Consumer Banking Senior Counsel - Assistant Vice President

As a member of the Consumer Banking Legal team, you will spend your time serving as a trusted advisor to the business, advising banking professionals directly.  The business supports Consumer Banking’s deposit products across 4800+ physical branches that offer a range of financial products and services to Chase bank customers across the country.  You will spend your days in collaborative conversions solving legal problems for these business professionals, researching banking regulatory requirements, and issue spotting with other members of the legal team at JPMorganChase.  You will join a small team within this large organization and hit the ground running.  We can guide you in learning the complex bank regulatory framework if you are eager to learn, dig in, and apply the law to practice business problems in real time.

As an Assistant Vice President and Senior Counsel within the Consumer Banking Legal Team, you will support the Consumer Banking line of business in areas that require strategic legal leadership that keeps pace with business developments.  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. You will focus on your two clients: the firm and our end-consumer. You will utilize your strong analytical and issue-spotting skills in a broad range of legal and regulatory areas including, but not limited to: the National Bank Act, Regulations DD and E, UDAAP, and laws and regulations that govern interactions with government entities.  

The Legal Department at JPMorganChase manages legal and practical risks, advises on bank products and services, and interprets laws and regulations that impact the firm.  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, we would like to hear from you. 
 

Job Responsibilities

• Develop subject matter expertise in the National Bank Act, Regulations DD and E, UDAAP, and laws and regulations that govern interactions with bank regulators.
• Provide strategic and practical legal advice to business areas that handle branch licensing, notary and medallion services, safe deposit boxes, and digital deposit product offerings. 
• 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.
• Monitor and advise business partners and legal colleagues on relevant legislative and regulatory changes.
• Own issues start-to-finish in order to support this dynamic business area. 

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Juris Doctor (JD) required; licensed to practice law and member in good standing in a U.S. jurisdiction.
• 3+ years of legal experience in a major law firm, large in-house setting, or equivalent.
• Team player who prioritizes collegiality and acts collaboratively with legal and non-legal colleagues and stakeholders across lines of business.
• Strong decision-making skills, execute with urgency and precision,  and ability to prioritize and effectively manage multiple matters and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to foster and maintain strong client relationships and act as a trusted advisor.
• Role will require detailed knowledge of relevant core banking regulations and regulatory framework, but prior knowledge not required, rather willingness and ability to learn quickly and independently is the focus.
• High competency in Microsoft Word, Outlook, LLM and AI tools.
• Positive, problem-solving, and collaborative outlook. 

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.