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General Overview:
The Assistant Vice President of Legal & Compliance will play a crucial role in leading the company's Legal & Compliance Department, serving as a strategic advisor to the Vice President of Legal & Compliance. This individual will be responsible for supervising the Compliance team and managing risk management initiatives for the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee the Compliance team within the Legal Department, including managing the Director of Compliance and their team, conducting internal and external compliance audits, preparing State Regulatory Reports, assisting in implementing new rules and regulations, and liaising with state regulators for market conduct examinations and complaints.
- Lead and manage the handling and resolution of customer complaints, mentoring the compliance team throughout the process.
- Conduct internal compliance audits, as well as audits of Managing General Agents,Third-Party Administrators, and applicable vendors, while providing guidance and mentorship to the compliance team.
- Stay up-to-date with evolving laws, regulations, and industry standards, developing governance and processes to ensure compliance and mitigate risk.
- Serve as the designated privacy and information security subject matter expert, overseeing the development and implementation of an enterprise-wide privacy program, including standard operating procedures (SOPs), communication, and employee training.
- Function as the incident response coordinator for situations requiring a company response related to privacy or cybersecurity.
- Lead the corporate risk management committee in identifying, assessing, and managing potential risks that could impact the organization's business operations and financial performance.
- Keep the Vice President of Legal and other key stakeholders informed about corporate litigation and significant risk management issues.
- Attend executive committee and stakeholder meetings in the absence of the Vice President of Legal, serving as the second in command.
- Supervise, coach, and mentor corporate counsel and legal and compliance staff as needed.
- Perform other duties as required.
Qualifications:
- Juris Doctor Degree from an accredited law school.
- Experience as an attorney in the Property and Casualty industry.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Outlook, Word, and Excel.
- Admitted to the State Bar.
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries ("we," "our," or "Vaco") respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco's HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual's skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.