Senior Counsel, Employment Law - EEO Charge Manager

Our client operates in the Financial sector, with its headquarters rooted strongly in the United States. It has its branches spread to more than 160 countries, providing employment to more than 200k people all over the world. They fall in the Top 15 largest Banks in the United States. Its core business is to provide various Banking and Financial services to its clients. It is known to have one of the biggest balance sheet banks in the world (among others) aiding it to offer 360-degree financial services to its clients.

Responsibilities:

• The individual in this position will be primarily responsible for representing the US Personal Banking & Wealth Management, Operations and Technology, Institutional Clients Group and Global Functions businesses in all phases of the EEO Charge process, including investigation of claims, drafting position statements and other submissions to a variety of EEO state and federal agencies and the DOL, participating in fact-finding procedures, and where appropriate negotiating resolutions either before or during any conciliation efforts, and developing good working relationships with agency investigators and other personnel.
• This individual will work closely with the lawyers on the team and report to a Director, Associate General Counsel in the Global Employment Law Center of Excellence.  
• This position will also be responsible for internal reporting on the EEO charges, and for developing and training Human Resources on a variety of topics.
• The EEO Charge Manager may also manage a small portfolio of litigations/arbitrations, assist Associate General Counsels with their litigation/arbitration dockets, and provide advice and counsel to business partners.
• This position also functions as the subject matter expert on new state and federal employment laws that may impact workplace and works on a team to implement any changes that may be needed.
• This position offers a candidate the ability to join the Global Employment Law Center of Excellence relatively early in his/her career and thus become familiar with businesses and workplace policies and issues while at the same time continuing to grow and improve his/her skill set.
• By working with more senior personnel on the team, the position provides knowledge development and mentoring as well as a path to advancement. 
• The preferred requirements for this position include: (i) extensive knowledge of the US Employment, Wage and Hour, and other labor laws; (ii) experience with representing clients in the EEO Charge process; (iii) excellent communication skills; (iv) excellent legal writing skills; and (v) ability to work collaboratively with the Employment Law team and with our internal partners.

Requirements:

• JD degree, Bar Admission
• At least 4 years of professional experience in employment law
• Experience with financial institutions a plus
• Exercise sound judgment and complete discretion