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Corporate - General Attorney in Jersey City, NJ

JPMorgan Chase & Co, Aug 30,2017 Location Jersey City NJ
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In-House

Attorney

Corporate - General

Min 5 yrs required

Profile

Assistant General Counsel- Legal COO- VP Duties: Helps attorneys make the best use of their time by providing centralized services and tools to: i) develop professional skills, ii) manage projects and achieve business objectives, iii) optimize processes and technology, and iv) engage and connect employees. Further, the Legal COO helps the Legal Management Team establish and execute the department’s objectives by driving and supporting initiatives to: i) implement firmwide standards and governance, ii) provide financial discipline and risk controls, iii) guide the people agenda and iv) drive best practices. Partnering with Legal staff to define, document and redesign policies and procedures; conduct benchmark studies, identify gaps in processes, and monitor action plans Providing operational support across Legal, including real estate management, support for key applications, intranet management, end-user technology management, legal research, publication subscription management, SharePoint development and maintenance, employee on-boarding and off-boarding Duties: Managing a multi-tiered review of published Obligations for impact to Legal assessment units (including OTS). Undertake outreach to AOROs and other legal subject-matter and country experts to determine appropriate policy and procedure mapping (or, where applicable, assessments of potential gaps). Coordinate impact assessments with Assessment Unit (“AU”) owners (or delegates, where applicable) on behalf of Legal Control Officer; provide debriefing and action plans as necessary. Manage calibration/harmonization of impact analysis and procedure mapping with other firm Corporate Functions. Manage review of Legal policy and procedure library; coordinate potential gap-filling for Legal-owned procedures. Manage a team of attorneys and non-attorneys. Lead and participate on cross-functional teams to confirm impact and determine appropriate policy and procedure mapping. Deliver expertise around preemption matters. Create and manage reports on mapping of policy and procedure mapping . Prepare, and maintain on an ongoing basis, matrices and other job aids to allow for on-going reporting. Occasional research to support special projects as needed.

Qualification and Experience

Qualifications: JD Degree. 5+ years’ experience working with legislation or regulation of financial services or other highly regulated industries as a practicing attorney. Experience in building and managing a team of at least four. Experience with Project Management methodologies. Strong leadership skills and experience working in matrix-reporting work environments. Experience working in fast pace environments with focus on high volumes. Strong research and writing skills. Strong interpersonal, management and advocacy skills. Preferred: Prior experience in financial services regulation, particularly with regard to federal and state regulation of financial products. Strong communication skills. Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.

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