Senior Legal Counsel - Employment, Benefits and Compensation
BMO — Chicago, IL, USA
Posted 2026-07-27
Application Deadline: 08/31/2026 Address: 320 S Canal Street Job Family Group: Legal At BMO, our workplace plays an important role in fostering collaboration, innovation, mentorship, and career growth. We bring teams together to solve complex challenges, share ideas, and build meaningful connections. This is a hybrid role based in Chicago, requiring a minimum of three days per week in the office at 320 S. Canal Street, with an anticipated increase to 4-5 days per week in the future. As Senior Legal Counsel, Employment, Benefits & Compensation, you will provide strategic legal and regulatory advice on a broad range of U.S. employment law, employee benefits (including ERISA), and compensation matters across BMO Financial Group. Partnering closely with business and HR leaders, you will help shape decisions, manage legal risk, and support key organizational initiatives while navigating an evolving regulatory landscape. Provides legal advice based on knowledge of legal principles, practices and procedures, and knowledge of the financial services industry and its environment. Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives. Works to achieve organizational goals while minimizing