SVP Dispute Advisory Group Attorney

VP Lead Counsel II - Retail Wealth Management

Team Leader Corporate Administration

Senior Vice President, Ethics Senior Officer

Associate Program Manager

Vice President of Legal Pricing

Financial and Accounting Manager

SVP Head of Legal Bill Review & Alternative Legal Pricing

Responsibilities: <ul><li>the DAG Attorney is responsible for independently managing a caseload of active matters that typically involve complex and variable issues, often with substantial potential impact to the business, where the development of an approach/taking of an action involves weighing various complex alternatives and balancing potentially conflicting needs.</li><li>&nbsp;On occasion, the DAG Attorney Senior Vice President may provide guidance and oversight to less senior attorneys on the team.&nbsp;</li><li>This position has the authority and expectation to independently investigate complex legal issues with significant potential impact to the business, advise the business regarding the recommended resolution of such issues, and effectuate the ultimate resolution of the matters.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Resolution may also include making referrals to other units such as Compliance, Human Resources, and Ethics, and may also involve interfacing and negotiating with the client, as well as preparing settlement documents and regulatory filings.&nbsp;</li><li>The DAG Attorney is directly responsible for ensuring compliance with the Firm’s oversight of Sales Practice allegations with respect to customer complaints, and the DAG Attorney’s responsibility includes ensuring compliance with the Firm’s obligations as they related to the investigation and/or escalation of specified Sales Practice customer complaints under both the Minimum Retail Non-Deposit Investment Product (RNDIP) Sales Practice Customer Complaint Escalation Guidelines, and the Minimum RNDIP Sales Practice Customer Complaint Investigative Guidelines.&nbsp;</li><li>The DAG Attorney provides the legal analysis for the business as to the potential exposure to the client from both a civil and from a regulatory perspective and recommends the course of action.&nbsp;</li><li>The DAG Attorney serves as a strategic legal partner and interfaces with business risk and management across various lines of business, including senior management as appropriate; and from time to time, also provides training and educational presentations to business partners.&nbsp;</li><li>Accordingly, well-developed and nuanced are required in order to influence others, including senior managers.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>In addition, the DAG Attorney is responsible for responding to regulators and regulatory inquiries associated with customer complaints and sales practice matters, and assists with the preparation of attendant regulatory filings.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements: Qualification: <ul><li>JD and Requisite Bar Admission</li><li>A minimum of 7-9 years of professional experience in the financial services industry involving complex regulatory investigations, proceedings and/or securities litigation</li><li>Significant experience at a major law firm, regulator, and/or financial services company</li><li>Previous, in-depth exposure to securities markets and familiarity with securities transactions and various classes of securities</li><li>Experience working in a complex, demanding, fast-paced and entrepreneurial environment</li><li>Experience working at a regulatory agency would be a plus</li></ul> The desirable candidate should possess the following personal characteristics: <ul><li>Highest standards of integrity</li><li>Collaborative work habits – acting in the interests of a common cause and a true team player</li><li>A proactive, energetic and pragmatic approach to business and legal issues</li><li>Excellent communication skills – including the ability to explain technical matters to non-lawyers</li><li>The ability to successfully work with clients located in different locations (both within the US and around the world)</li><li>Ability to listen and understand the needs of the business and other internal clients, and to integrate legal and business issues</li></ul>

