Senior Counsel - Securities

About this role

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  At Transamerica, hard work, innovative thinking, and personal accountability are qualities we honor and reward. We understand the potential of leveraging the talents of a diverse workforce. We embrace an environment where employees enjoy a balance between their careers, families, communities, and personal interests.   

Ultimately, we appreciate the uniqueness of a company where talented professionals work collaboratively in a positive environment — one focused on helping people look forward and plan for the best life possible while providing tools and solutions that make it easier to get there.  

Who We Are  

We believe everyone deserves to live their best life. More than a century ago, we were among the first financial services companies in America to serve everyday people from all walks of life .   

Today, we’re part of an international holding company, with millions of customers and thousands of employees worldwide. Our insurance, retirement, and investment solutions help people make the most of what’s important to them.  

We’re empowered by a vast agent network covering North America, with diversity to match. Together with our nonprofit research institute and foundation, we tune in, step up, and are a force for good — for our customers and the communities where we live, work, and play. United in our purpose, we help people create the financial freedom to live life on their terms.  

What We Do  

Transamerica is organized into three distinct businesses. These include 1) World Financial Group, including Transamerica Financial Advisors, 2) Protection Solutions and Savings & Investments, comprised of life insurance, annuities, employee benefits, retirement plans, and Transamerica Investment Solutions, and 3) Financial Assets, which includes legacy blocks of long term care, universal life, and variable and fixed annuities. These are supported by Transamerica Corporate , which includes Finance, People and Places, General Counsel, Risk, Internal Audit, Strategy and Development, and Corporate Affairs, which covers Communications, Brand, and Government and Policy Affairs.  

Transamerica employs nearly 7 ,000 people. It’s part of Aegon, an integrated, diversified, international financial services group serving approximately 23.9 million customers worldwide. * For more information, visit transamerica.com .   

Job Description Summary Job Description Summary We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Counsel – Securities to join our Corporate Legal Services team. In this role, you will serve as a key legal partner supporting the company’s public company reporting, securities compliance, and capital markets activities. The successful candidate will help draft, coordinate, and file SEC disclosures while providing guidance on SEC and NYSE requirements.

Working closely with internal stakeholders, the Senior Counsel will gather and synthesize information for regulatory filings, support securities-related matters, and help ensure compliance with public company reporting obligations. This role is ideal for an attorney with significant experience in SEC reporting, securities law, and capital markets who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. Job Description Job Description

Responsibilities • Support preparation, review and filing of SEC filings, including 10-K, 10-Q, proxy statement, 8-K, S-3, S-8, and other filings as needed, to ensure compliance with federal securities laws and NYSE listing requirements. • Assist with review of earnings and investor communications materials, including earnings announcements, earnings scripts, press releases, investor presentations, internal communications, and similar. • Monitor developments in securities laws, NYSE listing requirements, SEC regulations and guidance, proxy advisory guidance, and public company governance best practices. • Support Section 16 and insider trading compliance, including review and coordination of Section 16 reports, administration of insider trading compliance processes, such as trading windows, blackout periods, and pre-clearance, and 10b5-1 plan review and administration. • Contribute to process development and refinement supporting recurring disclosure and reporting workflows, such as templates, checklists, and calendars. • Support special projects as needed, such as debt financings, share repurchases, and other capital markets transactions. • Direct and manage external law firms to ensure deadlines are met and completed within budget. • Work on complex legal issues where analysis requires identification and evaluation of multiple factors. • Manage legal matters provided to a number of in-house constituents within practice area(s). • Exercise independent judgment regarding legal advice with limited supervision of more senior attorney. • Participate in and may lead departmental and cross-functional working groups in identified areas of legal expertise or development. • May manage support staff.

Qualifications • JD from an ABA accredited law school • Five years of relevant legal experience (advising clients in securities law (’33 and ’34 Act) and SEC reporting and compliance matters). • Licensed or eligible to practice in the applicable state • Ability to effectively communicate, both written and oral, with the intended audience • Ability to exercise sound judgment in a fast paced environment • Ability to exercise agility and adaptability in providing legal advice • Comfortable in a rapidly changing corporate environment • Proficient using MS Office •

Preferred Qualifications • Significant experience drafting, reviewing, and coordinating SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, proxy statements, and earnings releases. • Strong knowledge of SEC regulations, securities laws, and NYSE listing standards. • Experience supporting public company reporting and compliance through a law firm, regulatory agency (such as the SEC), or in-house legal department

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