Associate General Counsel II --- Corporate Philanthropy and Transactions

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Elmhurst
Posted on: May 8, 2022

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 14,000 branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work. A typical branch office has one financial advisor who meets with clients face-to-face and one branch office administrator who enhances the team's ability to build deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis and Tempe provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. Edward Jones currently has more branch offices than any other financial services firm, and we continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors. The individual selected for this role will enjoy the benefit of working for a well-established 97-year old Fortune 500 firm; but will also have the opportunity to be a key source of influence within the Firm by leveraging prior merger and acquisitions and general complex corporate skills experience to advise the Firm's key business stakeholders. The role will allow the successful candidate to be a thought leader within the Firm, and will afford the opportunity to work on a diverse set of complex legal issues concerning mergers and acquisitions, securities laws and governance of foundations and other 501(c)(3) organizations. This individual selected will be responsible for demonstrating strong initiative with measured results in the following areas: --- Review, assess and resolve legal issues and implement business strategy around mergers and acquisitions. --- Manage outside counsel in driving acquisitions and investments strategy. --- Create internal acquisition and investment processes, including due diligence, and draft legal documents. --- Develop and implement strategy, internal processes and governance documentation around foundation and charitable giving matters and governance. --- Manage outside counsel advising on 501(c)(3) matters. --- Formulate and execute effective strategies to reduce risk throughout the Firm by educating business partners about securities law, foundation law and other corporate law matters. --- Engage associates and leaders throughout the Firm to leverage their subject matter expertise in rendering advice. Ultimately, this self-starting individual will be responsible for legal advice on acquisition and investment matters, general corporate law matters, as well as foundation governance; and partnering with business leaders within the Firm to provide advice around emerging and ongoing initiatives, and in response to a frequently-changing regulatory environment. Education and Experience: --- J.D. from an ABA-accredited law school. --- License to practice law in Missouri, or a reciprocal state. --- At least six years of progressive responsibility as a corporate lawyer in private practice, the public sector, or in an in-house counsel capacity. Skills and Abilities: --- Advanced experience handling and managing complex acquisitions and investments is required. --- Experience representing foundations and 501(c)(3) organizations is strongly preferred. --- Experience within the financial services industry is preferred, but not required depending upon other relevant corporate law accomplishments. --- Familiarity with issues in the securities industry, including ones involving the SEC, FINRA, and state securities regulators will be particularly beneficial. --- Demonstrated ability to independently analyze and resolve complex matters is required. --- The ability to lead and mentor with a desire to work well with others to achieve common goals is required. --- The successful candidate must be highly organized, detail-oriented, resourceful, and adaptable to changing priorities. --- Sound judgment, decision making, and conflict resolution skills are required. --- The successful candidate must have the ability to be proactive and drive matters to conclusion. --- The successful candidate must have the ability to think independently and strategically; and to execute tactically. --- Excellent communication skills and decision-making ability are required. --- Strong cross-function collaboration skills and ability to build legal understanding with business partners in order to achieve workable solutions is required. --- Commitment to a high level of ethics, professionalism, and confidentiality is required. --- Travel up to 15% --------------------- Knowledge: --- It is crucial that the candidate have the ability to partner with business owners within the Firm to provide advice and build understanding around emerging and ongoing initiatives and in response to changing regulatory environments. --- The successful candidate must demonstrate initiative, leadership skills, independent thought and exceptional judgment, and have the ability to innovate and add value in a dynamic corporate and regulatory environment. FORTUNE 2020 --- Edward Jones was named No. 7 on the 2020 FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For-- list. From FORTUNE --2020 FORTUNE Media IP Limited. All rights reserved. Used under license. FORTUNE and FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For are registered trademarks of Fortune Media IP Limited and are used under license. FORTUNE and Fortune Media IP Limited are not affiliated with, and do not endorse products or services of, Edward Jones Investments. Edward Jones Ranked No. 6 of the 100 best workplaces for millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE Magazine. 2020 Corporate Equality Index --- Edward Jones joins the ranks of 680 major U.S businesses that received top marks in the HRC Foundations 18th Annual Scorecard on LBGTQ Workplace Equality Edward Jones named a top company for training, ranking No. 25 on Training magazine's 2020 Training Top 125 list --- the highest ranking among the financial-services industry Financial services firm Edward Jones has been named one of the 2019 Best Workplaces for Parents by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE magazine. The firm ranked No. 5 on the list of 50 companies, up two spots from last year. The Best Workplaces for Parents list is one of a series of rankings by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE based on employee feedback from Great Place to Work-Certified--- organizations. Edward Jones ranked No. 7 on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work for in 2019 list, the firm---s 20th appearance on the list. The firm also was ranked the No. 1 Best Workplace in Financial Services & Insurance and the No. 6 Best Workplace for Millennials by Great Place to Work and FORTUNE. Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. Visit our career site to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate: Salary: $128299 - $218456 Category: Headquarters

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