Consumer Banking Attorney - Vice President Assistant General Counsel

When you join JPMorgan Chase?s Legal Department, you become part of a dynamic group of lawyers that provides a broad array of legal support in areas that have direct impact on consumers.

As a Consumer Banking Attorney - Vice President, Assistant General Counsel in the Consumer Banking Legal team, you will spend your time serving as a trusted advisor to the business that is responsible for consumer deposit products and 4800+ physical branches that offer a range of financial products and services to Chase bank customers across the country. We are looking for a curious and collaborative candidate interested in supporting a new business unit known as J.P.Morgan Private Client, which includes a new deposit offering, service strategy, and physical spaces designed to target affluent customers. The role will include handling legal issues that are escalated out of complex deposit accounts.

As a new business area looking to offer an integrated service experience to affluent customers, supporting J.P.Morgan Private Client will require strategic thought leadership that keeps pace with business developments, and significant cross-functional collaboration with line of business lawyers and corporate function professionals who are subject matter experts on deposit, lending, and investment products. The successful candidate must have strong analytical and issue-spotting skills in a broad range of legal and regulatory areas including, but not limited to: UDAAP, RNDIP, Sales Practices and Fair Lending. This role will require you to own issues start-to-finish in order to support this dynamic and evolving business area, while simultaneously working collaboratively to ensure specific subject matter expertise is leveraged from across the firm. The successful candidate will be highly responsive and flexible, demonstrating strong judgment and executive presence, with the ability to timely and properly escalate matters and make sound decisions. If you have a passion for collaborating with a broad range of colleagues to help develop new solutions and solve problems quickly to best support our clients, you may be the perfect fit for our team.

The Legal Department at JPMorgan Chase & Co. manages legal and other risks, advises on products and services, interprets laws and regulations that impact the firm, and advises the firm on other matters. Our global team is made up of 2,000 lawyers and legal professionals with a reputation as thought leaders who deliver best-in-class services. As trusted advisors, we help the firm?s clients while also safeguarding the integrity of the firm. We are committed to a culture of inclusivity and belonging, where people can grow and succeed throughout their careers while working for a first-in-class financial institution doing cutting-edge work. If these values resonate with you, we would like to hear from you.

Job responsibilities

• Develop subject matter expertise and collaborative working relationships to support a business unit that sits at the intersection of deposit, lending, and investment products targeting affluent individual and business customers;
• Provide strategic and practical legal advice to operational areas that handle complex account changes, including matters relating to powers of attorney, trusts and estates, deceased customer account closures and guardianship issues;
• Internalize the firm?s risk appetite in order to provide sound strategic advice and guidance on new business processes and initiatives to help meet business objectives while maintaining the firm?s agenda for treating customers and employees fairly, as well as expectations for a fortress controls environment;
• Advise and collaborate with colleagues across the Legal, Risk, Compliance and Controls Departments on the above;
• Monitor and advise business partners and legal colleagues on relevant legislative and regulatory changes; and
• Further the business of the Legal Department by participating in, or leading as appropriate, various projects and initiatives designed to address department-wide priorities.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• JD admitted to practice in and member of the bar in good standing in the state in which the candidate will practice.
• Minimum 5 years of legal experience in a relevant government or regulatory agency, and/or a large consumer banking organization, law firm, or equivalent.
• Strong decision-making skills and ability to prioritize and effectively manage multiple matters and projects simultaneously.
• Team player who prioritizes collegiality, executes with urgency and precision, and acts collaboratively with legal and non-legal colleagues and stakeholders across lines of business.
• Ability to foster and maintain strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor by seeing past the discrete question presented in order to advise on greater impacts or risks, and think creatively to meet objectives.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Knowledge and understanding of banking products and services and the relevant core banking regulations and regulatory framework for a large banking organization such as JPMorgan Chase.
• Experience with digital, electronic and mobile banking and transactions.

All candidates for roles in the Legal department must be licensed to practice law in the country of employment and successfully complete a conflicts of interest clearance review prior to commencement of employment.