Corporate Counsel, Employee Benefits and Compensation

Job Summary

Responsible for providing legal advice and recommendations to human resources and management within a variety of business units regarding matters of various complexities (basic to intermediate) which have or may have a sizable dollar impact on business activities and operations. Specifically, our Employment Benefits and Compensation, Corporate Counsel role will provide practical and business-oriented legal advice and counselling on a wide range of employee benefits and compensation issues. The ideal candidate will have at least 3-years of prior employment benefits law/compensation experience, in private practice and/or as in-house counsel for companies with multistate reach. Specific areas of impact may include:

• Responsible for legal matters related to qualified and non-qualified retirement plans, health and welfare plans, incentive plans and other benefit programs for the Walgreens and certain affiliates, including union plans and programs
• Provide legal counsel for governing committees for retirement and welfare plans
• Provide counsel on HR/benefit issues for mergers and acquisitions
• Draft and support negotiations for benefit plan/program vendor agreements
• Provide legal guidance for ERISA compliance matters (claims and appeals, reporting and disclosure, etc.)
• Draft and review compensation and benefit plan and program documents, disclosures and employee communications
• Provide business-orientated legal advice and counseling on paid sick and safe leave requirements, leaves of absence, compensation, and benefits

• Handles routine legal matters which generally focus on applying knowledge of one or more legal specialties
• Typically receives specific direction from management or more senior law professionals as to the outcomes, process and schedules expected while developing a deeper knowledge of the business operations of the company
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to execute legal strategy
• Assists on cases, matters and projects, performs and supervises research, reviews standard documents and routine contracts, and prepares routine filings.
• Develops and implements internal legal policies and best practices to enhance operational efficiency
• Works to develop fluency in legal concepts impacting the work performed

About Walgreens
Founded in 1901, Walgreens (www.walgreens.com) proudly serves nearly 9 million customers and patients each day across its approximately 8,500 stores throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Walgreens has approximately 220,000 team members, including nearly 90,000 healthcare service providers, and is committed to being the first choice for pharmacy, retail and health services, building trusted relationships that create healthier futures for customers, patients, team members and communities.

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and at least three (3) years of post-bar attorney legal work experience in a combination of law firm
• Required licensure to practice law in at least one state
• Required Illinois bar membership or active bar membership in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• Experience with time management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates
• Experience collaborating across business lines to develop and/or execute departmental strategies
• At least 2 years of experience contributing to financial decisions in the workplace.
• At least 2 years of direct leadership, indirect leadership and/or cross- functional team leadership.
• Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.