Counsel, Financial Crime and Enterprise Investigations

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Legal

Pay Details:

$130,000 - $165,000 CAD

The pay details posted reflect a temporary market premium specific to this role that is reassessed annually.

TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidate's skills and experience, job-related knowledge, geographic location, and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate, you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview:
 

TD Legal is dedicated to providing industry-leading advice and counsel to all TD business segments and corporate functions. In this Counsel, Financial Crime and Enterprise Investigations role, you will join a dynamic and collegial team of professionals at TD Legal, providing advice and supporting a wide range of internal investigations. This role will involve advising on the investigation into matters that pose potentially significant economic, litigation/legal and/or goodwill risk to the bank as well as providing substantive legal advice on a variety of topics. It is an opportunity to collaborate with other members of TD Legal, multi-disciplinary investigative units across the enterprise, including colleagues in risk management, fraud prevention, compliance, human resources, internal audit, security and the lines of business, to help the enterprise identify and manage risk.
Collaborating with talented colleagues and partners in a variety of legal specializations, members of the Financial Crime and Enterprise Investigation legal team have the chance to develop their skills every day. From mentorship and training programs to leadership development, we will help you realize your full potential and achieve your career goals.

Job Responsibilities:
The Counsel, Financial Crime and Enterprise Investigations role is a member of TD Legal and reports into Senior Counsel on the team. The role is expected to anticipate legal, regulatory, economic and reputational risk, and provide strategic and practical legal advice to incident management teams, investigation units, control partners and other business stakeholders on a wide range of incidents and investigations. Duties include:

• Supporting internal investigations, including planning, performing interviews and evidentiary reviews, engagement of forensic specialists as well as retaining internal investigative partners, drafting status updates, internal-facing communications and reports, and designing remediation frameworks, with an opportunity to lead internal investigations over time.

• Advising enterprise, lines of business, risk, fraud, financial crime, incident management teams, employee relations, internal audit and others on areas of law relevant to investigations, including legal, settlement and other privileges, document production issues, complaint management, law enforcement engagement, regulatory reporting, investigation techniques and best practices, and remediation (financial and non-financial).

• Identifying, communicating and escalating risk and mitigation strategies to relevant stakeholders including other members of TD Legal.

• Leading the intake, classification and triage function for the Enterprise Investigations team including risk assessment, routing, tracking and reporting of matters to support effective case management.

• Retaining and overseeing external counsel and other third-party vendors as required.

• Monitoring and advising on developments in investigation, evidentiary and financial crime law, expectations and best practices, including keeping current on case law.

• Supporting high priority special initiatives, special projects and the team's knowledge management efforts.

• Other duties, as assigned.

Job Requirements:

• Law degree from an accredited law school and qualified to practice law in Canada.

• 5+ years of relevant experience as a lawyer working in a regulatory enforcement/investigations and/or prosecution role within government, at a major law firm or in-house at a large company.

• Litigation, e-discovery and investigation/prosecution experience required with a preference in one or all of market conduct, criminal or significant employee conduct investigation.

• Experience in the banking and financial services sector, an asset.

• Strong teamwork, highly collaborative with a partnership-oriented approach, excelling at fostering strong working relationships and a proven ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams.

• Ability to simplify, problem-solve, multitask, work effectively against competing deadlines, and thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic and high-pressure environment.

• Combines strategic thinking with a practical, hands-on mindset and a commitment to delivering excellent results with a high level of internal accountability.

• Self-motivated and action-oriented, who approaches work with enthusiasm, resilience and a strong desire to contribute beyond defined responsibilities.

• Advanced communication (written and verbal), negotiation, conflict resolution, legal research and analytical skills.

• Operates with curiosity, creativity and innovation; seeks different perspectives and new ideas.

• Strong technology aptitude including (i) proficiency with standard office software and ability to learn and apply new technologies in work environment and (ii) capacity to understand current and emerging technologies in the legal industry and how they affect business objectives

Who We Are:

TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day, we strive to make every interaction, product, and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world. More than 95,000 TD colleagues bring their skills, talent, and creativity to foster deeper relationships, ensure disciplined execution, and build a simpler, faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are client facing. Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.  

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process 
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

Sans Objet