Senior Advisor, Operational Risk
Desjardins
Senior Advisor, Legal Affairs
Desjardins
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Lévis • 🇨🇦 Canada
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Senior
About the role
- Protect the organization’s legal interests and ensure compliance with laws
- Represent the organization in situations involving its legal interests
- Responsible for subspecialties like contested matters and Office of Corporate Secretary
- Lead development projects and strategic initiatives that are complex and innovative
- Advise clients and partners on planning, executing and monitoring strategic projects and initiatives
- Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies
- Interpret laws and regulations, issue legal opinions, prepare and validate rules, standards, policies, procedures, forms and agreements
- Represent the organization in court: develop strategy, draft pleadings, prepare witnesses, deliver oral arguments and negotiate
- Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support unit’s strategic projects
- Represent unit before decision-making bodies
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
- Knowledge of French is required
- Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
Benefits
- Competitive salary and annual bonus
- 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
- Defined benefit pension plan
- Group insurance including telemedicine
- Reimbursement of health and wellness expenses and telework equipment
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
legal compliancelegal representationstrategic project managementlegal opinion draftingpolicy developmentissue analysisnegotiationcourt strategy developmentpleading draftingwitness preparation
Soft skills
advisory skillsanalytical skillscommunication skillsleadershipproblem-solvingdecision-makingorganizational skillsstrategic thinkinginterpersonal skillscollaboration
