Director / Assistant General Counsel - Financial Services Legal Team (Hybrid)

Director / Assistant General Counsel - Financial Services Legal Team (Hybrid)

Capital One’s Financial Services (“FS”) Division, headquartered in Plano, Texas is a leader and pioneer in the financial services industry. Capital One strives to bring tech-focused, innovative solutions to the auto industry from car buying to loan servicing and beyond with a mission-focused approach. As an attorney on our team, you will serve in a key role supporting and advising the business in our pursuit to dream, disrupt, and deliver solutions for consumers, dealers, and partners.

In this role as an attorney on the FS Legal team, you will partner with a passionate and customer-centric business and serve in a key role advising on a broad array of topics, including debt collection activities, customer communications and contact, and vehicle repossession and auction. You will roll up your sleeves and help identify risks, problem solve, and build solutions while counseling the business on all things from strategy, data, risk, and talent. And you’ll do it in a collaborative environment that values your insight, encourages you to take on new responsibility, promotes continuous learning, and rewards innovation and intellectual curiosity. In addition to joining our vibrant Capital One family, you will position yourself for what will be an exciting career with a leading player in the financial services industry, while teaming with a diverse group of individuals at an organization that cares greatly for, and gives back to, the communities it serves.

A successful candidate will:

• Actively ask questions and soak in new information to deeply understand the Business and legal and regulatory landscape

• Provide strategic and contextualized advice with strong executive, oral, and written communication

• Have an ownership mindset and view themselves as part of the business 

• Drive consensus across diverse teams through exercising sound judgment and by building strong relationships

• Have a successful track record of thriving and leading with heart, hunger, humility, and horsepower in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, and dynamic environment

• Collaborate with colleagues across the Legal Department to fully vet and scale risk in challenging gray areas.

Basic Qualifications: 

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school

• Active member in good standing of at least one state bar

• At least 8 years of experience in a law firm, governmental agency, or as in-house counsel

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 10+ years of experience in a law firm, governmental agency, or as in-house counsel

• 3+ years of experience in advising financial-services companies or advising on debt-collection laws and regulations

• Demonstrated ability to lead people

• Experience advising companies on matters of regulatory compliance, including with UDAAP, the FCRA, GLBA, ECOA, and TILA

• Ability to work effectively both in teams and independently, make effective and integrated decisions, and collaborate effectively at all levels in the company

• Ability to deal with ambiguous situations, complex concepts, and details

• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to influence others

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

This role is hybrid meaning associates spend 3 days per week in-person at our Plano, TX office. Fridays are enterprise-wide virtual work days. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are options for in-person days for associates to spend time together working in our beautifully-designed team areas.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Plano, TX: $205,400 - $234,400 for Director, Asst General Counsel

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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