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Associate General Counsel

Flex · New York, NY; San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Flex

Manage business spending in Africa with Flex Finance. Get real-time visibility, easy expense tracking, and control with web, mobile, and corporate cards.Try now. Backed by 500 Global.

About the role

As Associate General Counsel , you will be a key, early member of Flex’s growing Legal & Compliance team. Your primary mission will be to lead and own complex transactions that are critical to Flex’s business and develop solutions to scale Flex’s legal capabilities by leveraging training and technology.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of post-JD transactional experience, with a background that includes law firm and/or in-house roles. Experience at a top firm is a strong plus, but not required
  • Experience drafting and negotiating data privacy terms, including but not limited to, CCPA and GLBA contract terms
  • Experience working with fintech, payments, or consumer credit businesses, such as bank-fintech partnerships, lending platforms, neobanks, or payments companies is a strong plus, but not required
  • Demonstrated track record of leading complex transactions end-to-end with minimal supervision, including direct negotiation with banks, capital providers, or other strategic partners
  • Ability to work out of one of our offices on a hybrid basis (3 days per week in office)
  • Strong interpersonal skills to build productive cross-functional relationships, and the ability to communicate directly and candidly in a culture that values clear feedback (and the occasional dry joke)
More about this role

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

As Associate General Counsel , you will be a key, early member of Flex’s growing Legal & Compliance team. Your primary mission will be to lead and own complex transactions that are critical to Flex’s business and develop solutions to scale Flex’s legal capabilities by leveraging training and technology. You’ll partner directly with the VP Legal and other senior stakeholders to provide pragmatic legal support to our cross-functional business partners, with a primary focus on transactions tied...

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