Senior Counsel

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About your role:

As a Senior Counsel, you will provide legal support for litigation, disputes, government investigations, third-party legal requests, and related matters for consumer-facing payment products. You will partner with Legal, Product, Compliance, Risk, and business stakeholders to assess legal exposure, guide response strategy, and support effective issue resolution. This role is important to managing legal risk, strengthening escalation processes, and supporting sound business decisions in a regulated environment.

What you'll do:

• Lead legal support for litigation, disputes, government investigations, subpoenas, garnishments, funds restraint matters, and other third-party legal requests for assigned business areas
• Advise business, product, and functional stakeholders on legal risk, response strategy, escalation requirements, and practical options for issue resolution
• Direct legal analysis and case strategy for matters involving consumer-facing payment products, fiduciary administration, guardianship, probate, and related legal issues
• Manage outside counsel on assigned matters, including scope, strategy, budget, filings, and performance against case objectives
• Review pleadings, correspondence, investigative materials, settlement positions, and other legal documents to support accurate and timely responses
• Partner with paralegals, legal analysts, and cross-functional teams to improve matter intake, reporting, escalation, and case tracking processes
• Represent legal interests in internal discussions, negotiations, court-related proceedings, and other matter resolution activities as appropriate

Experience you'll need to have:

• 6+ years of experience practicing law in litigation, disputes, regulatory investigations, or financial services legal matters within a law firm, in-house legal department, or similar environment
• Experience in case strategy, investigations, document requests, subpoenas, or other complex legal matters
• Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating legal documents, legal correspondence, pleadings, and matter-related analyses
• Experience managing outside counsel, including directing strategy, reviewing work product, and monitoring budgets and case progression
• Juris Doctor or higher from an accredited law school, or equivalent combination of education, related experience and/or military experience
• Active license to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction in good standing, or ability to become licensed in the applicable jurisdiction through reciprocity, registration, or other approved process consistent with role requirements

Experience that would be great to have:

• Experience supporting consumer-facing payment products or other regulated financial services offerings
• Experience with garnishments, restraints, fiduciary administration, probate, guardianship, and third-party legal request workflows
• Experience working with cross-functional legal operations, compliance, and product teams in a complex enterprise environment

How you'll work:

• This role is on-site Monday through Friday. Fiserv considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and leads to stronger productivity.
• This role requires use of a computer and audio equipment.

Sponsorship:

• You must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role.

Benefits at Fiserv:

• Fuel Your Life program to support your physical, financial, social, and emotional well-being.
• Paid holidays and generous time away policies.
• No-cost mental health support through Employee Assistance Programs.
• Living Proof program to recognize your peers’ extra effort with points redeemable for rewards.
• Eight Employee Resource Groups to foster a collaborative culture and expand your network.
• Unparalleled professional growth with training, development, and internal mobility opportunities.
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance options available from day one.
• Retirement planning including 401k match and discounted shares with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Tuition assistance and reimbursement program.
• Paid parental and military leave.

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• Apply using your legal name
• Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).

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