Associate General Counsel Senior - Corporate Securities & Finance Attorney

Associate General Counsel Senior – Corporate Securities & Finance Attorney

Location: 220 Virginia Avenue, Indianapolis, IN. This role requires associates to be in-office 3 days per week, fostering collaboration and connectivity, while providing flexibility to support productivity and work-life balance. This approach combines structured office engagement with the autonomy of virtual work, promoting a dynamic and adaptable workplace.

Please note that per our policy on hybrid/virtual work, candidates not within a reasonable commuting distance from the posting location(s) will not be considered for employment, unless accommodation is granted as required by law.

The Associate General Counsel Senior serves as a key legal advisor on securities law, public company reporting, corporate finance, investment and derivative transactions, and related matters. This role partners closely with senior leaders in Legal, Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations and Tax and has primary legal responsibility for several areas of significant enterprise risk and strategic importance.

The position requires sophisticated legal and business judgment, the ability to advise on complex and time-sensitive matters, and deep expertise in public company securities law and corporate finance. The attorney will provide practical, business-oriented counsel to executives and management and will serve as a recognized subject-matter expert on matters with broad organizational impact.

How You Will Make an Impact

Securities and Public Company Compliance

• Advises on securities law compliance, including Exchange Act reporting, disclosure requirements, Regulation FD, insider trading, Section 16 compliance, disclosure controls and materiality determinations.
• Partners on the preparation and review of Forms 10-K and 10-Q.
• Leads the preparation and review of Forms 8-K, Section 16 filings and other SEC filings.
• Serves as legal lead for compliance with public company listing standards, including NYSE governance, disclosure and filing requirements.
• Oversees the Company's Insider Trading Policy and related compliance processes.
• Oversees Section 16 reporting and advises directors and executive officers regarding applicable reporting obligations.
• Advises on shareholder services and related securities and governance matters.

Investor Relations and Disclosure

• Advises on quarterly earnings releases, earnings-call materials, investor presentations and other investor communications.
• Partners with Investor Relations, Finance and senior management on disclosure matters arising in connection with earnings and other significant investor events.
• Provides legal counsel regarding disclosure judgments, materiality assessments and other securities-law considerations affecting public communications.

Corporate Finance and Capital Markets

• Serves as legal lead for corporate finance and capital-markets matters, including public and private debt offerings, shelf registration statements, credit facilities, commercial paper programs, corporate guarantees and share repurchases.
• Advises Treasury, Finance, Tax and senior management on the legal and regulatory implications of financing transactions and capital-management activities.
• Manages outside counsel and coordinates cross-functional legal support for significant financing transactions.

Investments and Derivatives

• Serves as legal lead for designated investment transactions, including alternative investments and tax-credit investments and agreements.
• Advises on the structuring, negotiation and execution of complex investment transactions in coordination with business, Finance and Tax stakeholders.
• Manages outside counsel on derivative transactions, including ISDA master agreements and related counterparty and regulatory matters.

Strategic Counseling and Legal Leadership

• Provides practical, business-oriented legal advice on novel, complex and high-risk matters requiring significant judgment and having broad enterprise impact.
• Serves as a recognized subject-matter expert, applying sophisticated legal and business judgment to complex securities, finance and transactional matters.
• Conducts legal research regarding significant legal principles, regulatory developments and precedents and consults with outside counsel regarding legal strategy when appropriate.
• Assesses and mitigates legal and organizational risk on highly complex and challenging matters.
• Provides concise, timely and actionable briefings to senior business and legal leaders.
• Confers regularly with senior leaders in Legal, Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations and Tax.
• Develops legal strategies, approaches and processes designed to support enterprise objectives and improve the effectiveness of legal service delivery.
• Provides substantive direction, mentoring and matter-specific oversight to other attorneys and legal professionals while remaining primarily an individual-contributor subject-matter expert.
• Manages outside counsel efficiently and effectively, including the development of legal strategy, allocation of work and oversight of legal spend.

Minimum Requirements:

Requires a JD, current license to practice law and minimum of 15 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure including experience in managing outside counsel; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Preferred Skills, Capabilities and Experience:

• Extensive experience advising a large, complex public company on securities-law compliance and SEC reporting requirements preferred.
• Deep experience with Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, Section 16 reporting and related SEC requirements preferred.
• Strong knowledge of NYSE or comparable public company listing standards preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading the legal aspects of debt capital-markets transactions and other corporate finance matters preferred.
• Experience advising on disclosure controls, Regulation FD, insider trading and executive and director securities matters preferred.
• Experience with institutional investment transactions, alternative investments or tax-credit investments preferred.
• Proven ability to advise senior executives on complex, time-sensitive matters requiring significant legal and business judgment preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage outside counsel and lead cross-functional teams on significant matters preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal requirements into concise, practical advice for senior leadership preferred.
• Strong judgment, executive presence and ability to operate effectively in a highly complex, matrixed organization preferred.
• Demonstrated interest in and experience using artificial intelligence, legal technology and other emerging technologies to improve legal analysis, workflows, efficiency and service delivery preferred.

Please be advised that Elevance Health only accepts resumes for compensation from agencies that have a signed agreement with Elevance Health. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers, are deemed to be the property of Elevance Health.

Who We Are

Elevance Health is a health company dedicated to improving lives and communities – and making healthcare simpler. We are a Fortune 25 company with a longstanding history in the healthcare industry, looking for leaders at all levels of the organization who are passionate about making an impact on our members and the communities we serve.

How We Work

At Elevance Health, we are creating a culture that is designed to advance our strategy but will also lead to personal and professional growth for our associates. Our values and behaviors are the root of our culture. They are how we achieve our strategy, power our business outcomes and drive our shared success - for our consumers, our associates, our communities and our business.

We offer a range of market-competitive total rewards that include merit increases, paid holidays, Paid Time Off, and incentive bonus programs (unless covered by a collective bargaining agreement), medical, dental, vision, short and long term disability benefits, 401(k) +match, stock purchase plan, life insurance, wellness programs and financial education resources, to name a few.

Elevance Health operates in a Hybrid Workforce Strategy. Unless specified as primarily virtual by the hiring manager, associates are required to work at an Elevance Health location at least once per week, and potentially several times per week. Specific requirements and expectations for time onsite will be discussed as part of the hiring process.

The health of our associates and communities is a top priority for Elevance Health. We require all new candidates in certain patient/member-facing roles to become vaccinated against COVID-19 and Influenza. If you are not vaccinated, your offer will be rescinded unless you provide an acceptable explanation. Elevance Health will also follow all relevant federal, state and local laws.

Elevance Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, ethnicity, genetic information, gender (including gender identity and gender expression), marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other status or condition protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Applicants who require accommodation to participate in the job application process should submit the Accessibility Accommodation Request Form and a member of the team will be in contact.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state, and local laws, including, but not limited to, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act.

Prospective employees required to be screened under Florida law should review the education and awareness resources at HB531 | Florida Agency for Health Care Administration.