Work Location:
New York, New York, United States of America
Hours:
40
Pay Details:
$140,000 - $231,000 USD
TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.
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Line of Business:
Legal
Job Description:
Team Overview:
TD's Digital Banking and Innovation Legal Team is seeking a highly-motivated and forward-thinking Counsel to help shape the future of banking in the digital age. This attorney will partner closely with business, technology, risk, and compliance stakeholders to enable responsible innovation throughout the product lifecycle.
As a thought leader on the Digital Banking and Innovation Legal Team, the Counsel will help shape risk management frameworks and advise TD Bank US on artificial intelligence, digital assets, digital banking platforms, open banking, electronic payment systems, and related third-party and fintech partnerships. The Counsel will also analyze and apply existing and emerging laws, rules, and regulations to current and future banking products and services across the bank. If you are an intellectually agile attorney seeking an opportunity to practice on the cutting edge of financial services, come join our team!
Depth & Scope:
- Provides consistent and sound legal advice in a clear, concise and responsive manner by taking initiative to develop legal knowledge and skill; knowing relevant substantive law, identifying legal issues; knowing the business and its products, operations, strategy, risk appetite and regulatory environment; owning the role of interpreting legal requirements through a balanced understanding of the law and business context to formulate relevant legal theories; and identifying business issues and policies related to the legal requirements, describing legal issues and options to the client
- Identifies conflict situations and brings more senior lawyers into the decision-making process as appropriate by identifying situations when actions that the business unit wants to take conflicts with TD's risk appetite and discusses with client how particular actions might be inconsistent
- Effectively contributes to and/or leads negotiations and conflict resolutions by gathering supportive information in preparation for the negotiation, understanding the dynamics of the process and displaying an effective combination of firmness, tact, patience and respect in dealing with all parties involved
Education & Experience:
- Bachelors degree required
- JD from accredited law school required
- 5+ Years of related experience
- Admission to appropriate State Bar in good standing and licensed to practice law in the State
- Basic understanding of banking/financial services operations and issues
- Ability to simplify, problem solve, multitask and work effectively against deadlines
- Integrity and high moral standards
- Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
- Strong legal research and analysis skills
- Detail oriented
- Must be able to apply legal knowledge to the business
- Ability to exercise sound judgment
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Strong teamwork and client skills
- Highly motivated
- May supervise administrative and paralegal staff and junior attorneys
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a focus on practical and actionable advice.
- Curiosity, creativity, and resourcefulness.
- Experience advising banks or other financial services clients in a large law firm setting or similar in-house experience.
- Experience advising on commercial and/or retail banking laws, rules, and regulations, including in the context of emerging technology and novel use cases.
Physical Requirements:
Never: 0%; Occasional: 1-33%; Frequent: 34-66%; Continuous: 67-100%
- Domestic Travel – Occasional
- International Travel – Occasional
- Performing sedentary work – Continuous
- Performing multiple tasks – Continuous
- Operating standard office equipment - Continuous
- Responding quickly to sounds – Occasional
- Sitting – Continuous
- Standing – Occasional
- Walking – Occasional
- Moving safely in confined spaces – Occasional
- Lifting/Carrying (under 25 lbs.) – Occasional
- Lifting/Carrying (over 25 lbs.) – Never
- Squatting – Occasional
- Bending – Occasional
- Kneeling – Never
- Crawling – Never
- Climbing – Never
- Reaching overhead – Never
- Reaching forward – Occasional
- Pushing – Never
- Pulling – Never
- Twisting – Never
- Concentrating for long periods of time – Continuous
- Applying common sense to deal with problems involving standardized situations – Continuous
- Reading, writing and comprehending instructions – Continuous
- Adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing – Continuous
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. They are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required. The listed or specified responsibilities & duties are considered essential functions for ADA purposes.
