Job Description

Position Type :

Full time

Type Of Hire :

Experienced (relevant combo of work and education)

Education Desired :

Bachelor of Law

Travel Percentage :

1 - 5%

Job Description

The world of finance moves fast. At FIS, we’re faster. Our teams are empowered to learn, grow, and make an impact–in their careers and communities. We deliver innovation that advances the way the world pays, banks and invests. If you want to grow personally and professionally, we’d like to know: Are you FIS?
About the role:
In a Corporate Counsel role, you will manage legal business matters to protect the enterprise’s rights in contract negotiations, settlements, litigation and business practices. Your focus will be on regulatory compliance, especially related to retirement plans, corporate compliance, litigation support and intellectual property.
About the team:
The FIS Legal Team is comprised of 200 attorneys and paraprofessionals worldwide and is part of the Legal, Compliance & Corporate Affairs group, which includes 600 professionals who serve as advisors and partners with our businesses. FIS Legal works collaboratively with our business colleagues to solve problems, effectively and pragmatically. In our role as strategic enablement and support for business leaders across FIS in a variety of legal, compliance and corporate affairs matters, we assist our businesses in meeting their objectives with sound, reasonable and well-considered legal counsel, compliance analysis and support.

What you will be doing:

• Act as subject matter expert for FIS’ Retirement business unit, including experience in qualified and nonqualified retirement plans (with defined benefit plan experience a plus), with expertise in both ERISA and Tax code.
• Assist business unit development and operation teams in reviewing retirement plans for proper set up and reviewing operational processes for conformance to regulations.
• Prepare and negotiate contracts while providing legal advice and counsel to business units in areas that include regulatory matters.
• Perform legal research ERISA, Tax code and related information technology law issues.
• Advise colleagues on ERISA, Tax code and other retirement plan related issues with respect to commercial contracts, product development and compliance.

What you will need:

• A college degree and a Juris Doctor from an accredited US law school
• Licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 5 to 10 years of relevant experience
• Experience in advising clients with respect to various retirement plans, including expertise in ERISA and Ta code
• Experience drafting commercial contracts is a plus
• Ability to review and evaluate multi-faceted issues and counsel business colleagues on complex legal questions relating to various business matters.

What we offer you:
At FIS, we hire the best. In return, you receive exceptional benefits including:

• Opportunities to innovate in fintech
• Tools for personal and professional growth
• Inclusive and diverse work environment
• Resources to invest in your community
• Competitive salary and benefits

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EEOC Statement

FIS is an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, genetic information, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other protected characteristics. The EEO is the Law poster is available here supplement document available here

For positions located in the US, the following conditions apply. If you are made a conditional offer of employment, you will be required to undergo a drug test. ADA Disclaimer: In developing this job description care was taken to include all competencies needed to successfully perform in this position. However, for Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) purposes, the essential functions of the job may or may not have been described for purposes of ADA reasonable accommodation. All reasonable accommodation requests will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Sourcing Model

Recruitment at FIS works primarily on a direct sourcing model; a relatively small portion of our hiring is through recruitment agencies. FIS does not accept resumes from recruitment agencies which are not on the preferred supplier list and is not responsible for any related fees for resumes submitted to job postings, our employees, or any other part of our company.

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