Vice President, Counsel VI - Employment

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world's financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere. We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Counsel VI to join our Legal team in India. This role will be based in Pune, MH India – HYBRID. In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways Your role will be to act as a lawyer responsible for delivering effective Legal support to the Head of Legal, India to assist business lines and business partners of BNY India entities on employment and labour issues, and on contentious legal, regulatory, civil and/or criminal matters. You will also provide effective legal support to the Head of APAC Litigation, Enforcement & Investigations, alongside the Head of Legal, India, assisting on internal investigations. You will work with other lawyers in the Legal department, including Indian and overseas based lawyers, business line and jurisdictional specific lawyers, and with members of the Employee Relations team, members of the People Team and with business managers to deliver a high standard of legal advice that is tailored to BNY's business models. Viewed as a trusted internal resource capable of using knowledge of BNY's businesses, products, services and/or strategies to articulate and advance legal positions. Working with Line Manager and dotted line Managers to achieve department objectives; Providing timely advice and assistance to relevant business lines and business partners, in partnership with BNY's People Team and other members of the Legal department; Providing legal advice and assistance in connection with strategic business decisions with implications for employees; Supporting the department in providing legal support/advice/review: For business lines and business partners on employment and labour law and compensation and benefits issues; On strategic aspects of employee relations issues, investigations involving employees and managing employment litigation; On employment and labour law issues arising in connection with business acquisitions, disposals and displacements, including outsourcing transactions; On employment agreements, employee policies and employee communications; restructuring and redundancy arrangements; agreed employee separation arrangements, including negotiation of settlement agreements; trade unions; On implications connected with legal and regulatory developments; On responses to regulatory and law enforcement inquiries, subpoenas/ summons, and/or investigations; Driving and working collaboratively with business partners (e.g. Corporate Security, Security Investigations, Employee Relations, Risk, Internal Audit) to provide top quality legal advice and manage internal investigations and employee issues; Building relationships with relevant People Team, business and business partner managers to ensure understanding of relevant operations and identification of issues and solutions; Instruction and management of external counsel relationships in India (including assistance with analysis and collation of advice from such counsel and maintaining effective cost controls); Assistance with the development of formal training sessions for business colleagues on relevant topics, e.g. documentary standards/policies/market industry issues/legal issues; and also informal knowledge-sharing within the legal team; Reviewing presented business issues, conducting legal research and investigation and crafting legal solutions, balancing internal and external stakeholder interests, with the risks of adverse legal actions, revenue loss or reputational damage to the entity. May seek guidance from senior colleagues to ensure solutions align to global legal strategies; Communicating and collaborating with leaders who also serve in an advisory or oversight capacity, such as Compliance, Risk, Internal Audit, etc. and developing the Legal response/position for issues identified as risks or areas of non-compliance.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.