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Hybrid Assistant General Counsel – Bank Financial Crimes and Operations
Posted 3 weeks ago
About the role
- Assistant General Counsel providing legal advice to support business objectives at USAA. Collaborating with internal stakeholders while mitigating regulatory and compliance risks.
Responsibilities
- Provides legal counsel to support business objectives and mitigate regulatory, compliance and litigation risk to USAA
- Leads complex legal assignments with a high level of business impact and delivers appropriate solutions
- Effectively communicates with stakeholders and varying levels of leadership in both verbal and written forms
- Proactively monitors and analyzes changes in laws, regulations and industry and advises appropriate organizational leadership of such changes in a timely manner
- Proactively collaborates across USAA and the Chief Legal Office to mitigate risk
- Works effectively with outside counsel or contract professionals to complete assignments
- May assist more senior attorneys in providing advice and counsel on highly complex matters
- Ensures escalation of matters presenting more significant risk to more senior attorneys
- Serves as a resource to less experienced team members
- Ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, measured, monitored, and controlled in accordance with risk and compliance policies and procedures
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school
- Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school required
- Licensed and in good standing to practice law in one state or a territory of the USA
- 6 years of relevant experience with at least 4 years of experience as a practicing attorney
- Ability to communicate legal advice effectively to business partners
Benefits
- comprehensive medical, dental and vision plans
- 401(k)
- pension
- life insurance
- parental benefits
- adoption assistance
- paid time off program with paid holidays plus 16 paid volunteer hours
- various wellness programs
- career path planning and continuing education
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