Work Location:

Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Legal

Pay Details:

We’re committed to providing fair and equitable compensation to all our colleagues. As a candidate, we encourage you to have an open dialogue with a member of our HR Team and ask compensation related questions, including pay details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview

TD Legal is dedicated to providing industry-leading advice and counsel to all TD business segments and corporate functions. In this Counsel, Incidents & Investigations role, you will join a dynamic and collegial team of professionals at TD Legal, providing advice and supporting a wide range of incident response efforts and internal investigations. This role will involve advising on the investigation into matters that pose potentially significant economic, litigation/legal and/or goodwill risk to the bank as well as providing substantive legal advice on a variety of topics. It is an opportunity to collaborate with other members of TD Legal, multi-disciplinary investigative units across the enterprise, including colleagues in risk management, compliance, human resources, internal audit, security and the lines of business, to help the enterprise identify and manage risk.

Collaborating with talented colleagues and partners in a variety of legal specializations, members of the Canadian Disputes & Investigation, Privacy, Data, Cyber and Financial Crimes legal teams have the chance to develop their skills every day.  From mentorship and training programs to leadership development, we will help you realize your full potential and achieve your career goals. 

Job Description

The Counsel, Incidents & Investigations role is a member of TD Legal and reports into the AVP for Privacy, Data, Cyber, Fraud & Investigations. The role is expected to anticipate legal, regulatory, economic and reputational risk, and provide strategic and practical legal advice to incident management teams, investigation units, control partners and other business stakeholders on a wide range of incidents and investigations. Duties include:

• Triaging incidents and investigations for the investigations and cyber legal teams, including acting as TD Legal's main point of contact for the enterprise incident management team

• Providing legal advice to lines of business, incident management and investigation units to address potential legal, regulatory, economic and reputational risk(s) to the bank, including to identify and liaise with additional internal stakeholders or subject matter experts, as appropriate

• Providing legal advice on areas relevant to investigations, including legal, settlement and other privileges, document production issues, complaint management, law enforcement engagement, investigation best practices and the law regarding financial and non-financial remediation.

• Identifying and communicating relevant legal risks and mitigation strategies, while ensuring awareness among relevant stakeholders and other members of the TD Legal team

• Proactively identifying and escalating risks where required, and ensuring prompt and thorough incident management

• Oversight of external counsel and other third-party vendors when necessary

• Remaining current on evolving regulatory requirements and expectations, as well as Canadian case law, in connection with a range of financial crime and banking consumer protection matters

• Supporting senior counsel and contributing to high priority special projects and other TD Legal initiatives

• Supporting the team's knowledge management in respect of advice given and knowledge assets

Job Requirements

• Law degree from an accredited law school and qualified to practice law in Canada

• 3-5 years of relevant experience as a lawyer working at a major law firm or in-house (litigation, class action, e-discovery, regulatory enforcement, crisis management and investigations experience preferred)

• Experience in the banking and financial services sector, an asset

• Versatile and flexible, with a willingness to develop knowledge and expertise in new areas of law

• Advanced communication (written and verbal), negotiation, conflict resolution, legal research and analytical skills

• Ability to simplify, problem solve, multitask and work effectively against deadlines

• Strong teamwork and client relationship management skills

• Operates with creativity and innovation; seeks different perspectives and new ideas

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we’re here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Colleague Development
If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.
 

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement:

N/A.