Senior Vice President, Counsel- Counsel, BNY Treasury Services, Credit Services and Corporate Trust

Counsel, BNY Treasury Services, Credit Services and Corporate Trust

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Counsel to join our Investment Services Legal team supporting the Treasury Services, Credit Services and Corporate Trust lines of business. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA working on a hybrid schedule- 3 days/ w in -office.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Advise on all aspects of commercial lending, treasury services and corporate trust transactions, products, programs, platforms, processes and related matters
• Structure, document, negotiate and close commercial lending transactions
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements for BNY Mellon’s Treasury Services business – including those related to supply chain finance, receivables finance, risk distribution, white label outsourcing, global banking terms for payments and liquidity services, and a broad range of traditional trade-finance products such as letters of credit, trade loans and the discounting of instruments and documents
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements for BNY Mellon’s US Corporate Trust business– including a broad range of public not-for-profit related agreements, escrow, insurance trust, structured finance and custody agreements
• Manage escalations from various business stakeholders internally and outside counsel on transactional and documentation issues
• Assist on special, regional and global projects as required for the Credit Services, Treasury Services and Corporate Trust businesses
• At times interact with senior management and relevant business stakeholders
• Partner with control functions serving in an advisory or oversight capacity, such as Risk, Audit and Compliance
• Manage outside counsel and advise on business, regulatory and legal developments
• Collaborate with other Treasury Services Legal Team members, as needed
• Negotiate servicing outsourcing contracts

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and a member of the Pennsylvania or New York Bar.
• 3-7 years’ minimum of total work experience as a qualified attorney, preferably representing major financial institutions in lending and/or payments services transactions.
• Commercial real estate, fund finance or supply chain finance a plus
• Cross-border transactional experience a plus
• Ability to handle a diverse and demanding workload 
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, drafting and communications skills
• Ability to function independently, but also to function as part of effective teams

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards: 

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and too