Hybrid Assistant General Counsel – Staff Counsel Operations

at USAA

• Job title: Assistant General Counsel – Staff Counsel Operations
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $143,320 - $273,930 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Tableau
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Antonio, United States

About the role

• Providing legal advice and support to USAA's business unit leadership while identifying and analyzing legal issues. Leading complex legal assignments to mitigate 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.
• Produces clear and concise legal positions.
• 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
• Experience in quality assurance, compliance, legal operations, or a similar analytical role
• Knowledge with legal matter management systems such as Onit and NetDocs
• Expertise with business process execution/knowledge/experience, consulting, and/or process engineering/optimization
• Experience with data analysis and/or visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI)
• Certifications in Quality Assurance (e.g., Six Sigma, Lean, ASQ)
• Knowledge of change management principles.

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