Securities, Finance and Corporate Governance Attorney

Southern California Edison; Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) seeks a Securities, Finance and Corporate Governance Attorney to advise internal clients on financing, securities, governance, and related transactions. You will support capital markets, bank financing, securitization, and regulatory compliance, while partnering with stakeholders and outside counsel.

The role requires independence, sound judgment, and the ability to manage multiple assignments under pressure.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school.
• Three or more years of experience practicing law (firm, in-house, or government).
• Current member in good standing of the State Bar of California or willingness to become accredited.

Responsibilities

• Serves as Lead Attorney or First Chair on medium-sized or more discrete legal matters with growing complexity.
• Anticipates and mitigates legal and regulatory risks with stakeholders.
• Provides legal advice on complex issues with strategic or performance implications.

Skills

Legal experience

Securities law

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Education

Juris Doctor (J.D.)

Job description

Join the Clean Energy Revolution

Become a Securities, Finance and Corporate Governance Attorney at Southern California Edison (SCE) and build a better tomorrow. In this job, you will be primarily responsible for providing legal advice to internal business clients on a broad range of financing, securities, governance, and transactional matters. Responsibilities include supporting capital markets, bank financing, and securitization transactions; advising on compliance with securities laws and corporate governance requirements; and coordinating with business stakeholders, outside counsel, financial advisors, trustees, regulators, and other third parties to address complex legal and business issues. You will report to a Director/Managing Attorney and will also work in other areas of the Section as needed. You must be able to work independently, be attentive to detail, identify legal and business risks, provide practical, business-focused legal guidance, and communicate effectively with senior management. We are seeking a candidate who has the ability to simultaneously manage a wide range of assignments, work quickly and effectively under pressure, and prioritize activities. A high level of professionalism, diplomacy and judgment is also essential.

As a Securities, Finance and Corporate Governance Attorney , your work will help power our planet, reduce carbon emissions and create cleaner air for everyone. Are you ready to take on the challenge to help us build the future?

Responsibilities

• The following job responsibilities are more generalized than the content above and apply to in- house attorneys across different sections of the department covering several specialty areas.
• Serves as Lead Attorney or First Chair on medium-sized or more discrete legal matters, but with growing complexity; serves as Second Chair or provide support on significant legal matters.
• Anticipates and identifies critical legal operating, technological, and environmental risks and works with stakeholders to develop appropriate and effective mitigation strategies.
• Provides legal advice on complex issues that may have significant strategic or performance implications for the organization.
• Drives processes and procedures for contracts, as appropriate and the implementation of best practice under the guidance of Senior Attorneys.
• Analyzes and drafts legal memoranda assessing the merits and respective legal risks and opportunities with focus of different problem-solving approaches.
• Creates business-oriented legal reports and correspondence and effectively presents legal information to senior management; helps to lead regulatory and enforcement matters which involves drafting and preparing of contracts or regulatory filings, as appropriate, and/or testimonies and reports, and advocating company positions at hearings.
• Influences specialist legal operations and projects in a way that manages key legal and regulatory risks, while balancing the interests of all stakeholders.
• Leads the negotiating and drafting of a wide variety of agreements or submissions.
• Participates in the designing of the legal strategy for draft proposed legislation.
• Oversees, strategically and cost-effectively, the management and partnership with outside counsel contentious/ litigation matters.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Minimum Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
• Three or more years of experience practicing law. Your combined experience can be at a law firm, corporate in-house setting, or government authority.
• Current member in good standing of the State Bar of California or willingness and ability to become accredited as such.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong academic credentials.
• Significant relevant legal experience with federal and state securities laws, including the Securities Act of 1933, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
• Experience with capital and bank market transactions, including issuances of preferred and common equity, securitized, senior, and subordinated debt securities, and negotiation of revolving and term loan credit facilities.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including experience negotiating, drafting, and reviewing complex transaction documents.
• Strategic problem solver with strong analytical ability and business acumen to provide legal advice within a business context.
• Experience interacting with senior management and non-lawyer clients and stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work effectively as part of a team, including the ability to promote positive cooperation within the legal team, with other SCE personnel, and with outside counsel.

Additional Information

• This position’s work mode is hybrid. The employee will report to an SCE facility for a set number of days with the option to work remotely on the remaining days. Unless otherwise noted, employees are required to work and reside in the state of California. Further details of this work mode will be discussed at the interview stage. The work mode can be changed based on business needs.
• Visit our Candidate Resource (https://www.edisoncareers.com/page/show/Candidate-Resources) page to get meaningful information related to benefits, perks, resources, testing information, hiring process, and more!
• Qualified applications with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
• Relocation may apply to this position.

About Southern California Edison

The people at SCE don't just keep the lights on. Our mission is so much bigger. We’re fueling the kind of innovation that’s changing an entire industry, and quite possibly the planet. Join us and create a future with cleaner energy, while providing our customers with the safety and reliability they demand. At SCE, you’ll have a chance to grow personally and professionally, making a real impact in Southern California and around the world.

Southern California Edison is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status.

We are committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodations at [e-mail] or [phone] and select option 2.