Description:

Please review the following job description:

Maintain strong, productive relationships with key internal clients while serving as a trusted legal advisor, legal risk manager, and business partner. Serve as a technical expert in particular area(s) of specialization, namely secondary market transactions involving consumer loan assets.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.

Provide significant internal client legal support day to day
Responsible for assessing legal risk, providing legal advice, and/or assisting in resolving legal problems which may represent potential exposure to the company.
Keeps abreast of legislation, regulations, and case law developments that affect the company and the banking industry in area of practice.
May prepare and/or review documents and other instruments, represent the company in transactions, litigation, bankruptcy matters, or alternative dispute resolutions (as applicable), performing legal research and analysis, maintaining files and records
Identify need for and when necessary, select, engage, and direct outside counsel to undertake specific matters.
Serve as an individual contributor but may provide ad hoc work direction and supervision to other legal staff regarding support on active cases or projects.

Qualifications:
Required Qualifications:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school and licensed to practice law in good standing
Eight years of post-bar experience in a law firm, government, and/or corporate settings.
Possess superior written and verbal communication skills
Ability to prioritize matters, utilize time management skills, and move between matters fluidly
Ability to handle a heavy workload, manage stress effectively and meet critical deadlines
Able to work autonomously without close supervision
Team-oriented mentality and excellent interpersonal skills
Demonstrated proficiency in basic computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience or related training in the financial services industry or a related legal specialty, particularly consumer loan sales and acquisitions, servicing and custodial agreements, GSE transactions, and other secondary market activities involving various classes of consumer assets.
Experience in a corporate legal department having successfully held positions of advancing responsibility
An educational focus on business or finance
Comfortable working in the entrepreneurial environment of a large, complex corporation