Attorney - Corporate Governance

TJX Companies

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you're working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores-TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family-a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

The Opportunity: Contribute To The Growth Of Your Career

The TJX Companies, Inc. has an opportunity for a highly qualified, motivated, collaborative attorney to become part of the TJX Legal Department as an Attorney - Corporate Governance in our Governance/Securities practice area. The role focuses on managing a global portfolio of subsidiaries within a team responsible for a broad range of corporate governance and legal matters, including overseeing SEC and other regulatory disclosures, supporting the Company's Board of Directors, and collaborating on stakeholder engagement. The position is an excellent opportunity to become a member of a sophisticated and collegial legal department and directly support our business's complex, dynamic, global operations. This is a hybrid position based in our Framingham, MA offices.

• Manage corporate governance requirements for a portfolio of domestic and foreign subsidiaries, to include coordinating with outside counsel and other third-party advisors.
• Work closely with a range of business partners to maintain and support an enterprise corporate structure that meets the needs of the business.
• Prepare and/or review meeting materials, resolutions, delegations, written consents, minutes and other governance materials in changing legal and regulatory environments.
• Support legal review of mandatory financial disclosures and evolving mandatory sustainability disclosures, including in the EU and other jurisdictions as part of a cross functional, cross jurisdictional team.
• Work with broader team as needed to support ongoing governance and corporate compliance requirements and filings.
• Manage or collaborate on special projects as needed/requested.

• J.D. and 4 + years of corporate legal experience at a law firm or in-house legal department
• Strong academic credentials
• Experience drafting corporate documents (resolutions, minutes, officer certificates, etc.) and general corporate governance requirements
• Experience with entity management in various jurisdictions (within the U.S. and globally)
• Familiarity with, and interest in keeping informed of, corporate laws and regulations, governance trends (including within the U.S. and in Europe) and evolving reporting standards
• Excellent research skills, attention to detail, and verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to connect and develop positive relationships with a range of partners and at all levels of the organization
• Comfort working both independently and collaboratively while balancing multiple projects with varying timelines
• Interest in delivering practical, timely results in a high volume, fast-paced environment
• Admitted to practice law in Massachusetts or eligible for Massachusetts In-House Counsel Registration.