Assistant General Counsel
Job Overview
PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Assistant General Counsel at our Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this position is to provide legal counsel and services to management and staff in order to promote Pentagon Federal Credit Union’s (PenFed) corporate and business unit initiatives, while mitigating legal risks.
Responsibilities
Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties, and the position will perform other duties as assigned.
- Draft, review, and revise various legal documents to protect the interests of PenFed, its CUSO subsidiaries, and members (including membership and account agreements, commercial contracts, disclosures, etc.).
Provide legal advice to various business units and subsidiaries on a broad array of proposed, new or existing account or lending products and services with a focus on consumer protection, direct and indirect lending, securitizations, loan sales/purchases, mortgage servicing, collections, and real estate transactions.
Represent or assist outside counsel with the representation of the credit union and its subsidiaries in a variety of civil actions related to credit reporting, delinquency collections, employment, and real estate matters. Work with outside counsel to negotiate settlements, analyze credit union-specific issues, and develop litigation strategies.
Keep informed of legislation, regulations, judicial and other legal developments, and trends affecting federal credit unions and the financial services industry in general.
Analyze and interpret laws, rulings, and regulations with probable outcomes for the credit union and its subsidiaries.
Interact with PenFed and subsidiary staff, vendors, and government officials on a regular basis.
Other duties assigned are consistent with qualifications.
*This role is responsible for ensuring business continuity.*
Qualifications
Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.
- Graduate degree from an accredited law school required.
- Active member of the highest court of a state bar required.
- Minimum of four (4) years as a practicing attorney with experience in retail banking, lending, real estate matters and/or other financial services experience.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience working independently in fast-paced environments and able to multi-task.
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Word.
- Proven project management and problem-solving skills and results driven.
- Ability to work in a team environment and highly organized.
- Experience in using A.I. tools preferred.
Supervisory Responsibility
This position will not supervise employees.
Licenses and Certifications
Ability to practice law in the state where assigned.
Work Environment
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.
*Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*
Travel
Ability to travel to various worksites and be on call may be required.
Pay Transparency
The anticipated starting salary range for this role is $xx - $xx
This position is eligible for an organizational performance based annual bonus, subject to board discretion and approval.
This position is eligible for an individual performance based annual bonus.
#LI-Hybrid
Benefits
At PenFed, we offer a robust benefits package designed to support you both personally and professionally. You’ll have access to comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans; paid time off; and family-friendly benefits like paid parental leave, care support, and fitness center access. Financial wellness is encouraged through features like a 401(k) match, employee loan discounts, and fully paid life and disability coverage. We also support growth via education assistance, community involvement, and volunteer opportunities.
Our Purpose
Helping members achieve their dreams since 1935.
Pentagon Federal Credit Union (PenFed) is one of America's largest federal credit unions, serving 2.8 million members worldwide with $29 billion in assets. PenFed offers market-leading certificates, checking and savings, credit cards, personal loans, mortgages, auto loans, and a wide range of other financial services, always with members' interests in mind. PenFed is federally insured by the NCUA and is an Equal Housing Lender.
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty, LLC is a full-service real estate company ready to assist our clients with buying, selling and renting a home. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of PenFed Credit Union and is the largest independently-owned brokerage in the Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices network, placing us in the top 1% of all real estate brokerages in the country.
With almost 60 offices and nearly 2,000 world-class sales professionals, we offer complete service coverage in Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Florida, Tennessee, Kansas and Texas. In addition, we also offer specialized client services which include management of vacation properties and long-term rentals, corporate relocation services and national referral network.
Equal Employment Opportunity
PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.
PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at Careers@PenFed.org.
