Associate Vice President, Legal

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TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidates skills and experience job-related knowledge geographic location and other specific business and organizational needs.

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Job Description:

Step into a pivotal role where your expertise shapes the future of Canadas largest Asset Manager.

As the lead for the legal team supporting TD Asset Management (TDAM) globally youll be at the forefront of strategic decision-making regulatory advocacy and enterprise-wide risk management. You will be involved in providing legal and regulatory advice in relation to a broad range of public and private investment products (including ETFs public funds private funds and alternative funds) and their related activities including portfolio & investment fund management. This is more than a legal position its an opportunity to be the advisor to TDAMs senior executives and work with a broad range of stakeholders across the bank to influence governance drive innovation and deliver seamless high-impact solutions that enable the business objectives. Youll lead a team of talented professionals champion TDs performance and development culture and play a critical role in advancing our leadership agenda. You will also manageexternal counsel relationships in various jurisdictions in accordance with the banks external counsel management program.

If youre a seasoned corporate-securities lawyer with a specialization in retail and institutional asset management and have a passion for collaboration strategic thinking and building high-performing teams this is your chance to make a lasting impact at TD.

Accountabilities

• Oversight of legal team supporting TD Asset Managements businesses in Canada and globally
• Acting as point on key strategic initiatives by representing TD Legal on various internal governance and product committees
• Coordinating with industry peers and regulators on regulatory change and advocacy issues and
• Engaging in leadership activities and responsibilities to support the broader TD Legal Department.
• Trusted advisor to the GC and other senior legal leadership
• Escalating significant LRC Risk issues as appropriate
• Focus on appropriate talent utilization and support career development of team members

• Coordinating with the TD legal leadership team and other corporate groups to provide seamless advice to SET and the portfolio businesses
• Effective LRC Risk management is a result of enterprise-wide collaboration requiring partnership with the Businesses & Corporate Functions to identify assess control test and monitor LRC Risk including transactional product service change management; corporate business or general business activity; significant regulatory investigations regulatory enforcement actions and internal investigations; & merger & acquisition transaction activity.
• Lead and develop a highly effective and respected team of legal leaders by ensuring effective and on-going performance management practices are in place
• Advance and sustain TDs leadership development and employee experience agenda by: aligning people-planning activities at all levels to TDs priorities; and building TDs performance and development culture and its unique differentiated employee experience

Key Qualifications & Capabilities

• Law degree from an accredited law school and qualified to practice law in Ontario
• 10 years as a corporate lawyer with a major law firm or in a large corporate organization with securities law experience with a specialization in retail mutual funds and ETFs and institutional asset management
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to identify and focus on high value high-risk work and to think critically
• Ability to accurately assess legal risk within the business context
• Ability to work in a dynamic detail oriented environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Ability to deal effectively with senior officers and have an impact and influence on decision making
• Proven ability to manage and motivate a diverse group of professionals
• Strong people management skills with demonstrated experience in leading high performing teams
• Strong collaborator who engages colleagues business partners external stakeholders and employees
• Skillful communication (written and verbal) negotiation and partnership skills to balance partner input but remain objective to reach the right outcome - ability to stay resilient under pressure
• Demonstrated relationship building skills with the ability to make things happen using positive influence
• Strong people leader who can work effectively in teams across the bank with multiple partners and is adept at influencing and aligning others

Who We Are:

TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to the Bank those we serve and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether youve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs were here to support you towards your goals. As an organization we keep growing and so will you.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary variable compensation and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits savings and retirement programs paid time off banking benefits and discounts career development and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations requirements.

Colleague Development
If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll have regular career development and performance conversations with your manager as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues there are many different career paths within our organization at TD and were committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
Well reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if youd 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.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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