Legal Counsel

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Job Title: Legal Counsel

Locations: Boston, MA; Braintree, MA; Windsor, CT; New York City, NY, Chicago, IL; San Francisco, CA; Denver, CO | Hybrid

Get To Know Us:

SS&C Technologies is seeking a Legal Counsel to join the legal team responsible for its Wealth & Investment Technology (“WIT”) business division. SS&C is a leading software and SaaS provider of investment management products and services. WIT’s unique business model combines end-to-end expertise with innovative software and solutions for the financial services industry.

This role will primarily support the SS&C WIT line of businesses and their sales team, becoming an integrated part of the business with a focus on revenue generating contracts and initiatives for SS&C Advent. The attorney in this role will also have the opportunity to support other legal and compliance functions handled by the legal department. The ideal candidate is a commercially-minded attorney who understands business objectives and can effectively analyze and mitigate risks under tight deadlines.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model and Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Wellbeing: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

What You Will Get To Do:

• Drafting, negotiating and advising the SS&C WIT businesses on their commercial agreements, including front-line experience with customer licensing and service agreements.
• Work on legal aspects of business or corporate initiatives, including compliance with applicable data privacy laws.
• Advise internal clients in a high profile, fast-paced position that interfaces with many corporate departments, including the executive team, sales, development, client service, human resources and finance.
• Learn the business and apply that contextual knowledge to SS&C WIT’s legal issues.
• Own, and collaborate with legal team to optimize, contract templates, legal processes and workflows.
• Report to Associate General Counsel.

What You Will Bring:

• 3+ years of transactional and/or commercial agreement experience.
• Exceptional contract analysis, drafting and negotiation skills.
• Interest in and facility for legal operations, including continuous improvement of contracting processes.
• Outstanding legal analysis, communication and writing skills.
• Confidence and curiosity to learn new legal and business matters.
• JD degree
• Must be willing to work on site at least 6 days/month

Highly Desired:

• In-house commercial agreement experience and prior work with a respected law firm
• Self-starter, proven time management, prioritization and organizational skills.
• Versatility and desire for professional development.
• Enthusiasm to be a part of and support a fast-paced team
• Ability to exercise sound legal judgment and render practical, actionable advice that reflects business context.
• Third-party data supplier experience and data privacy knowledge a plus.
• Experience with Investment Advisers Act of 1940 matters a plus.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C offers excellent benefits including health, dental, 401k plan, tuition and professional development reimbursement plan.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

Salary is determined by various factors including, but not limited to, relevant work experience, job related knowledge, skills, abilities, business needs, and geographic regions.

NY: Salary range for the position: $150,000 USD to $220,000 USD. California: Salary range for the position: $150,000 USD to $220,000 USD. Colorado: Salary range for the position: $150,000 USD to $220,000 USD.