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About the Role
Provide practical, business-focused legal advice integrated with client strategies and objectives, focusing on regulatory, product-related, and commercial legal matters for the Insurance business. Develop a strong understanding of client products and operations, build collaborative relationships, and become a trusted advisor.
Responsibilities
- Advise on federal and provincial laws and regulatory requirements applicable to insurance products and their distribution.
- Support product enhancements, strategic initiatives, and changes to business processes, distribution models, and customer journeys.
- Review insurance policies, certificates, applications, disclosures, customer communications, agreements, marketing materials, phone channel scripts, training materials, and related documentation.
- Identify legal risks, advise business partners on potential implications, and help develop practical solutions considering broader enterprise implications.
- Escalate novel, non-standard, or higher-risk matters as appropriate.
- Support regulatory inquiries and examinations and other matters involving regulatory or customer impacts.
- Identify and recommend opportunities to enhance productivity, effectiveness, and operational efficiency.
- Keep others informed and stay abreast of emerging legal, regulatory, and industry trends, practices, and developments.
- Conduct research and support the development and delivery of legal guidance, presentations, training, and communications to management or a broader audience.
- Participate fully as a member of the team, promote team effectiveness, and contribute to a positive work environment.
Requirements
- Law degree and member in good standing of a provincial bar in Canada.
- Experience with a major law firm or within an in-house corporate legal environment is preferred.
- Recent calls to the bar will be considered.
- Experience in insurance, financial services, or regulatory law will be considered an asset.
- Strong legal research, analytical, drafting, and communication skills.
- Sound judgment and a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
- Ability to identify legal risk and recognize when a matter requires escalation.
- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build and maintain positive relationships with business partners.
- Ability to work collaboratively with a range of stakeholders.
- Business-focused and solution-oriented.
- Ability to translate complex legal requirements into clear and practical advice.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, detail-oriented environment.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and priorities.
Skills
- Legal research
- Analytical skills
- Drafting skills
- Communication skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Problem-solving
Location
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Entry Level
- Mid Level
Education Level
- Law degree
Salary/Compensations
- $130,000 - $165,000 CAD
Benefits
- Health and well-being benefits
- Savings and retirement programs
- Paid time off
- Banking benefits and discounts
- Career development
- Reward and recognition programs
- Training programs
- Online learning platform
- Mentoring programs
About the Company
- 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 strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for 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 foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience.
- TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience.
- We believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing.
- Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.
Equal Opportunity
- We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals.
- Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.
- 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.