SVP, Corporate Counsel

Summary:

As a key member of the legal department, the SVP, Corporate Counsel will play a crucial role in providing strategic legal advice and support to the company and its subsidiaries. Will partner with the Chief Legal Office and other key executives to identify and mitigate legal risks, recommend best practices, and support business objectives and opportunities. In addition, may play a key role in the management of MSRs, providing legal advice and support throughout the life cycle of these complex financial transactions.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide legal advice and support to the corporation with an emphasis on corporate governance, securities law, mergers and acquisitions, contracts, regulatory compliance, litigation, and intellectual property matters.

• Collaborate with executives and business leaders to assess legal risks and develop strategies to mitigate them.

• Draft, review, and negotiate contracts and other legal documents.

• Draft, negotiate, and review agreements related to MSRs. Ensure regulatory compliance, identify and mitigate litigation risks, and provide legal guidance on any other legal and regulatory issues that may arise.

• Monitor and advise on regulatory and market developments that may impact the corporation.

• Ensure that the corporation and its subsidiaries operate in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

• Oversee legal due diligence for mergers, acquisitions, and other corporate transactions.

• Manage the legal aspects of corporate restructurings, including mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

• Review and approve legal filings with regulatory agencies.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Other Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position has direct reports. Manages staff and carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Education and/or Experience:

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school.

• 20+ years of legal experience with a focus on corporate law.

• Experience managing a legal team and outside counsel.

• Legal experience in a mortgage environment and in contract and real estate matters.

• Exposure/knowledge of consumer law and employment law is a plus

• Strong knowledge of corporate governance, securities law, and mergers and acquisitions.

• Strong, up-to-date knowledge and experience in all aspects of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs).

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships across departments.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliverables in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Ethical and professional conduct consistent with the highest standards of the legal profession.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None Required

Language Skills:

Ability to read words and to recognize similarities and differences between words and between series of numbers. Ability to comprehend and write simple instructions, correspondence, and memos. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.

Mathematical Skills:

Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, and percentages.

Reasoning Ability:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

Customer Service Relationships:

Requires moderate interpersonal and communication skills to ensure that customer requests or needs are met. Acknowledges and clarifies customer inquiries, requests, or complaints to ensure that needs are identified, documented and addressed.

Work Complexity:

Problems and issues faced are frequently complex and sometimes multi-dimensional, requiring broad-based consideration of variables that impact multiple areas of their organization. Extensively analyzes problems to seek understanding of the root cause of the problem.

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Freedom Mortgage is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. Freedom Mortgage Corporation may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.