Finance - Public Finance Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

In-House

Philadelphia, PA

Finance - Public Finance Attorney in Philadelphia, PA

Attorney

Min 8 yrs required

No

Job Title: Senior Counsel - Public Finance

Job Responsibilities:
The Senior Counsel within the company's national Public Finance organization is responsible for providing transactional support and regulatory advice to the company's national Public Finance business. The role involves performing significant and complex legal work while regularly interacting with management. The Senior Counsel is expected to oversee legal research, analysis, consultation, and documentation within a framework of legal compliance and risk management. Additionally, the role involves managing expenses for outside counsel relationships and providing strategic direction on when to leverage outside counsel. The Senior Counsel is also responsible for networking with outside organizations to advance the legal interests and legal health of the corporation and its industry.

The candidate is expected to have knowledge of municipal bond underwriting, with experience in a variety of municipal financing structures as well as the applicable Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board (MSRB) rules being critical. The role requires combining advice from outside counsel with analysis and feedback from internal stakeholders to provide practical guidance.

Education and Experience Information:
Candidates for the Senior Counsel position are required to have a Juris Doctorate (.) degree from an accredited law school and must be licensed to practice law in at least one jurisdiction. The role typically requires industry-relevant experience of 8+ years. Additionally, candidates should have an active state license with multiple issuers.

The successful candidate must demonstrate appropriate knowledge, skills, and abilities, including competencies in business ethics, decision making and critical thinking, effective communications, establishing and maintaining trust, external resource management, influencing through expertise, legal analysis, legal function, negotiating, and problem solving. Preferred skills include legal compliance, legal consulting, legal practices, legal risk, regulatory compliance, and risk assessments.

Salary Information:
The base salary for the Senior Counsel position ranges from $130, to $291,. Salaries may vary based on geographic location, market data, and individual skills, experience, and education. This role is incentive eligible with the payment based upon company, business, and/or individual performance.

Benefits:
The company offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet the needs of its employees now and in the future. Depending on eligibility, options for full-time employees include medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature), dental and vision options, employee and spouse/child life insurance, short and long-term disability protection, 401(k) with company match, pension and stock purchase plans, dependent care reimbursement account, back-up child/elder care, adoption, surrogacy, and doula reimbursement, educational assistance, including select programs fully paid, and a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition, the company generally provides the following paid time off, depending on eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave, up to 11 paid holidays each year, 8 occasional absence days each year (unless otherwise required by law), and between 15 to 25 vacation days each year, depending on career level and years of service.

Equal Employment Opportunity:
The company provides equal employment opportunity to qualified persons regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, veteran status, or other categories protected by law. The position is subject to the requirements of Section 19 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (FDIA) and, for any registered role, the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008 (SAFE Act) and/or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which prohibit the hiring of individuals with certain criminal history.

Disability Accommodations Statement:
The company fosters an inclusive and accessible workplace and provides reasonable accommodations to employment applicants and qualified individuals with a disability who need an accommodation to perform the essential functions of their positions. If an accommodation is required to participate in the application process, applicants can , although it may be longer at the company's discretion.