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About PayJoy
PayJoy is a mission-first credit provider dedicated to helping under-served customers in emerging markets to achieve financial stability and success. Our patented technology for secured credit provides an on-ramp for new customers to enter the credit system. Through PayJoy’s point-of-sale financing and credit cards, customers gain access to a modern quality of life. PayJoy’s credit also allows our customers to seize opportunities as micro-entrepreneurs, and provide safety acts as insurance for tough times. Through our cutting-edge machine learning, data science, and anti-fraud AI, we have served over 18 million customers as of 2025 while achieving solid profitability for sustainable growth.
This role
The Senior Corporate Counsel is responsible to support corporate governance, complex corporate transactions, and external regulatory-facing documentation as the company continues to scale. This role will serve as a key internal partner to the General Counsel, Finance, and external advisors, owning the coordination and execution of critical corporate legal materials and processes while helping build a strong foundation for future company milestones.
Key Responsabilities
- Support significant corporate maturity initiatives and transactions by drafting, reviewing, and coordinating external-facing corporate and regulatory documentation in partnership with the General Counsel and external advisors.
- Serve as the primary internal owner for complex corporate records and disclosures, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and timely delivery across stakeholders.
- Manage corporate governance matters, including board and committee materials, minutes, resolutions, equity documentation, and subsidiary governance across jurisdictions.
- Partner closely with Finance, Accounting, and external advisors to support disclosure controls, transaction readiness, and evolving corporate requirements.
- Oversee and leverage paralegal support to scale document management, entity maintenance, and corporate legal operations.
- Monitor developments in corporate and securities law applicable to high-growth companies and proactively surface risks and recommendations to executive leadership.
Qualifications
- Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 6+ years of legal experience with a focus on corporate and transactional matters, including experience at a law firm and/or in-house at a high-growth or regulated company.
- Exposure to capital markets transactions, public-company readiness initiatives, or similar large-scale corporate milestones.
- Strong understanding of corporate governance frameworks and disclosure principles.
- Demonstrated ability to partner cross-functionally with Finance, Accounting, and external advisors.
Benefits
- 100% Company-funded health insurance for employee and immediate family
- Company-funded employee life and disability insurance
- 20 paid vacation days, flexible sick leave
- $2,000 USD annual Co-Working Travel Perk
- $2,000 USD annual professional development perk
- Headphone benefit, home office equipment allowance and wellness perks
- $340 Company-funded commuter benefit
- Catered lunches
$212.65 - $263.14 a year
PayJoy is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and we welcome and encourage people of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Finance for the next billion * Ownership * Break Through Walls * Live Communication * Transparency & Directness * Focus on Scale * Work-Life Balance * Embrace Diversity * Speed * Active Listening
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