APPROVED, Orrick’s licensing division, is looking for a Licensing Manager who is ready to join a dynamic team of licensing professionals providing comprehensive solutions designed to directly address the unique challenges faced by fintechs and other financial services companies.  This is a hybrid position preferably located in our Chicago office. For the right candidate, we are also open to you joining our Washington DC, Santa Monica, or New York offices.

In this role you will conduct research and data compilation of regulatory filings and serve as an escalated level of review for licensing analyst work product.  You will provide oversight on major client projects and contribute to the staff training program. You will use your expertise to re-evaluate the right resource for the right task, drive process to support scalability and collaborate with Orrick firmwide resources including Orrick Analytics, Innovation, CaseStream, Service Center, and Research & Information. 

Essential Position Responsibilities:

• You will oversee and manage various client projects.
• You will provide oversight of foreign qualifications preparation, annual report compilation and ongoing compliance filings and client and regulator correspondence.
• You will motivate, mentor and deliver training to a team of licensing analysts, while keeping leadership informed of analyst capacity and performance.
• You will effectively use Mogy and propose enhancements to Mogy to bring further value to our clients.
• You will provide quality control oversight for mortgage lender, mortgage broker, mortgage servicer, mortgage loan originator and other financial-services related application documentation.
• You will share content ideas for the APPROVED blog and website, templates, and resource library.
• You will correspond with client, state and federal regulators.
• You will research state and federal statutes and regulations and analyze regulatory notifications.
• You will produce reports as requested and perform other duties as assigned.

About you:

• You have 5-7 years of legal, compliance, financial services, and/or licensing experience.
• You have a four-year college degree or equivalent work experience.
• You have strong communication skills, both written and verbal, and can confidently interface with all levels within an organization.
• You are a detail oriented, self-starter with excellent time management and organizational skills.
• You can manage a high-volume workload while mentoring a successful team of analysts.
• You have high proficiency with PDF software, strong Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, Visio and PowerPoint. 
• You are experienced with the Nationwide Multistate Licensing System.
• You are knowledgeable of project management tools such as Jira, SmartSheet, and Microsoft Project.

Who is Orrick? Orrick is a global law firm focused on serving the technology & innovation, energy & infrastructure and finance sectors. Founded more than 150 years ago in San Francisco, Orrick today has offices in 25+ markets worldwide. We are recognized worldwide for delivering the highest-quality legal advice through our diverse teams and for our culture of innovation and collaboration.  Financial Times selected Orrick as the Most Digital Firm of 2020, and in the past five years, the Most Innovative Law Firm of the Year three times and runner-up twice. For the eighth year in a row, Fortune named Orrick to its 2023 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.  Learn more about our awesome employee experience here: Fortune 100 Great Place To Work certified company*. 

Orrick is committed to providing a comprehensive, thoughtful total compensation package to our attorneys and staff, wherever they work.

The amount of pay offered will be determined by a number of factors, including but not limited to qualifications, relevant experience, primary work location, market data, and internal equity.  Other compensation may include an annual discretionary merit bonus, which would be determined by Firm and individual performance.  

We offer a full range of elective health benefits including medical, dental, vision and life insurances; robust mental well-being benefits; child, family, elder, and pet care benefits; short- and long-term disability benefits; a health savings account (w/applicable medical plan), flexible spending accounts, long-term care insurance, and a 401K program. Eligible employees will receive compensated time off through either a Paid Time Off or Flexible Time Off program (depending on position), generous Parental leave benefits, and paid holidays.

Please use the following link to access information in compliance with wage transparency requirements in applicable locations: https://www.orrick.com/en/Careers/124MO

Please visit www.orrick.com for more information about the firm. 

How to Apply: If you are searching for a chance to create an impact, you have a little grit and you love working with a team, we want to talk with you. To submit your resume and cover letter for this position, please visit our Staff and Paralegal Opportunities Listings at www.orrick.com/Careers. 

No phone calls please. 

What you need to know:  Successful applicants will be required to provide proof of being fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the commencement of employment. Applicants who wish to apply for a medical, religious accommodation or any other accommodation required under applicable law can do so later in the process (accommodations are not guaranteed and are decided on a case-by-case basis).

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.