Associate Vice President, Legal

TD; Canada; On-site; CAD 145,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Canada seeks a seasoned legal professional to lead their legal team supporting Asset Management. This role involves providing legal advice on public and private investment products and engaging in strategic decision-making. Ideal candidates should have over 10 years of corporate-securities law experience with retail mutual funds and ETFs, along with strong leadership skills. The position offers competitive remuneration and opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Total Rewards Package

Career development programs

Health and wellness benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years as a corporate lawyer with a major law firm or in a large corporate organization.
• Specialization in retail mutual funds and ETF’s, and institutional asset management.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of legal team supporting TD Asset Management’s businesses.
• Act as key point on strategic initiatives representing TD Legal.
• Manage external counsel relationships.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Critical thinking

Relationship building

Education

Law degree from an accredited law school

Qualified to practice law in Ontario

Job description

Work Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours

37.5

Line of Business

Legal

Pay Details

$145,000 - $200,000 CAD

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

Step into a pivotal role where your expertise shapes the future of Canada’s largest Asset Manager.

As the lead for the legal team supporting TD Asset Management (TDAM) globally, you’ll be at the forefront of strategic decision‑making, regulatory advocacy, and enterprise‑wide risk management. You will be involved in providing legal and regulatory advice in relation to a broad range of public and private investment products (including ETF’s, public funds, private funds, and alternative funds) and their related activities including portfolio & investment fund management. This is more than a legal position, it’s an opportunity to be the advisor to TDAM’s senior executives and work with a broad range of stakeholders across the bank to influence governance, drive innovation, and deliver seamless, high‑impact solutions that enable the business’ objectives. You’ll lead a team of talented professionals, champion TD’s performance and development culture, and play a critical role in advancing our leadership agenda. You will also manage external counsel relationships in various jurisdictions in accordance with the bank’s external counsel management program.

If you’re a seasoned corporate‑securities lawyer with a specialization in retail and institutional asset management and have a passion for collaboration, strategic thinking, and building high‑performing teams, this is your chance to make a lasting impact at TD.

Accountabilities

• Oversight of legal team supporting TD Asset Management’s businesses in Canada and globally
• Acting as point on key strategic initiatives, by representing TD Legal on various internal governance and product committees
• Coordinating with industry peers and regulators on regulatory change and advocacy issues, and
• Engaging in leadership activities and responsibilities to support the broader TD Legal Department.
• Trusted advisor to the GC and other senior legal leadership
• Escalating significant LRC Risk issues as appropriate
• Focus on appropriate talent utilization and support career development of team members

• Coordinating with the TD legal leadership team and other corporate groups to provide seamless advice to SET and the portfolio businesses
• Effective LRC Risk management is a result of enterprise‑wide collaboration, requiring partnership with the Businesses & Corporate Functions to identify, assess, control, test and monitor LRC Risk, including transactional, product, service, change management; corporate business or general business activity; significant regulatory investigations, regulatory enforcement actions and internal investigations; & merger & acquisition transaction activity.
• Lead and develop a highly effective and respected team of legal leaders by ensuring effective and on‑going performance management practices are in place
• Advance and sustain TD’s leadership development and employee experience agenda by: aligning people‑planning activities at all levels to TD’s priorities; and building TD’s performance and development culture and its unique differentiated employee experience

Key Qualifications & Capabilities

• Law degree from an accredited law school and qualified to practice law in Ontario
• 10+ years as a corporate lawyer with a major law firm or in a large corporate organization with securities law experience with a specialization in retail mutual funds and ETF’s and institutional asset management
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills and strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to identify and focus on high value, high‑risk work and to think critically
• Ability to accurately assess legal risk within the business context
• Ability to work in a dynamic, detail‑oriented environment and manage multiple deadlines and priorities
• Ability to deal effectively with senior officers and have an impact and influence on decision making
• Proven ability to manage and motivate a diverse group of professionals
• Strong people‑management skills with demonstrated experience in leading high performing teams
• Strong collaborator who engages colleagues, business partners, external stakeholders, and employees
• Skillful communication (written and verbal), negotiation and partnership skills to balance partner input but remain objective to reach the right outcome - ability to stay resilient under pressure
• Demonstrated relationship building skills, with the ability to make things happen using positive influence
• Strong people leader who can work effectively in teams across the bank with multiple partners and is adept at influencing and aligning others

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 deliver legendary customer experiences to 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 the Bank, those we serve, and the economies we support. We are guided by our vision to Be the Better Bank and our purpose to enrich the lives of our customers, communities and colleagues.

TD is deeply committed to being a leader in customer experience, that is why we believe that all colleagues, no matter where they work, are customer facing. As we build our business and deliver on our strategy, we are innovating to enhance the customer experience and build capabilities to shape the future of banking. Whether you’ve got years of banking experience or are just starting your career in financial services, we can help you realize your potential. Through regular leadership and development conversations to mentorship and training programs, we’re here to support you towards your goals. As an organization, we keep growing – and so will you.

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. Whether you have a passion for helping customers and want to expand your experience, or you want to coach and inspire your colleagues, there are many different career paths within our organization at TD – and we’re committed to helping you identify opportunities that support your goals.

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.

Language Requirement (Quebec only)

Sans Objet