Assistant General Counsel, Employment Law

About the Role:

Grade Level (for internal use): 11

Assistant General Counsel - Labor & Employment

S&P Global is seeking a business-minded and self-motivated attorney. This attorney should have a track record that demonstrates a strong knowledge of the law, sound practical judgment, and the ability to succeed in a collaborative environment. In this position, the successful candidate will interface with members of the company’s management and People teams at S&P Global’s offices and manage and execute on a broad range of employment and labor matters. This reports to the Associate General Counsel for Labor & Employment.

The Impact:

• Serving as the subject matter expert in all areas of US labor and employment laws; ensuring compliance with all applicable employment practices laws, rules and regulations.
• Drafting employment related contracts including offer letters, retention agreements, severance agreements and other employment related contracts.
• Providing strategic legal counsel and risk management advice to management and the People team on a wide variety of HR and employment practices matters, such as recruiting, compensation, performance management, separations, internal investigations, leaves of absence, discrimination, harassment, diversity and inclusion, workplace privacy, wage and hour compliance, restrictive covenants, reasonable accommodations, employee classification, immigration and general employment risk management.
• Participate in efforts to prepare, implement and refine best-in-class labor- and employment-related practices, policies, guidelines, tools, programs and forms that align with the company’s employee engagement strategy, values and business goals.
• Representing and defending the company as necessary in employment disputes, including lawyer’s letters and administrative charges. Manage outside counsel as necessary for employment litigation.

Responsibilities:

• Liaising with the Head of Labor & Employment on employment matters.
• Preparing and conducting regular employee and management trainings on relevant matters, and managing company training programs in conjunction with the People team.
• Monitoring and assessing the impact of legal and regulatory developments and enforcement trends at a country and local level.
• Counseling management and the People team on new or pending legislation, laws, rules and regulations and industry developments and trends that affect the company and its operations.
• Efficiently managing outside counsel with an eye toward minimizing outside counsel expense and meeting budget.
• Advise the People team on applicable statutory changes &/or implications related to our wellbeing/benefits programs (existing or new).

What We’re Looking For:

Basic Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of relevant experience gained at law firm and/or in-house (ideally at a publicly-traded company).
• JD or LLM from an accredited law school and maintains active bar membership in the United States.
• Candidate must have excellent business judgment, legal issue identification and problem-solving skills.
• Requires a practical, business-oriented approach to problem-solving; candidate must be able to effectively counsel internal clients by providing them with clear, concise and commercial advice, and creative solutions where necessary, on established timelines to meet their business needs.

Additional Preferred Qualifications:

• Candidate must bring a positive, “can do” attitude to the workplace and works collaboratively with other members of the Legal team and with internal clients, integrity is a must.
• Significant advisory experience.
• JD with exceptional academic credentials.
• Successful track record of in-house or similar advisory experience.

Right to Work Requirements:

This role is limited to persons with indefinite right to work in the United States.

Equal Opportunity Employer

S&P Global is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, marital status, military veteran status, unemployment status, or any other status protected by law.