Legal Counsel / Sr Legal Counsel

UMB Bank•Kansas City, MO

1d•$141,354 - $207,900

About The Position

UMB’s Corporate Legal department serves multiple lines of business by providing legal education, counsel, and advice to UMB Financial Corporation, its subsidiaries, and shareholders. The department uses subject-matter expertise and relationships with outside counsel to support client needs. The Legal Counsel works with business leaders and stakeholders to research and advise on legal issues, assess and minimize risk, review, negotiate, and draft agreements, contribute to projects and process improvements, prepare status reports, and summarize trends and issues. The Sr. Legal Counsel performs these functions and takes on additional ownership, independent work, and outside-counsel management. The role supports corporate governance and securities work, including board and committee meetings and materials, corporate records, SEC filings, stock-exchange compliance, bank regulatory compliance, and insider-trading administration. It also monitors evolving regulatory and governance trends, collaborates across business and support functions to promote compliance, and serves as a trusted advisor to senior leaders. At the senior level, the position may own projects and insider-ownership reporting, manage outside counsel, and work primarily independently with minimal supervision from the Deputy General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer. The position was posted on 11/06/2026. The application deadline is 45 days after posting unless the role is filled earlier. Compensation is listed as $141,354–$207,900; actual pay may vary based on location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (JD) degree.
License to practice law.
For Legal Counsel: at least 4 years of relevant experience in corporate law, securities, or company governance.
For Sr. Legal Counsel: 10 years of governance legal experience.
Familiarity with SEC reporting, stock-exchange listing standards, and corporate governance best practices (Legal Counsel listing).
Strong leadership and teaming capabilities, with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, written communication, and verbal communication skills; strong attention to detail and ability to explain complex topics to diverse stakeholders (Legal Counsel listing).
Strong working knowledge of legal issues in assigned areas.
Strong relationship-building, critical-thinking, and strategic-vision skills, and ability to mitigate risk in decision-making.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services or a publicly traded environment is strongly preferred (Legal Counsel listing).
Familiarity with Regulation O.
A financial or accounting background.

Responsibilities

Assist with planning, organizing, and executing meetings of the Boards of Directors and their committees, including annual and special meetings.
Draft, review, and edit board and committee minutes, agendas, resolutions, consents, presentations, and related materials.
Maintain corporate records and governance databases, including minute books, charters, bylaws, policies, and director and officer records, ensuring accuracy and audit readiness.
Support preparation, review, and filing of SEC documents, including current, quarterly, and annual reports, proxy materials, and registration statements, in collaboration with internal stakeholders and external advisors.
For the senior-level role, own preparation of ownership reports and inside ownership tracking.
Assist with stock-exchange compliance and governance-related listing requirements, including director independence assessments and committee composition tracking.
Assist with bank and bank holding company regulatory compliance from a board and governance standpoint.
Support insider-trading compliance administration, including maintaining blackout calendars and, at the senior level, trading windows.
Monitor regulatory and governance trends and prepare summaries or recommendations for the Corporate Secretary function.
Collaborate with business lines and corporate support functions to help ensure operations and strategies comply with applicable laws and regulations.
Participate in or own projects intended to create efficiencies, support future legal and regulatory changes, and improve the organization.
Advise senior leaders as a trusted advisor.
For the senior-level role, manage outside counsel and act as a liaison between senior leaders and outside counsel.
For the senior-level role, work primarily independently with minimal supervision from the Deputy General Counsel or Chief Legal Officer.