Counsel, VP
Our Company
State Street Corporation (NYSE: STT) is the world's leading provider of financial services to institutional investors including investment servicing, investment management and investment research and trading. With $25.42 trillion in assets under custody and administration and $2.18 trillion in assets under management at March 31, 2013, State Street operates globally in more than 100 geographic markets and employs 29,460 worldwide. For more information, visit State Street's website at www.statestreet.com.
Promoting a culture of excellence
With more than 29,460 employees across 29 countries, at State Street, our people are our greatest asset. We recognize that highly skilled, engaged and productive employees are essential to our success. Our company values reflect our commitment to employee engagement, Global Inclusion and corporate social responsibility -- to help you build a fulfilling career. Around the world, we aim to be an employer of choice by offering competitive compensation and benefits, personal and professional development opportunities, and a work environment that promotes a diverse array of people, ideas and skills.
We're a company that insists on, and rewards, performance excellence. We know our success hinges on attracting the best people to join us -- people like you.
We encourage you to explore the possibilities that a career at State Street can offer you.
State Street is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, citizenship, marital status, domestic partnership or civil union status, familial status, military and veteran status or other characteristics protected by applicable law.
A Counsel will have at least four years of experience as an attorney in the financial services industry. A Counsel will have significant responsibility for legal service to, and resolution of legal issues for, one or several clients with routine legal issues. A Counsel must demonstrate an ability to work with general direction from more senior attorneys on complex clients and work independently on less complex clients. In addition, a Counsel must demonstrate a good working knowledge of the Investment Company Act of 1940.
- Responsible for keeping current with legal developments.
- Supervises the preparation of materials for Board and shareholder meetings and may attend meetings, record minutes of meetings and pursue issues raised at meetings.
- Manages the preparation of, and coordinates the filing of, all non-financial documents requiring filing under the federal securities laws.
- Spots issues relating to clients, researches solutions and coordinates with more senior attorney to resolve issues.
- Has highly developed communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Works collegially with other department members and is respectful of other department members.
- Possesses strong time management skills. Handles multiple tasks and multiple priorities for various clients.
- Establishes close working relationships with clients and provides excellent service to clients.
- Capable of independent analysis and issue identification.
- Exercises considerable sound business and legal judgment.
- Demonstrates good organizational skills and independent follow through on issues and tasks.
- Capable of producing high quality routine work with general to minimal supervision.
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