Overview: <ul><li>The Lead Counsel II, VP is a senior professional position responsible for accomplishing results for the retail wealth management legal department in an effort to manage and direct day-to-day legal activities in coordination with the Legal team.&nbsp;</li><li>The overall objective of this role is to provide legal support, advice and guidance across a broad range of practice areas.</li></ul> Responsibilities: Perform legal research and analysis and provide legal advice and recommendations with respect to issues and inquiries raised by retail clients involving the opening and maintenance of investment accounts, including, but not limited to: <ul><li>Transfer On Death accounts</li><li>Trust and Estate accounts</li><li>Conservatorship Accounts</li><li>Custodian Accounts</li><li>Legal Entity accounts</li></ul> <ul><li>Perform legal research and analysis and provide legal advice regarding Powers of Attorney and certain issues related to IRAs and other retirement accounts.&nbsp;</li><li>Overall, primary responsibility for (i) addressing and resolving issues raised by financial advisors, their supervisors and middle office operations staff including client help desks regarding retail investment accounts; (ii) devising, drafting and maintaining policies and procedures related to such accounts; (iii) responding to inquiries and other actions regarding restraints on accounts and (iv) interacting with clients and their legal counsel, as necessary.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>In addition to working with business and operations people, Candidate will also collaborate with other legal and compliance colleagues.</li><li>Providing&nbsp;legal advice to business, operations, risk and control functions regarding creation, revision and/or maintenance of client- facing and internal use forms, which may be used across several business lines and engage with counsel for clearing firm legal regarding such forms.&nbsp;</li><li>Providing advice to the Restricted and Control Stock Services Group regarding client requests that require special handling often on an expedited basis.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Such transactions require assisting the field with the facilitation and performance of due diligence required in evaluating transactions, dealing with company counsel and the firm’s outside counsel and completing regulatory required filings with the SEC in a timely manner.&nbsp;</li><li>Continuously stay informed of regulatory changes, new regulations, internal policy changes and developments in the law</li><li>Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firms reputation and safeguarding , its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>4-6+ years of relevant experience</li><li>Juris Doctor degree</li><li>Bar License in good standing to practice law in at least one state</li><li>Banking/financial industry experience or experience from big law firm</li><li>Extensive knowledge and understanding of area of responsibility</li><li>Comprehensive knowledge of local, state and federal laws and practices</li><li>Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication</li><li>Proven analytical and organizational skills</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Responsible for the following tasks for client portfolio: <ul><li>Comprehensive administration and company secretarial matters of a portfolio of companies/ trusts/ foundations/ others, allocated to the team and its daily supervision</li><li>Manage and maintain client relationship through regular calls and ensuring consistent and quality of service level. Obtaining client feedback on a regular basis and working towards improving the service based on feedback received.</li><li>Inform management and compliance department all matters involving litigation, potential litigation, claims, potential claims, complaints against the company.</li><li>Meeting statutory deadlines for filing of accounts, TRC, CRS, FATCA amongst others including annual payments for ROC and FSC.</li><li>Cross selling of internal/group products (for example, Tax, Accounting, Payroll, Funds, Actuarial, Captive Insurance).</li><li>Finding opportunities for client’s business growth while maintaining confidentiality. Involve in the onboarding of prospective businesses together with Business Development team, especially through referral from existing clients and/or business partners.</li></ul> Responsible for the monitoring and delivery of: <ul><li>Compliance with all internal policies and procedures.</li><li>Files are being properly maintained as per required standard and in compliance with all statutory requirements including update of relevant softwares/records.</li><li>Budget Monitoring – Ensuring that monthly/quarterly budget is met.</li><li>Invoicing and monitoring of timesheet/ WIP – preparation/ approval of invoices, validation of invoices and ensure deadline to bill the client is met.</li><li>Debtors Management - chasing clients for payments when required and managing debtors’ days.</li><li>Keeping up to date with all relevant laws and regulations applicable to the industry.</li><li>Overall monitoring and delivery of specific information for the entire department as may be assigned by Management (e.g New Initiatives, Resources/Training, Financial, Software update, Statistics)</li></ul> Responsible for managing a team of administrators: <ul><li>Motivate team members, conduct appraisal and regular meetings.</li><li>Train and develop team members to continually improve their performance. Supervise the team members to ensure they always comply with statutory regulations and company’s policy and procedures. Promote positive attitude and develop team spirit through recognition and intrinsic reward.</li><li>Coach and develop team members with a view to build a culture based on our client Capital values, and by extension to our client core values.</li><li>Be committed to excellence and promote efficiency by setting personal example of corporate values (Agility, Pioneering &amp; Excellence)</li><li>Approve leaves for team members on Leaves Management System. Ensure proper planning of staff in the team</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Holder of a relevant degree (e.g. Management, Law, International Business, Finance).</li><li>At least 5 years of working experience in the Global Business Sector; in addition, either&nbsp;ICSA, ACCA.</li><li>Ongoing development of technical knowledge.</li><li>Previous experience in supervising role will be an advantage.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Evaluating concerns reported to the Ethics Office.</li><li>Determining assignment of matters reported to the Ethics Office to the appropriate control function partners.</li><li>Effectively managing the investigation of matters reported to the Ethics Office, including active monitoring and follow-up with control function partners performing Ethics Office investigations.</li><li>Providing credible challenges to control function partners performing Ethics Office investigations, giving direction and guidance to the end-to-end handling of internal investigations.</li><li>Preparing accurate and concise written closure summaries for Ethics Office matters.</li><li>Escalating and reporting on significant matters and trends.</li><li>Evaluating new laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance related to employee reporting hotlines.</li><li>Preparing materials for presentations as part of employee engagement programs.</li><li>Assisting with other Ethics Office initiatives as needed.</li><li>Additional duties as assigned.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>The successful candidate will be a qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years of litigation, prosecutorial, investigations, employment law, or regulatory experience, including familiarity with the financial services industry and products, and a strong understanding and familiarity with a global, corporate environment.</li><li>The successful candidate will have outstanding writing and analytical skills, sound judgment, discretion, and an understanding of business processes.</li><li>This individual should also possess extraordinary project management and organizational skills and be capable of handling multiple projects at one time.</li><li>Familiarity with the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, whistleblowing laws and regulations outside the United States, and related best practices is a plus. Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills (written and oral) are critical, as this individual will work in a high volume, fast-paced environment.</li></ul> Candidates Must Have <ul><li>A Juris Doctor degree</li><li>A license in good standing to practice law in at least one state</li><li>Ability to both work independently and collaborate with team members</li><li>Excellent project management and organizational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prepare accurate summaries of complex facts and concepts</li></ul>

