Job Description

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At RBC, our culture is deeply supportive and rich in opportunity and reward. You will help our clients thrive and our communities prosper, empowered by a spirit of shared purpose.

Whether you're helping clients find new opportunities, developing new technology, or providing expert advice to internal partners, you will be doing work that matters in the world, in an environment built on teamwork, service, responsibility, diversity, and integrity.

Job Title Senior Counsel



What's the opportunity?

As a Senior Counsel, you will support the goals of the Vice President & Associate General Counsel, Banking & Enterprise Services, and the Assistant General Counsel, Cards and Payments, in achieving the business/operations, strategic priorities and operational performance goals of the Law Group, in particular the performance commitments of solution oriented advice and responsiveness. You will also provide legal services primarily to the Banking, Payments and Cards business team on a broad range of legal and regulatory matters.

What will you do?

• Acts as key legal advisor on a broad range of complex legal and regulatory matters relating to credit cards (with a focus on business and commercial cards), the credit card ecosystem (including network relationships) and third party arrangements
• Responsible for the identification, assessment and management of legal, reputational and regulatory risk in connection with credit cards, including the payment network rules
• Acts as senior legal counsel in the drafting and negotiation of third party contracts related to Cards and Payments
• Provides legal counsel on new product development and changes, and drafting/reviewing client-facing agreements and documentation
• Coordinates and liaises with functional partners on new initiatives to mitigate legal risk and ensure compliance
• Collaborates with other lawyers in the Law Group, and various business teams, and works closely with them to promote alignment to overall strategy of the Cards Team and applicable lines of business
• Identifies, assesses and manages legal risks in an evolving and fast-paced environment

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• At least 5 years of relevant experience
• Bachelor of Law Degree (Common Law or Civil) from a recognized law school
• Membership in provincial/territorial law society or bar association. Called to the Bar in any Canadian Province or Territory
• Experience in providing legal services relating to credit cards and the payments ecosystem.

Nice-to-have

• Ability to communicate effectively and concisely and influence in a variety of formats and venues
• Strong business acumen, and excellent legal drafting and negotiation skills
• Ability to work with a high degree of autonomy
• Ability to analyze legal and regulatory risk in context of business realities
• Ability to work at all levels of management and team members, and build a strong network of peers and partners

What's in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

Job Summary

Address: TORONTO, Ontario, Canada

City: CAN-ON-TORONTO

Country: Canada

Work hours/week: 37.5

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: Office of the CLO

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2022-09-12-07:00

Application Deadline: 2022-09-26-07:00

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment

At RBC, we embrace diversity and inclusion for innovation and growth. We are committed to building inclusive teams and an equitable workplace for our employees to bring their true selves to work. We are taking actions to tackle issues of inequity and systemic bias to support our diverse talent, clients and communities.

We also strive to provide an accessible candidate experience for our prospective employees with different abilities. Please let us know if you need any accommodations during the recruitment process.

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