Corporate Counsel contractor

Finalsite•Glastonbury, CT

5d•Remote

About The Position

We are seeking a proactive and detail-oriented Contractor to join our dynamic legal team within the fast-paced EdTech industry. This is a contract position that offers the opportunity to work on a broad range of legal matters, supporting the organization’s mission to transform education through technology while ensuring compliance, minimizing risk, and enabling business growth. The Contractor will support a wide range of commercial and transactional matters including but not limited to customer payment processing agreements and will work across functional areas. This is a US-based, remote position reporting directly to the company’s Chief Legal Officer & General Counsel.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
Licensed and in good standing with at least one U.S. state bar
7-10 years of legal experience, preferably in-house or with a law firm
Direct, hands-on drafting and negotiation experience on customer-facing payment processing / merchant / SaaS agreements.
Experience in or in-depth knowledge of standard contractual provisions preferably relating to provision of payment processing services, merchant agreements, and SaaS services
Payments/fintech transactional experience such as merchant processing agreements, ISO/payment facilitator agreements, sponsor bank, and familiarity with card network rules (PCI/DSS, KYC/AML, PSD2).
Sound commercial judgment on liability and indemnity terms typical to payment processing agreements, with the ability to work within pre-approved risk parameters and know when to escalate outside of them
Working familiarity with money transmitter licensing and BSA/AML concepts, sufficient to recognize when a contract issue is actually a regulatory issue and escalate appropriately
Detail-oriented, superior organizational skills
Ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment
Effective communicator with strong interpersonal skills to collaborate across departments
Permanent residents of the United States.
Current residency, as well as continued residency, within the United States is required to obtain (and retain) employment with Finalsite.

Responsibilities

Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of agreements, including customer payment processing, merchant, sponsor bank, SaaS contracts, vendor agreements, and partnership agreements
Audit existing merchant, customer, vendor and sponsor bank agreements.
Flag and address regulatory requirements within customer, merchant, and bank agreements.
Conduct legal research on emerging payment processing issues, regulatory updates, and best practices.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, product, engineering, HR) to provide timely legal guidance
Maintain accurate and organized legal records and databases