Assistant General Counsel - Benefits and Compensation

Job Description

Description

At Constellation, a freshly independent and soon-to-be Fortune 200 company, we're providing the energy and services to transform our future. Combining next generation technologies and product offerings with the country's lowest carbon generating fleet, our company is purpose-built to meet the challenges of the climate crisis.

Constellation has been the leader in clean energy production for more than a decade. Now we're speeding delivery of low-carbon or no-carbon power to help families, communities, governments, and businesses meet their sustainability and decarbonization goals. Constellation provides 10 percent of total clean power and 22 percent of clean baseload power in the United States and is the leading competitive retail supplier of energy products, services and clean energy solutions. The race is on to confront climate change, and no company is more ready to meet that challenge.

We are committed to advancing diversity, equity and inclusion and believe in attracting, retaining and advancing employees who will best serve and represent our customers, partners and communities. We provide a workplace that ensures mutual respect, where each individual has the opportunity to grow and contribute at their greatest potential. Constellation will provide you the tools and resources you need to design, build and power a successful career.

Constellation offers a wide range of benefits, designed to help our employees thrive professionally and personally. In addition to highly competitive salaries, we offer a bonus program, 401(k) with company match, employee stock purchase program; comprehensive medical, dental and vision benefits, including a robust wellness program; paid time off for vacation, holidays and sick days; and much more.

Join us as we accelerate the transition to a carbon-free future. Energize your career with Constellation.

Annual Salary starting from $169,200

JOB TYPE: Hybrid with remote work flexibility. Ideally, candidates will be based near one of our offices in Baltimore, MD; Washington, D.C.; Chicago, IL; or Houston, TX. Candidates must be comfortable working in Eastern or Central time zones.  

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION

A highly experienced attorney who works independently and has major matter, team or client responsibilities as well as certain responsibilities for other attorneys on a project-specific/mentoring basis. Frequently supervises professional teams working on legal matters. Work generally involves handling matters of very substantial importance.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Under minimal supervision: plans, conducts and supervises complex legal assignments, necessitating ability to evaluate matters which may have a major bearing on the conduct of the Company's business; evaluates both legal and business risks and advises clients accordingly. Interprets and applies organization policy according to law.  
• Monitor and identify legal developments such as relevant statutes, regulations, case law and legal articles affecting employee benefit and compensation plans and programs. 
• Maintain and update compliance library resources, including cross checking and validating that information is up-to date. 
• Provide advice on the design, implementation and administration of the company’s qualified and non-qualified retirement, health and welfare, and compensation plans and programs. 
• Support the Corporate Secretary with respect to drafting of the compensation disclosure for the company’s annual proxy statement as well as compensation-related board materials and investor outreach materials. 
• Draft and negotiate employment and compensation arrangements. 
• Proactively review employee benefit and compensation policies to ensure legal compliance and consistency with best practices. 
• Support mergers, acquisitions, financings, and other corporate transactions with counsel on executive compensation, benefits, equity, and employment tax matters. 
• Review, negotiate and draft compensation and benefit plan-related vendor agreements. 
• Projects/duties as assigned.  

JOB SCOPE

• Provides legal advice regarding ERISA compliance, benefits eligibility, benefits related contracts. 
• Research legal issues, reviews and revises plan documents, summary plan descriptions, prospectuses, participant communications, and other documentation for a variety of plans and programs; reviews and interprets legal documents; monitors legislation and ensures compliance with applicable statutes and regulations; applies and interprets statutes and regulations and recommends appropriate action. 
• Contributes to cross-functional or departmental projects and teams.  
• Supports more senior attorneys in the ongoing management of relationships and matters with Constellation Operating Companies/Business Units and outside counsel.  
• Demonstrates superior legal judgment in the business context.  
• Demonstrates innovation; generates new ideas and devises original and successful solutions, programs or actions.  
• Develop and update employee benefits and compensation related policies and guidance. 
• Monitor applicable laws, rules, regulations, industry standards, and case law developments; advise Constellation Operating Companies/Business Units with respect to relevant changes and trends; develop and deliver education and training. 
• Influence team members of all levels within the organization by identifying and analyzing options that mitigate risk while driving business priorities. 

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• An LLB or JD from an accredited law school and be licensed to practice law in the relevant jurisdictions.
• At least 5 to 8 years of professional experience in a specialized area of law.
• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge of principles, practices and procedures of the legal field to the completion of complex assignments.
• Requires excellent legal research, analytical abilities and on ongoing knowledge of federal or state law. Must have the ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing; to read and analyze legal materials and other data; to work in stressful conditions under time deadlines.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Has the background and understanding of the various laws that retirement, health and welfare, and compensation plans including ERISA, ACA, COBRA, HIPAA, Mental Health Parity, Form 5500,, Internal Revenue Code, including 409A, and related claims and appeals processes. 
• Efficiently identify and analyze the legal aspects of a business problem and provide practical, actionable legal advice. 
• Engage and build relationships with business clients at all levels of seniority as a trusted legal advisor. 
• Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and efficiently verbally and in writing to non-lawyers and provide risk-based compliance approaches. 
• Ability to work independently to manage multiple, competing priorities and attain results by exercising appropriate judgment to manage matters through ambiguity and to completion. 
• Possesses and applies a comprehensive knowledge of principles, practices, and procedures of the legal field to the completion of complex assignments.  
• Excellent legal research, analytical abilities and ongoing knowledge of employee benefits and compensation law.  
• The ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in writing; to read and analyze legal materials and other data; cooperate purposefully and provide information and guidance, as needed, to achieve the business goals of the Company; to work in stressful conditions under time deadlines.  

Constellation is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and employees or applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to: age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.

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