What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Paralegal, Vendor Deals position at Affirm?
Affirm’s CLEaR organization includes compliance, legal, enterprise risk, ethics and regulatory teams. Affirm is on a mission to improve consumer finance through better technology, lower costs, and increased transparency.
The Commercial Legal team is instrumental in keeping day-to-day operations and transactions moving quickly while protecting the company. We are looking for a business minded attorney to build and lead our commercial (vendor) legal team, to help support our fast-growing business and to build for scale. Come join us in our mission to change consumer finance through better technology, lower costs and increased transparency while providing the best customer experience.
What You’ll Do
- Draft and negotiate NDAs, vendor agreements, merchant agreements and amendments to existing agreements.
- Support the legal contract management process by tracking contract status, prioritizing contracts for review, and processing executed contracts in accordance with department procedures.
- Maintain efficient legal filing system and manage retention of electronic and paper documents (e.g. contracts, NDAs, and other key documents).
- Identify and help implement process improvements to policies and procedures
- Collaborate on team initiatives and other special projects.
- Provide general administrative support to the Commercial Legal team, while interacting cross-functionally with other departments and outside counsel.
- Support Vendor Legal efforts related to M&A integrations.
- Build collaborative and effective working relationships with various teams in the U.S. and internationally.
Who We Look For
- At least 6 years of relevant experience
- Prior in-house experience required.
- Strong organizational skills with an emphasis on managing time, documents, projects and relationships
- Extreme attention to detail, ability to adjust on the fly, problem-solving skills, intellectual maturity, business acumen, proactivity and a great attitude
- Excellent writing, communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work efficiently both solo and as part of a team
- A team player mindset, pitching in wherever needed, whether or not it fits squarely into your role or expertise.
- Self-motivation and a willingness to take ownership of projects.
- Great project management skills with the ability to organize, prioritize, and remain collected under pressure.
- Clear and concise communication skills to effectively collaborate and negotiate with both internal and external business and legal teams.
- A passion for improving the lives of consumers through Affirm’s products and services.
- Humility, integrity and a killer sense of humor; you take your work seriously but not yourself.
Location - Remote U.S.
Grade: USA28
