SVP, Deputy General Counsel, Corporate Legal, M&A and Assistant Corporate Secretary (Fintech)

Location: Based at hirify.global headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, or willing to relocate to Jacksonville, Florida. Occasional travel may be required for board meetings and strategic transactions.

Company

hirify.global is a publicly traded financial technology company providing software, services, and data-driven solutions for banks, capital markets firms, and businesses worldwide.

What you will do

• Serve as Assistant Corporate Secretary and support the Board of Directors and its committees.
• Oversee corporate governance, director onboarding, subsidiary governance, entity management, and governance processes.
• Lead legal management of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and post-closing integration.
• Manage legal support for treasury and financing transactions, including structuring, negotiation, execution, and filings.
• Ensure compliance with U.S. securities laws, SEC reporting requirements, disclosure controls, insider trading policies, and NYSE listing standards.
• Lead and develop a team of seven attorneys and legal professionals while advising the Chief Legal Officer, CEO, CFO, Board, and executive leadership.

Requirements

• J.D. and active bar membership in good standing.
• Typically 15+ years of relevant legal experience, including M&A, corporate finance, treasury, and public-company securities and governance work.
• Deep knowledge of U.S. securities laws, SEC reporting, disclosure obligations, proxy processes, and NYSE or comparable exchange requirements.
• Hands-on experience supporting a public company Board of Directors and its committees, including director fiduciary duties and governance practices.
• Senior people-leadership experience managing a legal team of similar size and scope.
• Must be based in or willing to relocate to Jacksonville, Florida.

Nice to have

• Experience serving as or directly supporting a Corporate Secretary or Assistant Corporate Secretary at a publicly traded company.
• Experience supporting major transactions, board-facing governance matters, SEC reporting cycles, or enterprise-level governance transformation.

Culture & Benefits

• Board-facing leadership role reporting directly to the Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary.
• Opportunity to advise senior executives and directors on strategic transactions, capital markets, disclosure, and governance risk.
• Full-time employment at a Fortune 500, NYSE-listed financial technology company.
• U.S. positions require a drug test after a conditional offer.