Legal Counsel

About Karbon

Karbon is the global leader in AI-powered practice management software for accounting firms. We provide an award-winning cloud platform that helps tens of thousands of accounting professionals work more efficiently and collaboratively every day. With customers in 40 countries we have grown into a globally distributed team across the US Australia New Zealand Canada the United Kingdom and the Philippines. We are well-funded ranked #1 on G2 growing rapidly and have a people-first culture that is recognized with Great Place To Work certification and on Fortune magazines Best Small Workplaces List.

Were looking for an experienced commercially minded legal partner to join Karbon as our first dedicated Commercial this part-time role youll work closely with our CFO and leadership team to lead commercial negotiations support global GTM partnerships advise on new product launches and help scale our legal and operational frameworks. This is a high-impact position that supports Karbons continued growth as a global SaaS leader in the accounting industry.

This is a part-time role (approximately 3 days per week)

The prorated compensation range for this part-time position: $

About the Role

This is a hands-on role with a strong emphasis on execution. Youll be responsible for day-to-day legal work across the business with commercial contracts as the primary focus.

• Draft review negotiate and manage a wide range of commercial agreements including:
• Enterprise customer agreements (MSAs order forms amendments)
• Channel partner vendor and supplier contracts
• NDAs and standard form agreements
• Lead and support commercial negotiations across Sales Partnerships and GTM teams
• Provide legal and commercial advice on product launches particularly involving payments data handling and cross-border services
• Collaborate with the CFO and other executives to build scalable legal processes and templates that support global operations
• Support due diligence compliance and integration work related to strategic initiatives partnerships or acquisitions
• Provide some practical legal support on employment matters (e.g. agreements policies compliance)
• Act as a trusted legal advisor to the Executive Leadership Team clearly flagging risks and enabling business decisions
• Manage external counsel as needed across multiple jurisdictions
• Maintain and evolve internal legal resources (playbooks templates) to help business teams move faster with confidence

AI Responsibility

Karbon embraces AI as a core enabler of scale and efficiency across both our product and internal this role you will be expected to actively use AI tools to streamline and continuously elevate legal workflows such as contract drafting clause management issue spotting and legal intake. You will also advise on the legal implications of AI in our product vendor ecosystem and customer use cases.

About You

• 68 years of legal experience ideally in-house at a SaaS or tech company and/or at a top-tier law firm
• Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts including customer vendor and partner agreements
• Solid understanding of corporate and transactional matters; exposure to employment and compliance is a plus
• Experience with SaaS data protection privacy or information security is beneficial but not required
• Able to manage competing priorities and drive work forward independently in a part-time fast-paced environment
• Clear concise communicator who collaborates well with cross-functional non-legal stakeholders
• Practical proactive and comfortable making judgment calls without over-engineering
• Admitted to practice law in at least one relevant jurisdiction

Why work at Karbon

• Gain global experience across Australia New Zealand UK and Canada
• Strong benefits package including:
• Flexible Time Off with an encouraged 4 weeks use per year
• Company paid medical for you and eligible spouse/partner and dependents
• Paid dental and vision and eligible spouse/partner and dependents
• 401(k) with company matching
• Flexible Spending Account
• Up to 8 weeks paid parental leave
• Work-from-home stipend
• Work with (and learn from) an experienced high-performing team
• A collaborative team-oriented culture that embraces diversity invests in development and provides consistent feedback
• Be part of a fast-growing company that firmly believes in promoting high performers from within

Karbon embraces diversity and inclusion aligning with our values as a business. Research has shown that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single criteria. If youve made it this far in the job description but your past experience doesnt perfectly align we do encourage you to still apply. You could still be the right person for the role!

We recruit and reward people based on capability and performance. We dont discriminate based on race gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression lifestyle age educational background national origin religion physical or cognitive ability and other diversity dimensions that may hinder inclusion in the organization.

Generally if you are a good person we want to talk to you.

If there are any adjustments or accommodations that we can make to assist you during the recruitment process and your journey at Karbon contact us at for a confidential discussion.

At this time we request that agency referrals are not submitted for this position. We appreciate your understanding and encourage direct applications from interested candidates. Thank you!