Assistant General Counsel – Corporate, Commercial & Structured Finance

Remote - United States

Full time

Remote

Legal

Forward Financing is a financial technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts with team members throughout the United States, Dominican Republic, and Canada. The company is on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is investing in its employees, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind every step of the way.

Forward Financing is a financial technology company headquartered in Boston, MA with an operational hub in the Dominican Republic, a satellite office in Salt Lake City, Utah and a growing team in Canada. Forward is on a mission to unlock the capital that fuels small businesses across America. Recognized as a Best Place to Work by Built In Boston and certified as a Great Place To Work®, Forward is investing in its employees, technology, and customer experience – with long-term success in mind every step of the way.

As Assistant General Counsel – Corporate, Commercial & Structured Finance, you will serve as a senior strategic leader and primary legal architect behind our capital markets and financing engine. Forward Financing provides fast, flexible working capital to small businesses nationwide through revenue-based financing (RBF) and commercial lending products.

This role requires a deep, hands‑on background in structured finance, debt capital markets, and complex commercial transactions. You will lead the legal execution of our borrowing facilities, forward flow agreements, securitizations, and secondary market transactions while overseeing core corporate legal operations and managing a growing team of commercial attorneys.

In this role you will:

Structured Finance & Capital Markets (Primary Focus)

Facility Negotiation & Execution: Structure, draft, negotiate, and execute complex debt facilities, warehouse lines of credit, forward flow arrangements, and asset‑backed securitizations (ABS).

Capital Partner Management: Serve as the primary legal liaison to institutional lenders, credit funds, bank partners, and rating agencies.

Transaction Lifecycle & Compliance: Oversee closing activities, ongoing facility administration, borrowing base compliance, reporting obligations, and covenant monitoring.

Product Legal Structuring: Partner with Executive Leadership, Finance, and Treasury to design and structure innovative financing products, revenue‑based purchase agreements, and commercial loan structures.

Commercial & Corporate Law

Commercial Contracting: Draft, review, and negotiate strategic enterprise contracts, vendor agreements, broker/ISO agreements, software licenses, and third‑party partnerships.

Corporate Governance: Support corporate secretary functions, subsidiary management, board resolutions, and equity/debt financing documentation.

Regulatory & Operations Alignment: Work closely with Compliance to ensure financial products and commercial operations align with federal and state commercial financing regulations, disclosures, and licensing laws.

Leadership & Team Growth

People Management: Initially manage a team of 1–2 corporate/commercial attorneys, providing direct guidance, mentorship, and career development.

Department Scaling: Build scalable legal processes, playbook guidelines, and contract management tools to support a rapidly expanding legal organization as the team grows in scope and size.

Outside Counsel Management: Manage external legal counsel and specialized finance counsel to ensure high‑quality execution within budget.

Why you should apply:

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