Full-Time, Exempt

Location: Sioux Falls, SD or Sandy, UT (Remote, Hybrid, or In-Office)

Schedule: Monday-Friday | Standard business hours

Compensation:

• Starting Salary: $165,000 - $192,000 annually (DOE)

We are looking for a Deputy General Counsel to join our Legal team. This role is ideal for an experienced attorney who enjoys serving as a strategic business partner while providing practical legal guidance across a growing organization. You'll play a key role by advising business leaders, negotiating commercial agreements, supporting regulatory compliance, and helping manage enterprise legal risk.

If you're business-minded, collaborative, and enjoy balancing legal analysis with practical business solutions, this is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.

In this role, you'll partner with leaders across the organization, provide legal guidance on strategic initiatives, and help shape ECG's legal strategy while serving as a trusted advisor to executive leadership.

What You'll Do
• Provide practical legal guidance to leaders across the organization on a variety of business and legal matters
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage commercial agreements and other legal documents
• Support corporate governance activities, strategic initiatives, and business transactions
• Partner with leaders to identify and mitigate enterprise legal and regulatory risk
• Provide legal support for regulatory compliance initiatives and corporate policies
• Assist with litigation management, regulatory inquiries, and other legal matters
• Conduct legal research and communicate complex legal concepts in a practical, business-focused manner
• Improve legal department processes, workflows, and operational efficiencies
• Build strong cross-functional relationships while serving as a trusted legal advisor
• Assume responsibility for legal department operations in the General Counsel's absence

What You'll Learn
• ECG's lending products, operations, and business strategy
• Corporate governance and executive-level legal advising
• Enterprise risk management within a growing fintech organization
• Commercial lending, financial services, and regulatory compliance
• Cross-functional collaboration across all areas of the business
• Opportunities to help shape legal strategy and department operations

Why Join Us
• Strategic Business Partner: Serve as more than legal counsel by helping leaders make informed business decisions
• Executive Exposure: Work directly with executive leadership on high-impact initiatives
• Diverse Legal Practice: Gain experience across contracts, corporate governance, regulatory compliance, enterprise risk, and strategic business matters
• Career Growth: Clear opportunity to grow into the General Counsel role
• Flexible Work Arrangement: Remote, hybrid, or in-office options available
• Growing Organization: Help shape the legal strategy of a fast-growing fintech company

Work Environment
• Position based in Sioux Falls, SD or Sandy, UT
• Remote, hybrid, or in-office work arrangements available
• Professional environment with regular interaction with executive leadership and business partners
• Occasional travel may be required based on business needs

What We're Looking For

Strong candidates typically have experience in:
• Corporate law or in-house legal counsel
• Financial services, banking, fintech, or commercial lending
• Commercial contract drafting and negotiation
• Corporate governance and regulatory compliance
• Executive-level legal advising
• Managing complex legal projects and cross-functional business initiatives

You'll Thrive in This Role If You Are:
• Business-minded and solution-oriented
• Analytical with strong legal judgment
• Comfortable advising executive leadership
• An effective communicator and negotiator
• Collaborative and influential across departments
• Organized, adaptable, and confident making independent decisions
• Committed to the highest standards of professionalism and integrity

Requirements

Required Experience
• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school
• Active bar membership in good standing
• Minimum of three years of legal experience within the financial services industry or advising financial services organizations
• Strong legal research, analytical, and problem-solving skills
• Excellent legal writing, negotiation, and communication abilities
• Ability to interpret complex legal issues and communicate practical business solutions
• Strong organizational and project management skills
• Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across business functions
• Demonstrated professionalism, sound judgment, confidentiality, and integrity

Preferred Experience
• Corporate governance and board support
• Commercial contract drafting and negotiation
• Regulatory compliance within financial services
• Government investigations or regulatory inquiries
• Licensing and corporate transactions
• Enterprise risk management
• Banking, fintech, or commercial lending experience
• Experience serving as a strategic business advisor to executive leadership

Salary Description

$165,000 - $192,000 annually (DOE)