Associate General Counsel - Corporate

About Rippling

Rippling gives businesses one place to run HR, IT, and Finance. It brings together all of the workforce systems that are normally scattered across a company, like payroll, expenses, benefits, and computers. For the first time ever, you can manage and automate every part of the employee lifecycle in a single system.

Take onboarding, for example. With Rippling, you can hire a new employee anywhere in the world and set up their payroll, corporate card, computer, benefits, and even third-party apps like Slack and Microsoft 365—all within 90 seconds.

Based in San Francisco, CA, Rippling has raised $1.4B from the world’s top investors—including Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greenoaks, and Bedrock—and was named one of America's best startup employers by Forbes.

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About the role

We are seeking an Associate General Counsel, Corporate & Securities to help build and operate a scaled corporate governance and securities compliance function. This is a hands-on role for a lawyer with experience in public-company caliber reporting, governance, and board processes, including recurring quarterly and annual disclosure cycles, disclosure controls, board, audit committee, and compensation committee materials, and cross-functional coordination with finance, accounting, auditors, investor relations, communications, and outside counsel.

The ideal candidate has operated in an environment with rigorous reporting timelines and mature governance expectations, and is comfortable owning both the legal judgment and the detailed execution required to support high-quality corporate governance. This role will also support corporate development and strategic transaction matters, including acquisitions, investments, financings, and tender offers, in addition to debt transactions and compliance, equity and capitalization matters, subsidiary governance, and other complex corporate initiatives as the company continues to scale. Experience with public-company reporting and governance processes is strongly preferred; experience supporting public-company readiness or a public-company transition is a major plus, but not required.

What you will do

• Help build and operate scalable corporate governance, securities compliance, disclosure readiness, and board processes for a complex, global private company.
• Develop governance and disclosure infrastructure designed to support increasing scale and future public-company caliber obligations, including reporting calendars, review processes, disclosure controls, diligence and tie-out procedures, and cross-functional operating rhythms.
• Prepare and coordinate materials for the Board of Directors and Board committees, including agendas, board books, committee presentations, minutes, consents, resolutions, calendars, and follow-up items.
• Support the continued maturation of audit committee, insurance regulatory committee, and compensation committee processes, including materials relating to financial reporting readiness, risk oversight, related-party transactions, equity plans, executive compensation governance, and other committee matters.
• Draft, maintain, and improve corporate governance documents and processes, including board and committee charters, governance policies, D&O questionnaires, related-party transaction processes, insider trading policies, equity policies, corporate approvals, and governance playbooks.
• Support securities, equity, financing, and capitalization matters, including outstanding securities, cap table processes, equity compensation plans, secondary transactions, private financings, tender offers, investor disclosure materials, and Rippling’s global EOR equity program.
• Oversee subsidiary governance and entity management globally, including corporate filings, international reporting requirements, inter-company transactions, and corporate record-keeping.
• Review and advise on investor presentations, offering materials, financing materials, public announcements, internal communications, and other materials involving securities, governance, corporate, or transactional matters.
• Partner with corporate development on acquisitions, investments, financings, tender offers, and other strategic transactions, including due diligence, transaction documentation, outside counsel management, and post-transaction governance or integration matters.

What you will need

• 10+ years of relevant corporate and securities legal experience, including experience in regulated fintech, financial services, or another highly regulated industry; prior in-house experience is strongly preferred.
• J.D. or equivalent law degree, and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Hands-on experience supporting public-company reporting and governance processes is strongly preferred, including recurring quarterly and annual disclosure cycles, Forms 10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K, disclosure controls, and board, audit committee, and compensation committee materials.
• Prior in-house experience supporting an IPO, public-company readiness process, or transition to public-company reporting and governance obligations is a major plus, but not required.
• Experience advising on securities law, corporate governance, board and committee processes, equity compensation, insider trading policies, related-party transactions, and other corporate legal matters.
• Experience supporting private financings, tender offers, investor disclosure materials, capitalization matters, and other securities or capital markets transactions.
• Experience supporting acquisitions, investments, or other strategic transactions, including legal diligence, transaction documentation, outside counsel management, and post-transaction integration or governance matters.
• Ability to manage complex, detail-heavy, cross-functional processes involving legal, finance, accounting, investor relations, communications, human resources, auditors, executives, and outside counsel.
• Excellent drafting, analytical, communication, project management, and organizational skills, with strong attention to detail and sound legal judgment.
• Entrepreneurial, self-starting, and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, highly dynamic, global environment.
• Sense of humor and desire to be part of a dynamic company strongly preferred.

Additional Information

Rippling is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce and do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other legally protected characteristics, Rippling is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities who need assistance during the hiring process. To request a reasonable accommodation, please email [email protected]

Rippling highly values having employees working in-office to foster a collaborative work environment and company culture. Rippling considers working in the office, at least three days a week under current policy, to be an essential function of the employee's role.

This role will receive a competitive salary + benefits + equity. A variety of factors are considered when determining someone’s compensation–including a candidate’s professional background, experience, and location. Final offer amounts may vary from the amounts listed below.

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