Responsibilities:&nbsp; <ul><li>The successful candidate will be a qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years of litigation, prosecutorial, investigations, employment law, or regulatory experience, including familiarity with the financial services industry and products, and a strong understanding and familiarity with a global, corporate environment.&nbsp;</li><li>The successful candidate will have outstanding writing and analytical skills, sound judgment, discretion, and an understanding of business processes.&nbsp;</li><li>This individual should also possess extraordinary project management and organizational skills and be capable of handling multiple projects at one time. Familiarity with the United States Sentencing Guidelines, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, whistleblowing laws and regulations outside the United States, and related best practices is a plus.&nbsp;</li><li>Excellent interpersonal communication and presentation skills (written and oral) are critical, as this individual will work in a high volume, fast-paced environment.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Evaluating concerns reported to the Ethics Office.</li><li>Determining assignment of matters reported to the Ethics Office to the appropriate control function partners.</li><li>Effectively managing the investigation of matters reported to the Ethics Office, including active monitoring and follow up with control function partners performing Ethics Office investigations.</li><li>Providing credible challenge to control function partners performing Ethics Office investigations, giving direction and guidance to the end-to-end handling of internal investigations.</li><li>Preparing accurate and concise written closure summaries for Ethics Office matters.</li><li>Escalating and reporting on significant matters and trends.</li><li>Evaluating new laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance related to employee reporting hotlines.</li><li>Preparing materials for presentations as part of employee engagement programs.</li><li>Assisting with other Ethics Office initiatives as needed.</li><li>Additional duties as assigned.</li></ul>​Requirements: <ul><li>A Juris Doctor degree.</li><li>A license in good standing to practice law in at least one state.</li><li>Ability to both work independently and collaborate with team members.</li><li>Excellent project management and organizational skills and capability to handle multiple projects at one time.</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to prepare accurate summaries of complex facts and concepts.</li></ul>

