Legal Counsel
Why you’ll love this role
As the Legal Counsel, you will be working as part of a high performance, dedicated and supportive legal team that provides legal and risk management advice, support and services to the Company on a wide variety of legal and regulatory issues.
What you’ll be working on
- Advising business units within the Group Solutions line of business on legal and regulatory risks to assist them in achieving their business objectives while protecting the Company from undue risk
- Providing legal advice and support as part of a project team and independently on legal inquiries, complaints and miscellaneous legal matters primarily related to the Group Solutions line of business
- Supporting senior lawyers on complex, sensitive and strategic legal matters
- Performing legal research and drafting opinions
- Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of contracts, marketing material and other forms of legal documentation
- Keeping up-to-date with relevant legislation, case law and regulatory requirements in a wide variety of subject areas
- Building relationships across the Company in order to become a trusted legal advisor
What you’ll need to have
- Be licensed to practice law in Ontario and/or Quebec
- 3-6 years experience providing legal advice and services preferably as in-house counsel in the Canadian Financial Services Industry
- Experience and/or interest in group benefits law
- Knowledge of a wide variety of laws applicable to the day-to-day operations of a Canadian life and health insurance company
- Highly responsive, timely delivery of advice/services and creates appropriate sense of urgency
- Ability to prioritize and balance multiple tasks and projects
- High attention to detail, work is accurate, complete and organized
- Ability to think logically, analyze and work collaboratively to solve problems using a pragmatic risk based approach
- Well-developed communication, negotiation, persuasion and presentation skills
- Ability to work independently and as a team member
- Digital and data dexterity
It would be nice for you to have
- Knowledge and/or experience in technology/IT law
- Bilingual (English/French) and able to competently practice law in English and French languages
Beyond the salary
For regular full-time positions, Empire Life offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including:
- Benefits plan
- Pension plan
- Social club
- Learning & development opportunities
- Current career opportunities
- Career choices
Get to know us
We’re one of the top 10 life insurance companies in Canada and offer an environment that encourages the pursuit of personal and professional success. At the heart of that success is our focus on customers; we provide protection and financial security for Canadians—with a personal touch.
We acknowledge and reward talent, and support our employees in achieving and exceeding individual and organizational goals. Our goal is to make Empire Life a great place to work, learn and grow, where people can be their true selves, feel they belong and have equal opportunity for growth in their careers. We’re also committed to supporting an inclusive workplace that values diversity.
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Empire Life is committed to providing equal access to employment. Empire Life welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the screening and selection process. If you need this job posting in an alternative format please contact recruitment@empire.ca