About This Role
This corporate counsel role involves providing legal advice and managing legal projects for a consumer finance organization. The position requires partnering with various internal departments and the executive management team, focusing on corporate transactions, contracts, compliance, and legal entity maintenance.
Responsibilities
- Assist in drafting and managing corporate transactions and other contracting matters
- Draft, negotiate, manage, and advise business teams with respect to complex services contracts, including software licensing, software as a service agreement, work orders, outsourcing arrangements, externship affiliation agreements, vendor agreements and renewals, non-disclosure agreements, provider agreements, insurance contracts and other commercial agreements
- Perform online research and conduct electronic filings on legal and business-related matters including state licensing and compliance
- Act as a key advisor to various business departments on legal initiatives, general compliance matters and proposed actions and policies
- Manage various legal projects to successful completion
- Handle the formation and maintenance of legal entities, including all necessary annual and regular corporate filings and business licensing on behalf of a multi-jurisdictional company
- Handle confidential information with the highest degree of care
- Effectively interact and communicate with the organization’s management, other internal clients, and outside counsel
- Research, anticipate and guard the organization against legal risks
Requirements
- Juris doctorate from an accredited law school
- Member of the California Bar in good standing
- Minimum 1-2 years of recent experience within a law firm setting or in-house legal department
- Consumer Finance experience
- Strong legal research, writing and investigative skills
Benefits
- Business casual small office environment
- Work-life balance
- Opportunities to think outside the box and put amazing ideas into practice
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
About the Company
Strike Acceptance is a sub-prime auto lending company based in Southern California, focused on helping community residents secure auto financing through a network of approved dealers. The company helps customers establish or rebuild their credit profiles.