Senior Corporate Counsel, Legal

Remote, Pennsylvania

Senior Corporate Counsel, Legal

  • Remote, Pennsylvania
  • Full time
  • Opening on: Jan 9 2025
  • Hybrid

The Senior Corporate Counsel supports designated business lines within Ascensus by providing legal counsel to executives and associates across Ascensus’ business units and shared services functions.  This role partners closely with Risk, Compliance, Privacy, and Information Security to identify and mitigate risk while ensuring alignment with business objectives.  Key job responsibilities include serving as subject matter expert in relevant areas of law; negotiating and drafting contracts; managing disputes and litigation; and supporting a variety of other day-to-day legal matters while demonstrating sound legal and business judgment.

Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

  • Provide advice and counsel to business leaders on legal, regulatory, legislative, compliance, and business issues.
  • Draft, negotiate, review, and interpret various contracts and other legal documents between Ascensus and its clients, partners, vendors, and other third parties.
  • Handle other day-to-day legal issues arising in a growing and complex business including disputes and litigation, employment, intellectual property, and corporate governance.
  • Support Ascensus’s culture by demonstrating our core values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always® in all your actions.
  • Understand Ascensus’ businesses and give practical advice to business leaders.
  • Communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with business leaders, clients, prospects, business partners, and others.
  • Think strategically, analytically, and creatively.
  • Drive execution of personal, team, and business goals
  • Identify, escalate, and resolve issues before they become obstacles.
  • Exhibit adaptability and lead change.
  • Effectively work independently and as part of a team with the willingness and desire to collaborate.
  • Be organized, proactive, and entrepreneurial.
  • Multitask and prioritize while producing high-quality, on-time work.
  • Regular, reliable and punctual attendance.

Supervision  

  • N/A

Section 3:  Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

  • Juris Doctorate from an accredited U.S. law school with minimum 5 years’ experience
  • Licensed to practice law in at least one state and in good standing
  • Experience in financial services and familiarity with ERISA and related laws and regulations is strongly preferred
  • Law firm (preferably transactional practice) and in-house experience is a plus
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced and demanding environment
  • Occasional travel is required

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

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For all virtual remote positions, in order to ensure associates can effectively perform their job duties with no distractions, we require an uninterrupted virtual work space and there is also an expectation of family care being in place during business hours. Additionally, there is an internet work speed requirement of 25 MBps or better for individual use. If more than one person is utilizing the same internet connection in the same household or building, then a stronger connection is required. If you are unsure of your internet speed, please check with your service provider. Note: For call center roles specifically, it is a requirement to either hardwire your equipment directly to the internet router or ensure your workstation is in close proximity to the router. Please ensure that you are able to meet these expectations before applying. No associate is permitted to work at a location outside the United States for any length of time, except for approved business travel on a limited basis. Exempt Associates traveling outside the United States on personal travel or while on PTO may work on a limited basis (e.g., occasionally checking and responding to business-critical emails or dialing into business-critical meetings) from their personal devices but not from a company-provided computer.


At Ascensus, we aspire to make a difference for others. We are a technology-enabled services company that helps people save for a better future through our network of institutional, financial advisor, and state partners. Our culture is guided by sound principles, is committed to high standards, operates with transparency, and welcomes diversity—housed within our Core Values: People Matter. Quality First. Integrity Always.®


Ascensus provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to ancestry, race, color, religion, sex, (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and/or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, criminal conviction record or any other protected category in accordance with applicable federal, state, or local laws (“Protected Status”).

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