VP, Operations & Strategic Advisory Counsel
Core
Provide practical legal advice to Operations stakeholders, management committees, and business partners on regulatory requirements, legal risk, governance matters, and business initiatives within a global financial services firm.
Role type
Senior in-house legal counsel (operations & regulatory)
Builds
Operational infrastructure, compliance frameworks, and strategic advisory for financial services business lines
Domain
Financial services, regulatory compliance, and operations
Required skills
Legal analysis, regulatory interpretation, contract negotiation, stakeholder management, risk assessment, strategic counseling, cross-functional collaboration, subject matter expertise development
Preferred skills
Financial services regulation, corporate/commercial law, payments/fintech, digital assets, technology integration
Technologies
Legal tech tools, regulatory databases, financial market infrastructure systems
Responsibilities
Advise Operations management and business stakeholders on legal and regulatory issues; Analyze and interpret laws and regulations impacting firm activities; Partner with Compliance, Risk, and Technology to support strategic initiatives; Provide risk-based legal advice to governance forums; Support global projects involving operational and regulatory considerations; Draft, review, and negotiate commercial and financial services agreements
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with strategic advisory scope