What are the responsibilities and job description for the Corporate Counsel, Financial Services & Commercial Contracts position at Best Buy?
As a Corporate Counsel, you will support Best Buy’s Financial Services business and B2B sales channel by advising on complex, high-visibility transactions. In this role, you’ll partner closely with legal and business teams to provide clear, practical guidance on regulatory considerations and commercial agreements. You’ll flex across priorities in a fast-paced environment while helping drive efficient, pragmatic contracting outcomes. This is a great opportunity to work on impactful deals and shape how we enable the business to move forward with confidence.
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
This role is hybrid, which means you will be required to work on site Monday through Thursday at the Best Buy corporate office in Richfield, Minnesota. You can work virtually from home or another non‑Best Buy location on Friday. The recruiter or hiring manager will provide more details during the hiring process.
What you’ll do
- Draft and negotiate complex financial services and B2B commercial agreements
- Provide guidance on financial services transactions, regulations, and required disclosures
- Advise on contractual risk, deal structure, and client relationships
- Partner with business and cross-functional teams to drive efficient contracting outcomes
- Contribute to templates, process improvements, and contracting best practices
Basic qualifications
- JD from an ABA-accredited law school
- Licensed to practice law in Minnesota
- 3 years of post-bar experience in a law firm or corporate setting
- 3 years supporting financial services transactions and regulatory frameworks
- Experience drafting and negotiating complex commercial agreements
Preferred qualifications
- Strong knowledge of financial services regulations and industry practices
- Experience advising on customer disclosures and marketing materials
- Ability to evaluate complex issues and provide practical legal guidance
- Strong partnership skills with business and cross-functional teams
- Experience supporting B2B sales or high-volume contracting environments
What’s in it for you
We’re committed to helping our people thrive at work and at home. We offer generous benefits that address your total well-being and provide support as you need it, especially key moments in your life.
Our benefits include:
- Competitive pay
- Generous employee discount
- Physical and mental well-being support
Best Buy provides different types of leaves of absence (LOA) and potential pay sources to employees based on eligibility. The length of your LOA depends on your situation, where you live, your full-time or part-time employment status, and federal and state regulations. Intermittent or reduced-schedule leave is also available for certain medical or family care leaves. Paid time off (vacation or PTO) is offered to full-time and part-time employees based on work location, employment status, salary or hourly status (exempt/non-exempt), and years of continued or bridged service.
Certain roles, where market norms demand it, are eligible for various forms of incentive pay to drive performance and offer recognition for achieving financial and strategic results. For more information about our incentive pay plans, including eligibility, please refer to our Incentive Programs Summary.
For more information about benefits, LOA and paid time off, please refer to our Benefits Guide.
About us
As part of the Best Buy team, you’ll help us fulfill our purpose to enrich lives through technology. We bring that to life every day by humanizing and personalizing tech solutions for every stage of life — in our stores, online and in customers’ homes.
Our culture is built on deeply supporting and valuing our amazing employees who make it all possible. We’re committed to being a great place to work, where you can unlock unique career possibilities. Above all, we aim to provide a place where you can bring your full, authentic self to work now and into the future. Tomorrow works here.™
Best Buy is an equal opportunity employer.