City : Houston, NY, US, 10281

Category : Paralegal and Legal Assistant

Industry : Finance

Employer : Scotiabank

Requisition ID: 170358

Cost Centre: NEW YORK AGENCY GENERAL 

Employee Referral Program – Potential Reward: $3,500.00 

Salary Range: 82,400.00 - 153,000.00 

Please note that the Salary Range shown is a guideline only. Salary offered may vary based on factors, including, but not limited to, the successful candidate’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience.

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Purpose
Contributes to the overall success of the U.S. Legal Department with responsibility for supporting litigation and employment counsel on all aspects of preservation and e-discovery issues affecting the Bank's U.S. Global Banking & Markets business.

Accountabilities 

• Manage identification, preservation, collection and processing of electronically stored information in response to internal and external investigations, litigations, and other inquiries related to the U.S. Global Banking & Markets business.  
• Implement legal holds, in consultation with U.S. litigation and employment counsel, and work with custodians to identify relevant documents. 
• Liaise with the enterprise preservation and e-discovery teams and assist with scoping data requests and providing status updates throughout the process to U.S. counsel.
• Coordinate on preservation and e-discovery processes and best practices with IT system owners. 
• Assist with processing ESI for internal reviews and creating review sets.
• Coordinate with external counsel and e-discovery vendors on transfer of data.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to preservation and e-discovery processes.
• Maintain knowledge and awareness of best practices and trends in industry and prepare proposals for improvements.

Education and Experience

• 4+ years relevant litigation support and preservation and e-discovery experience at a large law firm and/or e-discovery vendor and/or in-house
• Experience managing full e-discovery lifecycle, including forensic technologies, techniques and workflows
• Experience in financial industry and with cross-border discovery issues
• Bachelor’s degree
• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Knowledge of enterprise technologies
• Knowledge of ESI data processing, review and data hosting platforms
• Ability to work independently and balance multiple priorities

Location(s):  United States : Texas : Houston || United States : New York : New York City

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.  

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