AVP of Legal & Compliance

Job Description

The Assistant Vice President (AVP) of Legal and Compliance will play a critical role in overseeing the legal and compliance functions within the organization. This role ensures that the company operates within the legal frameworks and adheres to all regulatory requirements while providing strategic legal guidance to senior management. The AVP will lead a team responsible for corporate governance, regulatory compliance, risk management, and legal affairs, ensuring the company's activities comply with laws, regulations, and internal policies.

Job Description

• This individual will be responsible for assisting the Vice President of Legal & Compliance in leading the Legal & Compliance Department.
• Will be directly responsible for supervising the Compliance team including internal and external compliance audits, State Regulatory Reports, assisting the business in implementing new and applicable rules and regulations, and liaising with state regulators for market conduct and other exams and/or complaints
• Owns and maintains the company contracts management process, defining policies and procedures for contract review.
• Reviews and negotiates agreements with third parties, working with relevant stakeholders to ensure management of contractual risk consistent with company risk appetite and operational needs.
• Works with VP of Legal & Compliance to finalize agreements, provide summaries of transactions and seek company signatures.
• Maintains attorney – client and attorney work product confidential under the supervision of counsel.
• Trains management on contracts management, creates templates and forms for company use.
• Maintains all executed company agreements in digital and hardcopy library for confidentiality and authorized easy access as required.
• Evaluates liability, damages and risk issues relating to corporate disputes, both on plaintiff and defense side.
• Sets strategy and tactics for corporate litigation in conjunction with outside counsel.
• Keeps VP of Legal and other key stakeholders up to date on corporate litigation and significant risk management issues.
• Serves as second in command and attends executive committee and other stakeholder meetings in VP of Legal’s absence.
• Supervises, coaches and mentors corporate counsel and legal and compliance staff, as needed
  
  

Salary/Benefits

• $160k-$175k /year (based on experience)
• Annual Bonus
• PTO
• Full Health Benefits
  
  

Requirements

• Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited law school.
• 8 years of related experience as an attorney in Property and Casualty industry.
• Must be willing to work flexible and adaptable to an evolving compliance function.
• Strong interpersonal, managerial and diplomacy skills; but more importantly, will need to be flexible and adaptable to an evolving Legal & Compliance function.
• Proficiency with Microsoft office applications including Outlook, Word and Excel is required.
• Admitted to the State Bar