Senior Counsel – U.S. Anti-Financial Crimes and Sanctions
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Senior Counsel advising TD Bank on legal issues regarding financial crimes and compliance standards. Collaborating with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced legal environment across the U.S.
Responsibilities:
- The Senior Counsel provides oversight, legal advice and support to TD Bank management in Corporate Group Functions and Business Units.
- Functions as legal expert in one or more defined subject matter areas and/or specific business lines.
- Provides high level legal advice to specific business area(s), may prepare resolutions, contracts, memoranda to management, litigation documents and forms and participates in major legal actions.
- Foresees and protects the Company against legal risks.
- Responsibilities will include advising on Sanctions, AML, anti-bribery and anti-corruption, and fraud matters including regulatory expectations and best practices, across business and functional segments operating within TD Bank U.S. and other LOBs.
- This is an opportunity to collaborate with other members of TD Legal; multi-disciplinary response teams across the enterprise, including colleagues in risk management, security, control partners and lines of business; and to help the enterprise meet its legal and regulatory obligations relating to Sanctions, AML, and financial crimes.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree required
- J.D. from an Accredited Law School required
- 10+ Years of related experience
- Strong knowledge of at least one area of law relating to banking/financial services operations and issues
- Integrity and high moral standards
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Strong legal and analysis skills
- Detail oriented
- Must be able to apply legal knowledge to the business
- Ability to exercise sound judgment
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong teamwork and client skills
- Highly motivated
- Ability to provide difficult, complex and unwelcomed legal advice credibly and convincingly to management
- Strong technology aptitude including proficiency with standard office software and ability to learn and apply new technologies in work environment
- Capacity to understand current and emerging technologies in the industry and how they affect business objectives
- Ability to identify problems and barriers, and effectively implement solutions to advance business strategy
- Operates with creativity and innovation
Benefits:
- health and well-being benefits
- savings and retirement programs
- paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO)
- banking benefits and discounts
- career development
- reward and recognition
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