Corporate Counsel (Group VB/Disability Ops)

Opportunity: Corporate Counsel

Salary Range: $150,000 - $200,000

Job Posting End Date: August 31, 2025

Work Designation

Work Designation – Depending on your location within the continental US, this role may be hybrid or remote.

• If you live within 50 miles of the Aflac offices located in Columbia, SC, this role will be hybrid. This means you will be expected to work in the office for at least 60% of the work week. You will work from your home (within the continental US) for the remaining portion of the work week. Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership. 
• If you live more than 50 miles from the Aflac offices located in Columbia, SC, this role will be remote. This means you will be expected to work from your home, within the continental US. If the role is remote, there may be occasions that you are requested to come to the office based on business need. Any requests to come to the office would be communicated with you in advance.

What does it take to be successful at Aflac? (Competencies)

• Acting with Integrity
• Communicating Effectively
• Pursuing Self-Development
• Serving Customers
• Supporting Change
• Supporting Organizational Goals
• Working with Diverse Populations

What does it take to be successful in this role?

• Ability to foster and facilitate teamwork by cultivating relationships, counseling, collaborating, and effectively communicating with business partners and teammates
• Ability to think outside of the box, develop creative and effective legal solutions, using a business-oriented approach
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage multiple projects, while meeting all project goals
• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communications skills to effectively interact with legal colleagues, management and Aflac staff
• Strong negotiation skills
• Excellent legal research skills
• Experience with supplemental, group, voluntary or individual insurance (life, disability, dental/vision, specified disease)
• Working Knowledge of ERISA
• Experience working on an operations team in-house
• Working knowledge of digital requirements for legal

Education & Experience Required

• Juris doctor from an ABA-accredited school of law
• Admitted to practice law in one state or territory of the USA
• Active member of good standing of the bar in at least one state or territory
• Ten years of law practice experience in a combination of law firm and corporate settings

Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Travel

• Less than or equal to 10%

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

This position is in legal operations.  In operations, we support the inner workings of the entire business.  As such you will:

• • Review the law and the insurance contract, break down complicated legal language and help the business to understand parameters.
  • Think outside of the box.  You will help the business to not only understand the parameters of the law, but to come up with creative solutions for complying. 
  • Make connections.  You will look at the business as a whole and help bring consistency to operational areas. You will work in all of areas of operations: product, underwriting, eligibility, claims, appeals, complaints and litigation.  You will have the ability to look at “lessons learned” and help the business to find solutions for past problems. 
  • Be part of project teams.  You will join the business in important projects, advising and taking an active role in looking at the law and business solutions.
  • Jump in where needed.  You will have the ability to review many different documents that come your way.  You will need to know how to investigate issues, partner with the business and be an active part of the legal team and the extended business team. Evaluates potential legal issues related to negotiated legal documents and business transactions and advises management accordingly
  • Perform other duties as required

Total Rewards

The salary range for this job is $150,000 - $200,000. This range is specific to the job and salary offers consider a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including, but not limited to: education, experience, licensure, certifications, geographic location, and peer compensation. The range has been created in good faith based on information known to Aflac at the time of the posting.

At Aflac, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for the role to allow for future and continued salary growth, and compensation decisions are dependent on the circumstances of each case. This salary range does not include any potential incentive pay or benefits, however, such information will be provided separately when appropriate.

In addition to the base salary, we offer an array of benefits to meet your needs including medical, dental, and vision coverage, prescription drug coverage, health care flexible spending, dependent care flexible spending, Aflac supplemental policies (Accident, Cancer, Critical Illness and Hospital Indemnity offered at no costs to employee), 401(k) plans, annual bonuses, and an opportunity to purchase company stock.  On an annual basis, you’ll also be offered 11 paid holidays, up to 20 days PTO to be used for any reason, and, if eligible, state-mandated sick leave (Washington employees accrue 1-hour sick leave for every 40 hours worked) and other leaves of absence, if eligible, when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being. Aflac complies with all applicable leave laws, including, but not limited to, sick and safe leave, and adoption and parental leave, in all states and localities.