Paralegal

TD Bank • Mount Laurel, NJ

17h • Onsite

About The Position

The Paralegal provides a wide range of paralegal support and general paralegal and incidental administrative services to practice teams or individual attorneys in the Legal Department. The Paralegal resolves, under supervision of counsel, routine legal issues and researches and analyzes law sources such as statutes, judicial decisions, legal articles and codes to prepare legal documents. TD Legal is dedicated to providing industry-leading advice and counsel to all TD business segments and corporate functions. In this role, you will join a dynamic and collegial team of professionals at TD Legal, providing advice and supporting a wide range of legal and risk areas. This role will primarily involve providing support on legal issues relating to Sanctions, AML, Insider Risk and other financial crimes risk that may impact the firm's banking products and services. This role provides the opportunity to work collaboratively with members of TD Legal, multi-disciplinary response teams across the enterprise, such as colleagues in risk management, security, control partners, and business lines. It also involves supporting the enterprise in fulfilling its legal and regulatory responsibilities related to Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering, and financial crimes.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or progressive work experience in addition to experience below
• 3-5 Years of related experience
• Experience in legal department or law firm related to area of practice preferred
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Sound knowledge of legal concepts, principles, terminology and procedures
• Must be able to effectively prioritize and meet quick deadlines in a deadline driven environment
• Uses discretion and has autonomy to accomplish tasks
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Demonstrates professional conduct and presence, exercising tact, diplomacy and discretion in sensitive matters
• Strong organizational and legal research skills
• PC skills, including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel and Access

Nice To Haves

• Previous in-house, private practice, government or regulatory experience in the areas of AML, investigations, and/or financial crimes
• General knowledge of AML and financial crimes laws and regulations
• Demonstrated excellence in judgment, leadership, and relationship management skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, as well as an ability to identify problems/barriers, manage risk and assist in effectively implementing solutions
• Team player who values collegiality

Responsibilities

• Assists with management of expenditures on outside counsel
• Interacts with corporate subsidiaries and business lines regarding variety of legal matters
• Assists stores and business lines throughout the company with legal process, researches and responds to legal questions as necessary
• Prepares draft meeting presentations and training sessions for department and other business units
• Reviews and summarizes contracts and provides recommendations when appropriate; maintains contract files
• Retrieves and/or prepares information, witnesses, and legal documents for external counsel retained
• Assists in the preparation and maintenance of corporate records, corporate filings, preparation of corporate votes and certificates and drafting of documents
• Drafts resolutions, contracts, pleadings and other legal documents and instruments, including Employee contracts, shareholder agreements, stock-option plans, Employee benefit plans and etc
• Works with the team in the coordination of regulatory application planning, production and delivery
• Prepares and reviews, under supervision of counsel, draft legal pleadings and motions to be filed with the court
• Prepares and obtains affidavits and assists external attorneys in coordinating witnesses and production of evidence for hearings
• Researches appropriate laws, judicial decisions, legal activities and other materials that are relevant to assigned cases
• Deals directly with clients to assist in gathering and providing appropriate documentation
• Prepares documents for legal response and coordinates processing of actions such as briefs, pleadings, and product documentation
• Prepares draft corporate and regulatory documents and filings
• Assists in drafting of policies, procedures and product documentation
• Handles independently initial screening of incoming legal communications and correspondence

Benefits

• health and well-being benefits
• savings and retirement programs
• paid time off (including Vacation PTO, Flex PTO, and Holiday PTO)
• banking benefits and discounts
• career development
• reward and recognition

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level