Description
Mastercard is seeking a Manager, Legal Services (Corporate Governance, M&A Integration) to join its Global Legal Entities (GLE) team. The successful candidate will be based in Purchase, NY, and will serve as the governance bridge between transaction execution and ongoing legal entity ownership.
The role is responsible for supporting the governance and legal entity integration aspects of acquisitions, investments, strategic partnerships, and other corporate transactions. The position will work closely with Corporate Development, Legal, Treasury, Tax, Controllers, integration teams, and regional stakeholders to ensure acquired entities are successfully transitioned into Mastercard's governance framework.
Key responsibilities include:
- Serving as the primary governance integration lead supporting acquisitions, investments, and strategic transactions from due diligence through steady-state ownership.
- Coordinating legal entity onboarding, governance readiness activities, and post-close integration efforts to ensure acquired entities are aligned with Mastercard governance standards and operating requirements.
- Partnering with cross-functional teams to manage governance-related workstreams throughout the transaction lifecycle.
- Supporting the assessment, documentation, and remediation of governance matters identified during diligence, onboarding, and integration activities.
- Maintaining accurate legal entity data, ownership records, organizational structures, and governance documentation within Mastercard systems and repositories.
- Driving integration readiness and transition planning to facilitate the successful handoff of acquired entities to ongoing legal entity ownership and business-as-usual governance processes.
The ideal candidate will have:
- A bachelor's degree, paralegal certificate, or equivalent legal entity governance experience.
- Minimum 5+ years of experience in corporate governance, legal entity management, paralegal services, subsidiary management, M&A integration, or related legal operations functions.
- Strong understanding of corporate governance principles, legal entity structures, board and shareholder actions, and corporate recordkeeping.
- Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, integrations, restructurings, or other complex corporate transactions.
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and coordinate activities across global stakeholders.
- Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Experience working with legal entity management systems.
- Knowledge of governance documentation, including articles of incorporation, bylaws, operating agreements, resolutions, powers of attorney, secretary certificates, KYC documentation, and UBO requirements.
- Ability to identify governance risks and drive remediation efforts through cross-functional collaboration.
- Strong communication and relationship-building skills with the ability to interact effectively with attorneys, business stakeholders, regulators, and third-party service providers.
In terms of compensation, Mastercard offers a competitive base salary and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. The base salary offered may vary depending on multiple factors, including but not limited to location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Benefits for full-time employees generally include insurance, flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves, 401k with a best-in-class company match, and many more.