Jobs / United States / Kikoff INC
Director, Securities & Corporate Counsel
Kikoff INC · 🇺🇸 San Francisco
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 21 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Kikoff INC
The US Department of Labor certified 21 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 1 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
Kikoff: The Fintech Powering Financial Security at Scale Kikoff is a profitable, pre-IPO fintech company on a mission to empower everyone to achieve financial security. With record revenue growth in 2025 and a unicorn valuation, we've built a suite of products that help millions of people build credit, access liquidity, and save money. We're scaling fast. Join us if you want to build something meaningful and help millions of people move forward financially. Why Kikoff: This is a consumer fintech startup, and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We value extreme ownership, clear communication, a strong sense of craftsmanship, and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes, you can build an exciting business AND have real-life real-customer impact. The opportunity This is Kikoff's first dedicated securities and corporate counsel role. You will drive corporate and securities work, build the systems and discipline a public company requires, and be the in-house expert on financings, governance, and equity. If and when the company pursues an initial public offering, you will be central to it. You will work directly with the Chief Legal Officer, the CFO and Finance team, the executive team, and the board. The legal team is small and deliberately senior, which means real ownership and very little hierarchy between you and the decisions that matter. What you will do • Public-company readiness. Build the governance and disclosure infrastructure of a public company: disclosure controls and procedures, a disclosure committee, reporting calendars, board and board committee support, insider trading and trading-window policies, Section 16 and Reg FD frameworks, and a 10b5-1 program. • IPO execution. If the company pursues an offering, help run the working group: registration statement drafting and diligence, underwriter and auditor coordination, publicity and quiet-period discipline, comfort and opinion support, and the exchange listing process. • Capital markets and financings. Lead legal execution on equity and debt financings, warehouse and credit facilities, convertible instruments, secondary transactions and tender offers, and the diligence that accompanies them. • M&A and strategic transactions. Lead legal execution on acquisitions, investments, and other strategic transactions: structuring, diligence, drafting and negotiating LOIs, purchase agreements, disclosure schedules and ancillary documents, and post-closing integration support. • Corporate governance. Handle board and committee mechanics — agendas, materials, resolutions, minutes, charters, delegations of authority, D&O questionnaires, related-party transaction review, and entity governance across our subsidiaries and holding structure. • Equity compensation. Partner with Finance and People on option and RSU grants, 409A valuations, Rule 701 compliance, plan amendments and share reserves, and the design work required to move an equity program to a public-company footing. • SEC reporting. Once public, own the ongoing periodic-reporting cycle — Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and proxy materials — in coordination with Finance, Investor Relations, and external counsel. • General corporate. On a team this size, everyone carries breadth. Expect to touch commercial agreements, bank and vendor partnerships, intercompany arrangements, and the occasional problem that belongs to no one else. What we are looking for • D. and active membership in good standing in a U.S. state bar; admitted in California or eligible to register as in-house counsel here. • 8–15 years of post-J.D. experience, with substantial securities and capital markets work at a leading law firm. • Fluency in the Securities A