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Securities and Corporate Law Clerk, Legal Department, MD Financial Management
Posted on April 29, 2024
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Scotiabank
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Requisition ID: 192438 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.Securities and Corporate Law Clerk contributes to the overall success of the Legal Department ? MD Financial Management in Canada ensuring specific individual goals, plans, initiatives are executed/delivered in support of the team's business strategies and objectives. The Securities and Corporate Law Clerk provides a broad range of services, support and advice to the MD Boards of Directors and certain internal and external governance committees in the areas of corporate governance, investment fund governance, fiduciary and protocol requirements. This role is also responsible for the timely filing of various securities regulatory reports, prospectuses, financial statements, and other related documents. The role and responsibilities are diverse, from taking board minutes, analyzing legal documents, and functioning as a subject matter expert around basic governance principles to taking a lead role to ensure the timely and accurate filings of securities documents. This role requires working closely with the MD Legal Department and Scotia's Corporate Governance Office, as well as dealing with the applicable Boards, Directors and Committee Members, to undertake a variety of tasks and projects in response to planned and/or emerging needs. Is this role right for you? In this role you will: Champions a customer focused culture to deepen client relationships and leverage broader Bank relationships, systems and knowledge Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of their day-to-day role, while ensuring high quality of work Management of boards and committees with limited oversight Manages multiple projects and files and raises risks and makes recommendations as applicable Works independently with project teams representing legal and fund compliance in the first instance Working with cross functional teams and groups to ensure that board and committee reporting is accurate, timely and complete for Board and Committee meetings Responsible for agenda setting to ensure Board / Committee responsibilities are met Responsible for preparing, documenting and advising certain internal committee meetings, which may include complex subject matters including investment and corporate governance principles Responsible for supporting certain internal investment fund governance committees Responsible for working together with Senior Legal Counsel to complete and file any and all prospectus documentation, including, for example, prospectus amendments, annual prospectus filings, annual disclosure documents, and other fund-related filings Preparing Minutes and Action Item Registers for internal Committee meetings and internal Boards for review by the Corporate Secretary Working with senior staff to develop, implement and report on effective governance principles for both Board and investment fund governance based on their review of legislation, case law and industry best practices Preparing various legal documents for review by legal team members (consent regulations, by-laws, and mandates) Maintaining corporate records by ensuring that minute books are kept to best standards Assisting Corporate Secretary in the preparation of board materials Maintaining the electronic board platform and keeping it up to date Shows a high degree of attention to detail and care in the review and drafting of documents, correspondence, etc. Understand how the Bank's risk appetite and risk culture should be considered in day-to-day activities and decisions Actively pursues effective and efficient operations of his/her respective areas in accordance with Scotiabank's Values, its Code of Conduct and the Global Sales Principles, while ensuring the adequacy, adherence to and effectiveness of day-to-day business controls to meet obligations with respect to operational, compliance, AML/ATF/sanctions and conduct risk Champions a high-performance
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LocationToronto, ON
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SalaryNot available
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Terms of employment
Full time
- Start date
Starts as soon as possible
- vacancies
1 vacancy
- Source
CareerBeacon
#1963781
Advertised until
2024-05-28
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