Associate General Counsel, Subsidiary Governance (Canada & International), Enterprise Board Governance
Top Benefits
About the role
Provides and/or manages key specialized or broad-based legal advice and services, with significant organizational or major line of business implications, for matters in which the BMO Financial Group may be engaged in order to achieve organizational goals and/or minimize legal risk. Draws upon in-depth knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of the law and governing legislation. Provides leadership and development of a team of legal professionals responsible for providing legal services to the line of business/client group. The role draws upon in-depth knowledge of the Bank, the financial services industry, and the regulatory environment for the BMO Financial Group.
- Provides legal advice and counsel to senior management/executive.
- Manages legal services and leads a group of legal professionals for a major line of business/geographic location.
- Assigns and monitors work, provides performance feedback, coaching and mentoring, as applicable, to maintain a high-performance culture and meet goals and objectives.
- Applies key specialized and/or broad-based legal knowledge, including knowledge of governing legislation, with Bank-wide or otherwise significant scope.
- Manages relationships at senior executive levels of the organization and/or law department leadership and/or acts as a peer review and internal resource to other legal professionals, including senior practitioners, within the law department.
- Oversees, exercises judgement on and resolves significant, complex legal issues with significant organizational implications for a major line of business or geographic location.
- Directs significant legal matters in which the organization is involved, directly or through external counsel, including oversight of external counsel.
- Intervenes in more broadly impacting or sensitive legal issues.
- Recommends and/or approves policy, procedures and performance standards regarding law department or its mandate.
- Manages legal or regulatory risk with significant potential exposure – multi-billion dollar range or Bank-wide implications.
- Manages internal and external relationships (i.e. senior executive levels, external counsel, significant regulatory bodies).
- Manages file-specific legal expenses on complex legal issues.
Qualifications:
- Minimum requirements are a degree in law (LLB) and license to practice law in the required jurisdiction.
- 15 plus years call from the bar.
- Advanced, highly specialized or broad based level of knowledge in legal field including knowledge of governing legislation.
- Strong knowledge of business context related to a specific line(s) of business.
- Experienced people manager/demonstrated leadership capabilities, including mentoring skills.
- Is viewed as a key legal resource for the Law Department.
- Strong research skill/able to proactively provide ideas, advice and solutions relative to legal issues
- Ability to synthesize large, complex volumes of information
- High level of judgement
- Strong analytical capability
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong negotiations skills
- Strong relationship management skills/able to relate at all levels
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities
- Ability to lead a team of senior legal professionals
- Ability to work in team environment and to balance conflicting requirements with limited resources.
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.
Associate General Counsel, Subsidiary Governance (Canada & International), Enterprise Board Governance
Top Benefits
About the role
Provides and/or manages key specialized or broad-based legal advice and services, with significant organizational or major line of business implications, for matters in which the BMO Financial Group may be engaged in order to achieve organizational goals and/or minimize legal risk. Draws upon in-depth knowledge of the principles, practices and procedures of the law and governing legislation. Provides leadership and development of a team of legal professionals responsible for providing legal services to the line of business/client group. The role draws upon in-depth knowledge of the Bank, the financial services industry, and the regulatory environment for the BMO Financial Group.
- Provides legal advice and counsel to senior management/executive.
- Manages legal services and leads a group of legal professionals for a major line of business/geographic location.
- Assigns and monitors work, provides performance feedback, coaching and mentoring, as applicable, to maintain a high-performance culture and meet goals and objectives.
- Applies key specialized and/or broad-based legal knowledge, including knowledge of governing legislation, with Bank-wide or otherwise significant scope.
- Manages relationships at senior executive levels of the organization and/or law department leadership and/or acts as a peer review and internal resource to other legal professionals, including senior practitioners, within the law department.
- Oversees, exercises judgement on and resolves significant, complex legal issues with significant organizational implications for a major line of business or geographic location.
- Directs significant legal matters in which the organization is involved, directly or through external counsel, including oversight of external counsel.
- Intervenes in more broadly impacting or sensitive legal issues.
- Recommends and/or approves policy, procedures and performance standards regarding law department or its mandate.
- Manages legal or regulatory risk with significant potential exposure – multi-billion dollar range or Bank-wide implications.
- Manages internal and external relationships (i.e. senior executive levels, external counsel, significant regulatory bodies).
- Manages file-specific legal expenses on complex legal issues.
Qualifications:
- Minimum requirements are a degree in law (LLB) and license to practice law in the required jurisdiction.
- 15 plus years call from the bar.
- Advanced, highly specialized or broad based level of knowledge in legal field including knowledge of governing legislation.
- Strong knowledge of business context related to a specific line(s) of business.
- Experienced people manager/demonstrated leadership capabilities, including mentoring skills.
- Is viewed as a key legal resource for the Law Department.
- Strong research skill/able to proactively provide ideas, advice and solutions relative to legal issues
- Ability to synthesize large, complex volumes of information
- High level of judgement
- Strong analytical capability
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Strong negotiations skills
- Strong relationship management skills/able to relate at all levels
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities
- Ability to lead a team of senior legal professionals
- Ability to work in team environment and to balance conflicting requirements with limited resources.
About Desjardins
Desjardins Group is the largest cooperative financial group in North America and the fifth largest cooperative financial group in the world, with assets of $435.8 billion as at March 31, 2024. It was named one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine and by Mediacorp. To meet the diverse needs of its members and clients, Desjardins offers a full range of products and services to individuals and businesses through its extensive distribution network, online platforms and subsidiaries across Canada. Ranked among the world's strongest banks according to The Banker magazine, Desjardins has some of the highest capital ratios and credit ratings in the industry and the first according to Bloomberg News.