- Develop solutions to scale Flex's legal capabilities by leveraging training and technology.
- Collaborate with and provide strategic and legal advice to various cross-functional teams, including but not limited to sales, product, finance and partnerships.
- Help build the foundation of a best-in-class legal team, including our in-house commercial function.
- Voice your opinion and a drive for continuous improvement.
- Demonstrated track record of leading complex transactions end-to-end with minimal supervision, including direct negotiation with banks, capital providers, or other strategic partners.
- We are growing quickly, but deliberately, with a focus on building an inclusive culture.
Nice to have
- 7+ years of post-JD transactional experience, with a background that includes law firm and/or in-house roles.
- Experience at a top firm is a strong plus, but not required.
- Experience working with fintech, payments, or consumer credit businesses, such as bank-fintech partnerships, lending platforms, neobanks, or payments companies is a strong plus, but not required.
Compensation
- Flex takes a market-based approach to pay, ensuring compensation is commensurate with a candidate's experience and our internal leveling guidelines.
- For candidates located in our Tier 1 (NYC/Bay Area) markets, the base salary pay range for this role is below.
- Flex utilizes a geographic pay differential based on a cost of labor index.
- If you are located outside of the cities listed below, your starting pay will be adjusted to align with the market conditions of your specific geographic zone.
- $256,000 - $320,000 USD
Benefits
- Competitive medical, dental, and vision
- Company equity
- Unlimited paid time off + 13 company paid holidays
- Parental leave
Company info
- For full-time U.S. employees we offer:
- For full-time non-U.S. employees, we offer:
Equal opportunity
- Our dynamic team has incredible perspectives to share, just as we know you do, and we take great pride in being an equal opportunity workplace.
- equal opportunity workplace.
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