Manager, Legal Counsel

About Capital One Canada.

For 30 years, we’ve been on a mission to change banking for good and build relationships by making credit accessible, simple, intuitive and rewarding. We want to help Canadians succeed with credit, because we believe in people — in our customers, in our associates, and in talent like you!

About the Team

The Corporate Legal Team, are strategic legal partners to the Canada Business who support commercial contracting relating to third party management and matters arising from business expansion strategies. We focus acutely  on managing risk and facilitating business initiatives as a horizontal function.

About the Role

Reporting to the Director, Assistant General Counsel, Corporate Legal Team, you will have a broad range of responsibilities in providing legal guidance in relation to employment and contract matters, as well as generally supporting the legal advice needs of the Canadian business. You will partner closely with business teams and stakeholders to support initiatives to provide practical and timely advice to ensure our operations are well managed.  You will have the opportunity to be innovative while ensuring that we manage risk to meet legal and regulatory requirements. 

Your Responsibilities:

• Support business expansion and issues arising from an increasingly globalized workforce in a federally regulated Bank.

• Conduct legal research and translate legal advice into practical business terms. 

• Advise on new and upcoming legislation and regulatory expectations.

• Develop legal guidance and other tools to support business partners to operate in complex legal spaces.

• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements including third party agreements requiring familiarity with OSFI B10 Guidelines.

• Participates in cross-functional teams to address special projects, such as implementation of legislation, new products, and risk management.

• Perform other responsibilities as requested.

Basic Qualifications:

• A law degree (LLB or JD) from an accredited law school and license to practice in Ontario.

• 5+ years experience gained in private practice, government, or in-house.

• Knowledge of the business and regulatory environment in which Capital One (Canada Branch) operates.

• Strong legal research ability.

• Fluency translating legal advice into actionable guidance for business teams.

• Ability to manage a large volume of work, including complex legal issues with minimal supervision.

• Ability and willingness to work as a team player, and comfort interacting with associates across various departments and job levels.

 Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple deliveries and manage expectations with a growth and possibilities mindset. 

• Ability and willingness to work collaboratively to support business objectives and comfort interacting with associates across all job levels and lines of business.

• Commercially minded, with sound judgment and a practical approach to problem solving.

Working at Capital One.

Enjoy a hybrid work environment, with 3 days in the office. Build a comfortable workspace with our one-time, Work From Home allowance and enjoy our head office located conveniently across the street from Union Station.

Live well—physically, financially and emotionally. Receive support for you and those who are most important to you, with full coverage for spouses, domestic partners, and dependents. With up to $3000 in mental health coverage and up to $5000 in tuition subsidies per year—and much more—you’ll discover that Capital One is committed to helping you live your best life.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

The expected annual salary range for this position is $157,400 to $179,600. This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

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