Legal Counsel | Regulatory |amp| Compliance| | |I200|

WHAT YOU'LL DO

The Legal Counsel Regulatory Compliance position requires broad experience in policy and compliance legal matters. The Legal Counsel should also have interest in developing deep expertise in current and evolving regulatory matters.

Among other things, you will :

- Understand, manage and drive compliance with a number of BCG internal policies and governance, external reporting and risk management processes, and counsel members of legal team and other functions
- Help identify, rollout, and drive regulatory compliance and compliance projects impacting BCG’s global businesses from a strategic, tactical and operational perspective and collaborate to set strategy on same
- Serve as a critical member of BCG’s growing Governance, Crisis, Compliance Regulatory team across regulatory and policy topics, with a focus on trade restrictions, antitrust, insider trading, lobbying, know your client, conflict management, etc.

prior experience in all areas not required, but substrative experience in some areas preferred)

- Serve as a central point of contact for resources and materials, knowledge aggregation, horizon scanning, regulatory trends / developments and risk mitigation
- Identify risks and issues, suggest alternative solutions and risk management options both as part of discrete project escalations but also on larger projects
- Support training and continued development of knowledge and skills across both the global legal team and the business around compliance and regulatory issues
- Act as a partner on crisis management special projects
- Support team members on conflict management and know your client programs
- Conduct programmatic post hoc reviews of major projects to distill knowledge resources (e.g., future ways of working, target operating model, improvement plans)
- Take ownership of discrete legal initiatives as they arise based upon changing business priorities
- Perform other duties as assigned or required

YOU'RE GOOD AT

An individual successful in this position will excel at :

- Superior analytical skills and creative problem-solving ability, with an appreciation for striking a practical balance between business and legal objectives
- Quickly and independently spotting issues, managing complex legal matters with a diverse and global set of stakeholders
- Building new skill sets and areas of expertise quickly and comfortably, with the ability to quickly comprehend complex sets of international laws and regulations and interpret those laws within the context of BCG’s existing or new global policies
- Deploying and driving large scale legal change efforts in partnership with BCG’s Compliance function
- Performing successfully and producing results in a fast-paced, intellectually intense, client-oriented environment
- Being a pragmatic, high-energy professional, with personal and professional self-confidence
- Being proactive, hardworking, and a team player who leads by being persuasive and credible
- Having the interpersonal skills necessary to build relationships throughout a loosely structured, matrixed organization
- Interest in helping others grow and leaning into team oversight as needed
- Being comfortable working in a high autonomy culture and balancing competing stakeholders and priorities

YOU BRING (EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS)

- Graduate degree (J.D.) from an accredited law school and admitted to practice
- 5-8 years experience with a top tier law firm or in a sophisticated in-house legal department
- Experience at a professional services firm dealing with regulatory, policy and compliance topics
- Proven ability to manage ongoing compliance with existing regulations and internal policies
- Flexibility and a willingness to work on a variety of topics and issues, both within and outside your defined mandate
- Excellent written and oral communication skills and English fluency

YOU'LL WORK WITH

A variety of cohorts and functions across the firm, including senior consulting and business services team leadership. You will report into the corporate group within the Legal Team.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

BCG is partnering with our clients to tackle some of the world’s biggest and most pressing challenges. Grounded by our values and guided by our purpose, we are unlocking the potential of those who advance the world.

Our Global Legal Team is a key enabler of our firm’s success, helping to drive impact and progress across a number of important dimensions.

As a Legal team member, you will work across BCG teams and functions to support our business growth strategy, provide counsel and expertise, drive legal innovation, and leverage the power of new ways of working. Read more