Sr. Employment Attorney

At Early Warning, we've powered and protected the U.S. financial system for over thirty years with cutting-edge solutions like Zelle, Paze, and so much more. As a trusted name in payments, we partner with thousands of institutions to increase access to financial services and protect transactions for hundreds of millions of consumers and small businesses.

Positions located in Scottsdale, San Francisco, Chicago, or New York follow a hybrid work model to allow for a more collaborative working environment.

Candidates responding to this posting must independently possess the eligibility to work in the United States, for any employer, at the date of hire. This position is ineligible for employment Visa sponsorship.

Overall Purpose

This role is responsible for providing day to day advice and counsel to management and human resources professionals on a broad range of legal issues including, but not limited to, employee and labor relations, discipline and terminations, internal investigations and litigation.

Essential Functions

• Provides impactful, solution oriented legal advice to management and HR on a range of issues, including employee and labor relations, discipline, terminations, investigations, and litigation, ensuring compliance with Title VII, ADA, ADEA, FMLA, Affirmative Action, Equal Pay, Employee Privacy, FLSA, OSHA, Immigration, PWFA, and ERISA.

• Works with colleagues within the legal and business teams across the organization to proactively identify and develop strategies to mitigate legal risk associated with business operations.

• Responds to demand letters, wage claims, and employment-related charges filed with municipal, state or federal enforcement agencies (e.g., EEOC, DOL, OFCCP, DOJ, OSHA) and courts and oversee the defense of matters by outside counsel.

• Proactively manages litigation and administrative charges, assessing cases and mitigating risks to protect company interests in line with business objectives and risk tolerance.

• Prepares separation, severance and settlement agreements.

• Provides advice and counsel in the development of best-in-class company policies, procedures, guidelines, standards and other practices designed to ensure compliance with applicable labor, employment and benefits related laws and regulations.

• Leads training for management and human resources professionals on compliance with applicable state and federal labor and employment laws and regulations.

• Oversees and provides advisory support with respect to the company's responses to subpoenas, third-party discovery (including government agency and law enforcement) and other legal service of process.

• Responds to complaints and inquiries from Federal and State regulatory agencies (including state attorneys general).

• Performs other duties as assigned to support the legal department and company.

• Supports the company's commitment to protect the integrity and confidentiality of systems and data.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from accredited law school.

• Admission and active license in good standing to practice law in Arizona or other State bar.

• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant legal experience at a law firm or as in house counsel.

• Demonstrated expertise in federal, state and municipal employment laws and regulations and experience providing advice and counsel to management and human resource professionals and representing clients in employment related litigation and administrative matters.

• Ability to define legal issues and legal risks.

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build partnerships and alliances internally and with external partners.

• Unyielding commitment to highest professional ethics.

• Background and drug screen.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience in the banking and/or consumer financial services industries.

• Prior in-house experience as an employment advisory attorney.

• Proactive self-starter with demonstrated experience identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively, with an ability to make real-time decisions with imperfect information.

• Strong business acumen-the ability to be forward-thinking and innovative while understanding our business needs and limitations.

• Highly effective working in a team environment with strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build partnerships and alliances internally at all levels of the organization and with external partners.

• Prior experience effectively managing legal support staff and outside legal resources.

• Ability to comprehend and communicate complex law and regulation and judicial and regulatory interpretations of law and regulations to internal clients at all levels of the organization.

• Strong presentation skills and excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Physical Requirements

Working conditions consist of a normal office environment. Work is primarily sedentary and requires extensive use of a computer and involves sitting for periods of approximately four hours. Work may require occasional standing, walking, kneeling and reaching. Must be able to lift 10 pounds occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently. Requires visual acuity and dexterity to view, prepare, and manipulate documents and office equipment including personal computers. Requires the ability to communicate with internal and/or external customers.

Employee must be able to perform essential functions and physical requirements of position with or without reasonable accommodation.

The above job description is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of duties and standards of the position. Incumbents will follow instructions and perform other related duties as assigned by their supervisor.

The base pay scale for this position in:

Phoenix, AZ/ Chicago, IL in USD per year is: $160,000 - $185,000.

New York, NY/ San Francisco, CA in USD per year is: $170,000 - $195,000.

Additionally, candidates are eligible for a discretionary incentive plan and benefits.

This pay scale is subject to change and is not necessarily reflective of actual compensation that may be earned, nor a promise of any specific pay for any specific candidate, which is always dependent on legitimate factors considered at the time of job offer. Early Warning Services takes into consideration a variety of factors when determining a competitive salary offer, including, but not limited to, the job scope, market rates and geographic location of a position, candidate's education, experience, training, and specialized skills or certification(s) in relation to the job requirements and compared with internal equity (peers). The business actively supports and reviews wage equity to ensure that pay decisions are not based on gender, race, national origin, or any other protected classes.

Some of the Ways We Prioritize Your Health and Happiness

• Healthcare Coverage-Competitive medical (PPO/HDHP), dental, and vision plans as well as company contributions to your Health Savings Account (HSA) or pre-tax savings through flexible spending accounts (FSA) for commuting, health & dependent care expenses.
• 401(k) Retirement Plan-Featuring a 100% Company Safe Harbor Match on your first 6% deferral immediately upon eligibility.
• Paid Time Off -Unlimited Time Off for Exempt (salaried) employees, as well as generous PTO for Non-Exempt (hourly) employees, plus 11 paid company holidays and a paid volunteer day.
• 12 weeks of Paid Parental Leave
• Maven Family Planning - provides support through your Parenting journey including egg freezing, fertility, adoption, surrogacy, pregnancy, postpartum, early pediatrics, and returning to work.

AndSOmuch more! We continue to enhance our program, so be sure tocheck our Benefits page here for the latest. Ourteamcan share more during the interview process!

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Early Warning Services, LLC ("Early Warning") considers for employment, hires, retains and promotes qualified candidates on the basis of ability, potential, and valid qualifications without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our employees.