As the largest life insurance premium finance company in the country, Wintrust Life Finance provides customized financing solutions to qualified borrowers seeking to finance their life insurance premiums. Our financing solutions have supported numerous planning structures, including traditional wealth transfer, key-man insurance, buy-sell arrangements, split dollar arrangements, term alternatives, charitable giving, income replacement strategies, and more. Wintrust Life Finance is a subsidiary of Wintrust, a financial services company with more than $50 billion in assets.
Job Description
Why join us?
An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)
Competitive pay and annual discretionary bonus eligible
Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few
Family-friendly work hours
With 175+ community bank locations, we offer opportunities to grow and develop in your career
Promote from within culture
What you will do:
As the largest life insurance premium finance company in the country, Wintrust
We are seeking to add new Assistant Vice President, Assistant General Counsel. This position reports to the Vice President, Assistant General Counsel and deals with various areas of law, including transactional work, regulatory issues, litigation management, and bankruptcy. The position will work closely with all levels of management and provide legal advice that will minimize risk and capitalize on business opportunity.
Responsibilities:
Contract review and drafting
Legal research
Ensuring compliance with state and federal requirements
Interacting positively with regulatory agencies
Assisting outside counsel
Coordinating responses to discovery
Providing legal support on a broad range of financing matters
Effectively advising business units through both written and oral communication
Requirements:
1-3+ years of legal experience
Self-motivated, self-starter: Will take initiative to independently manage projects
Ability to act as both a business and legal advisor
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Flexibility and willingness to work on broad variety of legal matters
Demonstrated analytical skills: Will detect legal issues in all types of areas
Highly organized: Able to manage numerous assignments and prioritize time efficiently
Positive attitude and capable of establishing working relationships with coworkers
Education Requirements: J.D. from accredited law school, Licensed to practice law in the state of NJ.
From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicagos Bank and Wisconsin's Bank, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.
