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Valley National Bank Banking Attorney in Morristown, New Jersey
Provide legal guidance, expertise and support to Valley National Bank, a regional, federally chartered bank with $61 billion in assets, on a variety of banking, regulatory and risk matters, primarily focusing on the applicability of federal and state banking laws and regulations to Valley's deposit and consumer loan products and services and supporting a retail branch network. Experience with commercial lending and/or contracts also helpful. The role will be based in either New York City or northern New Jersey.
40 Hours
- Provide guidance and expertise on the applicability of federal and state banking laws and regulations to banking products and services, including the Truth in Savings Act, Truth in Lending Act, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Electronic Funds Transfer Act, Fair Credit Reporting Act, Gramm-Leach Bliley Act and UDAAP.
- Provide guidance and expertise on banking laws and regulations in the areas of fraud risk management, consumer lending, retail deposit products, and marketing activities.
- Provide guidance and support to various areas of the bank, including regulatory compliance, retail and branch banking, deposit operations, treasury solutions, digital banking, marketing, commercial lending, consumer lending and fraud risk management.
- Assist with monitoring and implementing changes in law.
- Prepare and revise standardized and customized templates, checklists, correspondence, bank forms and agreements.
- Work with representatives from various departments to address the legal requirements for policies, procedures, and disclosures.
- Provide legal support for strategic initiatives and new product and services offerings across the bank.
- Knowledge of and experience with the alphabet soup of federal banking laws and regulations.
- Knowledge of and experience with bank regulatory laws and regulations.
- Ability to draft complex contractual documents.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to apply principles of legal, logical or scientific thinking to a wide variety of intellectual and practical problems.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret the complex documents.
- JD degree and admission to practice in good standing in the state of New Jersey or the state of New York.
- Minimum of 4 years of applicable experience.
- Experience with banking matters at a medium to large law firm with banking clients and/or an in-house legal department at a bank, but will consider other backgrounds.
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
$165,700.00
$304,000.00
Valley National Bank is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics, and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.
