Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory Affairs

Guided by our company Purpose of “Inspiring well-being for our colleagues, consumers, and communities”, we are committed to building a best-in-class Law Department.

We drive a high-performance culture across our Legal, Compliance, and Government Affairs functions.  Aligned to “what” we deliver, our goals and “how” we deliver, our values and behaviors demonstrated in delivering against our goals.  We do this through leveraging a series of core capabilities, which include interpersonal effectiveness, ability to demonstrate business savvy, subject matter expertise in your practice area, and leading people and teams, where applicable.  Our colleagues, and the candidates we hire are key to the continuing success of our department.

This is a senior leadership role in the Regulatory Affairs Practice Group, reporting to the Chief Regulatory Counsel.  In this role, you will join a team of attorneys and staff who provide leadership and legal advice on regulatory matters for Guardian and its subsidiaries.  The Assistant General Counsel will provide strategic regulatory counsel across the enterprise by developing and implementing regulatory engagement strategies to support existing and new business initiatives.  In addition, you will represent the Company in complex regulatory matters.  The Assistant General Counsel should have experience working in the insurance and securities regulatory environment and should have a command of insurance and securities laws and industry issues.  The Assistant General Counsel should be adept at leveraging regulatory knowledge to actively support business priorities and to work collaboratively with business partners to navigate issues.

The ideal candidate is a regulatory subject matter expert who has previously held one or more roles requiring the following – legal/regulatory issue identification; concurrent project management across multiple teams and projects; collaboration with attorney and non-attorney colleagues, including business leaders; and oral and written advocacy with a variety of clients and before multiple regulators.  Also, the ideal candidate will have extensive leadership experience.

You will

• Provide strategic and day-to-day counsel to the company on a range of regulatory and legal issues impacting all of Guardian’s businesses, often in partnership with senior colleagues across the Law Department
• Effectively manage interactions with regulators, including in response to formal and informal inquiries, exams, requests, and the like, and represent individuals in regulatory testimony
• Identify and assess potential legal and regulatory issues.  Proactively manage issues, involving key stakeholders across the firm as appropriate
• Handle a portfolio of regulatory matters independently, exercising excellent judgment regarding when to escalate issues
• Support enterprise risk management, including through development of policies and procedures
• Identify and manage outside counsel, where appropriate
• Communicate effectively with attorneys, other colleagues, and leaders
• Engage across all business areas to build strong partnerships with colleagues and leaders, including colleagues in other Law Department practice groups
• Maintain awareness of industry trends and external environment (e.g., economic conditions, new regulatory requirements), leveraging insight to inform strategies

You have

• Law degree (J.D. or equivalent) and New York bar admission required
• 10 years and a strong record of relevant experience and progressing responsibility at an insurance or other financial services firm, an insurance or securities regulator, and/or a law firm; or comparable experience with specific focus on applying and interpreting federal and/or state laws and regulations
• Significant experience directly interacting with state and federal regulatory agencies and investigating and litigating violations of laws and regulations
• Significant experience directly counseling senior business leaders
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams on complex projects
• Litigation and government enforcement defense experience is very helpful
• Commitment to highest level of ethics, integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality

Location

This role is based in New York, NY (Hudson Yards) 3 days per week, with the ability to work from home 2 days per week.

Salary Range:

The salary range reflected above is a good faith estimate of base pay for the primary location of the position. The salary for this position ultimately will be determined based on the education, experience, knowledge, and abilities of the successful candidate. In addition to salary, this role may also be eligible for annual, sales, or other incentive compensation.

Our Promise

At Guardian, you’ll have the support and flexibility to achieve your professional and personal goals.  Through skill-building, leadership development and philanthropic opportunities, we provide opportunities to build communities and grow your career, surrounded by diverse colleagues with high ethical standards.

Inspire Well-Being

As part of Guardian’s Purpose – to inspire well-being – we are committed to offering contemporary, supportive, flexible, and inclusive benefits and resources to our colleagues. Explore our company benefits at www.guardianlife.com/careers/corporate/benefits. Benefits apply to full-time eligible employees. Interns are not eligible for most Company benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Guardian is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

Accommodations

Guardian is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities. Guardian also provides reasonable accommodations to qualified job applicants (and employees) to accommodate the individual's known limitations related to pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, unless doing so would create an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact applicant_accommodation@glic.com.

Current Guardian Colleagues: Please apply through the internal Jobs Hub in Workday.

Salary : $174,760 - $287,103