Regulatory Counsel

Posted:
7/17/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Houston, Texas, United States ⋅ Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Legal & Compliance

Workplace Type:
Hybrid

Are you looking to help transform a company and an industry? As a Stewart employee, you’ll be joining a company that is committed to helping you own, develop, and nurture your career while growing our company. We invest in your career journey because we understand that as you grow so does our company. You will be part of a diverse and equitable work environment that reflects the customers we serve. You’ll be empowered to use your unique experiences, passion and skills to help our company constantly evolve and improve. Together, we can achieve our vision of becoming the premier title services company.

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Job Description

Job Summary

This job presents an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team within the legal department. The Regulatory and Compliance team at Stewart drives Stewart’s relationships with its relevant regulators and leads Stewart’s advocacy efforts. They ensure accountable decisions are taken at the right level in the organization, and individuals making decisions are suitably informed about the level of legal risk on all legal related matters. This team is responsible for providing legal support related to regulatory matters, industry advocacy efforts, contract management, risk control, compliance and other legal related matters for the organization. This position offers a hybrid schedule.


Job Responsibilities

  • Ensures organizations comply with industry specifications, standards, regulations, and laws
  • Reviews operational practices, created and enforced compliance plans, and perform regulatory risk management
  • Provides leadership and direction through managers, supervisors and/or individual contributors
  • Accountable for the performance and results of a function/sub-function, division/region
  • Executes business plans and contributes to the development of business strategy
  • Decisions are guided by business unit or regional strategy and priorities
  • Applies broad industry knowledge and business acumen to drive financial performance
  • Has broad impact on the functional, divisional or regional results
  • Directs the resolution of highly complex or unusual business problems applying advanced critical thinking
  • Persuades and negotiates with senior leaders across the business
  • Leads through subordinate managers; contributes to the development of functional/ operational long-term strategy and develops annual business plans to ensure alignment


Education

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field preferred


Experience

  • Typically requires 10+ years of related work experience

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

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