Senior Corporate Counsel

 Paylocity is an award-winning provider of cloud-based HR and payroll software solutions, offering the most complete platform for the modern workforce. The company has become one of the fastest-growing HCM software providers worldwide by offering an intuitive, easy-to-use product suite that helps businesses automate and streamline HR and payroll processes, attract and retain talent, and build a strong workplace culture.  

While traditional HR and payroll providers automate basic HR processes such as payroll and benefits administration, Paylocity goes further by developing tools that HR and businesses need to compete for talent and deliver against the expectations of the modern workforce. 

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.  

There are jobs and then there are careers. Since 1997, Paylocity has been hiring talented people, giving them big challenges, and providing the right resources to help them succeed. Our award-winning culture ensures all employees feel truly welcome, appreciated, and free to be themselves. While other companies talk about it, we make it happen. Join Paylocity and launch your career!  

Position Overview

In this role, you will be responsible for providing legal support and business counsel for a broad range of corporate, transactional and business functions. You will also play an important role in shaping policies and processes to help our legal department scale.

Responsibilities 

• Lead mergers & acquisitions and other strategic transactions from intake to integration
• Support corporate development team and other functional groups in all stages of acquisitions, including term sheet negotiations, deal structuring, drafting and negotiating definitive documents, risk analysis, and post-closing integration
• Coordinate and assist with legal due diligence process in acquisitions and strategic transactions and communicate findings, risks and solutions to senior leadership
• Independently review, draft, and negotiate a variety of contracts, amendments, and templates 
• Engage with internal stakeholders during the contracting process to ensure that company agreements adequately address risk management concerns and issues
• Provide general corporate legal advice and prepare corporate documents 
• Provide sound, practical, and strategic legal advice to other corporate stakeholders including finance, tax, accounting, banking, compliance and marketing teams
• Help scale the legal department and implement operational efficiencies 
• Maintain awareness of current and applicable developments in the legal and regulatory landscape
• Assist with complex business, legal, and strategic issues as needed and as legal landscape evolves

Education and Experience

• BBA / BA / BS degree required
• JD required + admission to a state / DC bar
• 6 plus years’ experience primarily in buy side M&A and general corporate legal
• Strong drafting, organizational and analytic skills
• Experience with technology, software and SaaS companies preferred

Paylocity is an equal-opportunity employer. Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.   

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.  

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact accessibility@paylocity.com. 

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $130,000-200,000/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here. This information is provided per the relevant state and local pay transparency laws for the location in which this position will be performed. Base pay information is based on market location. Applicants should apply via www.paylocity.com/careers.