Legal Counsel

2 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada Coast Capital Savings Full time

As a member-owned cooperative, we’re helping our members with their real goals and real challenges so they can live the real life they want. It’s what we’ve been doing for over 80 years, and it’s why today we stand almost 600,000 members strong. Plus, we invest 10% of our budgeted profits back into our community - almost $90 million since 2000 alone - because when our members do well, we believe our communities should do well too.
- Nov 30, 2023**Location**: Help Headquarters, Toronto, Vancouver**Job Type**: Full Time**myWork Options**: Hybrid**What's the job?**
As the Legal Counsel, you will act as a strategic legal advisor and partner to Coast Capital business units, providing timely, responsive and proactive legal advice on a broad range of matters relating to Coast Capital's operations to enable Coast Capital to make business decisions and implement strategies with a clear and well-informed understanding of legal and regulatory risks. You are a generalist capable of advising on various legal matters, including corporate/commercial matters, corporate governance, regulatory issues, disputes, investigations, and other matters as required.**What else will you get to do every day?**
- Provides advice concerning legal issues related to the Coast Capital's operations and strategies, including, without limitation, matters relating to corporate projects, products and services, regulatory compliance, corporate governance, policies, disputes, investigations and other corporate issues as required.
- Partners with business units to support achieving enterprise objectives while appropriately managing legal and regulatory risks.
- Advises on contracts, leases and other legal instruments and, where appropriate, negotiates on Coast Capital's behalf.
- Supports the operational excellence of the Legal function and continuously re-thinks the way that legal services are provided to enhance service delivery to the enterprise.
- Monitors and provides advice on legal trends, new or proposed legislation and regulations that may affect Coast's activities.
- Educates colleagues in the organization about legal and regulatory risks that impact their activities and develops user-friendly tools and resources to help them embed legal and regulatory principles into their activities.
- Oversees the provision of external legal services, including managing relationships.
- Reports on activities, risks and issues to the VP of Corporate Legal Transactions & Governance and, as appropriate, others.

**Who are we looking for?**
- Bachelor's Degree and Law Degree (LLB or JD)
- Lawyer called to the bar in BC or ON
- Legal research, writing and analysis.
- Drafting of legal instruments.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Interpersonal and communication skills (oral, presentation and written)
- Strategic thinking and business acumen.
- Strong analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
- Strong organizational skills and time management
- Credibility and objectivity when faced with opposition to a concept or specific issue.
- Ability to build and utilize effective working relationships across reporting lines and with individuals and groups at various levels.
- Strong attention to detail.

**Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at Coast Capital**- Why join Coast Capital Savings?
- **Purpose is our North Star.** We look at everything through our purpose. It informs the advice we provide our members, the experiences and products we create, and the programs we build to support our employees and communities.
- **Committed to inclusion and engagement. **We have an ongoing focus on equity, diversity, and inclusion and routinely track how we’re doing, and what we need to do to keep improving. We foster a culture where everyone can feel safe to be who they really are and thrive.
- **A career that grows with you.** We believe in developing our people and promoting from within. Many employees have spent decades, and sometimes their entire careers, with Coast Capital and have progressed from the frontlines to senior leadership.
- **Work where you’re most effective.** In 2020 the world changed, and that includes how we work. In response to COVID-19 we launched myWork, which gives employees flexibility in where they work based on the nature of their role.
- **Benefits that flex to the needs of you and your family.** We offer comprehensive, customizable benefits for you and your family, so you can choose what fits best for you and your lifestyle.
- **Retirement options.** We also take care of our employees once they retire. That’s why we offer the choice of a defined contribution or defined benefit pension plan or RSP’s.
- **Mortgage and auto financing benefits**. Employees save thousands on their mortgages and auto loans with best-in-category benefits.
- **Real Recognition**. We recognize excellence throughout the year, through an online community that lets employees give kudos and thanks throughout the year. We’re human, which means we like to hav


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