Senior Counsel

What is the opportunity?

This full-time contract position as Senior Counsel ending August 7, 2025 will provide legal support to the Canadian Personal Banking and Investments business in respect of banking and savings products and will identify and manage legal, reputational and regulatory risk relating to personal banking and savings products. This position will report to Managing Counsel, Personal Banking and Lending Products and will be located in Toronto.

What will you do?

• Provide legal services primarily to Canadian Banking personal banking and savings lines of business.
• Act as legal and regulatory expert for personal banking and savings products for Canadian Banking.
• Partner with the business unit and advise of anticipated changes in legal requirements affecting its activities and operations, having regard to the business units strategic goals, objectives, business plans and initiatives.
• Collaborate with business risk and compliance functions on regulatory compliance issues relating to the products and lines of business supported, and help develop risk appetite for the lines of business.
• Participate in industry meetings of specialists.
• Support transformational projects and new initiatives undertaken by the lines of business including under agile project delivery methods.
• Collaborate with other members of RBC Law Group and other functional units to provide legal advice and support across horizontal business initiatives.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Qualified as a lawyer in Canada in common and/or civil law
• 5+ years of relevant experience gained in private practice or in-house roles.
• High level of proficiency in specialized and complex areas of law, particularly banking and consumer protection law.
• Excellent communication and drafting skills.
• Strong risk assessment and business judgment, and be comfortable managing competing priorities, making independent decisions and experience working under tight deadlines

Nice-to-have

• Working knowledge of French would be an asset
• Knowledge of agile methods of project delivery

Whats in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Flexible work/life balance options

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