Overview: <ul><li>The Legal program Manager/Paralegal position will provide support for Intellectual Property and Operations &amp; Technology Group (IP and O&amp;T Law Group), a group of attorneys supporting all aspects of intellectual property protection for enterprise-wide and also providing legal support for varied involved in operations and technology.&nbsp;</li><li>The Paralegal should have subject matter expertise relevant to intellectual property (especially patents).</li><li>The individual will be expected to apply analytical thinking to assist and support the IP and O&amp;T Law Group attorneys with complex intellectual property acquisition (and related maintenance activities), and various administrative responsibilities incidental to those matters.&nbsp;</li><li>Regular interaction with technologists and management across various business lines is expected, and well-developed and nuanced communication skills are required.&nbsp;</li><li>Regular interaction with external intellectual property counsel (especially patent) is required.&nbsp;</li><li>The Paralegal will also have various administrative responsibilities incidental to the corporate governance of varied operations and technology entities.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>Perform varied work that involves moderate initiative and responsibility, to assist in-house counsel with complex and variable matters.</li><li>Communicate with all levels of personnel across the enterprise and with external intellectual property (especially patent) counsel both orally and in writing (including memorandum, letters &amp; e-mails).</li><li>Assist lawyer(s) by investigating facts, gathering information and presentations.</li><li>Track and distribute information to legal and business colleagues.</li><li>Review, classify and route incoming communications to appropriate legal, operations departments, or external counsel.</li><li>Manage data in various legal databases and systems, including off-site secure file storage.</li><li>Create new records on, and updates to, internal IP database.</li><li>Handle all powers of attorney, declarations, and assignments for patent filings.</li><li>Manage the creation, execution, distribution, and storage of varied corporate governance documents.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>5-8 years relevant experience</li><li>Experience in a corporate legal department, law firm, financial services industry, or related field</li><li>Excellent technical, writing, analytic and research skills</li><li>Proficient in Word, Excel and PowerPoint</li><li>Excellent interpersonal skills relating to confidential information and when dealing with customers/regulators/staff</li><li>Excellent organizational skills; ability to review and organize numerous related documents</li><li>Self-motivated character</li><li>Ability to work independently and together in a team environment</li><li>Highest standards of integrity</li><li>Experience in the financial services industry strongly preferred</li></ul> Education: <ul><li>Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Our clientss Global Legal Solutions (GLS) Department is hiring an experienced Vice President of Legal Pricing to provide subject matter expertise relating to all aspects of legal engagements.</li><li>The Vice President of Legal Pricing will report to the Director of Outside Counsel Management within the GLS organization.</li><li>Overall, this role will focus on (i) analyzing various forms of legal fee engagements (i.e., hourly rates, alternative fee arrangements), (ii) supporting and actively participating in fee negotiations with outside counsel and non-law firm legal service providers, (iii) providing guidance and recommendations relating to alternative fee arrangements, (iv) driving competitive tendering activity, (v) maintaining hourly rate arrangements on platforms, and (vi) developing and delivering strategic reporting and other highly-polished correspondence to senior members of the legal organization, GLS, and members of the external legal community in all regions.&nbsp;</li><li>The Vice President of Legal Pricing will work in close daily collaboration with Attorneys, External Law Firms, Alternative Legal Service Providers, and GLS colleagues at all levels across functions including Finance, Technology, Project Management and Operations, while adhering to GLS program goals and priorities, evaluating complex legal and operational issues and impact to our clients businesses and broader legal organization.</li></ul> Responsibilities: Legal Pricing Analysis &amp; Benchmarking <ul><li>Research and evaluate historical matter data to understand our client’s position relative market</li><li>Identify relevant benchmarking data to inform potential engagement strategies for single matters and consolidated portfolios of work.</li><li>Respond to specific requests for legal spend and/or productivity data.</li><li>Communicate spend trends and matter activity to key stakeholders within the legal department.</li><li>Document and maintain detailed records of procedures, assumptions, methodologies and sources of information utilized in hourly rate and spend analysis.</li></ul> Alternative Fee Arrangements <ul><li>Develop and recommend tailored alternative and appropriate fee arrangements for select single matters, consolidate portfolios of matters, and repeatable activities handled by our client’s external law firms and alternative legal suppliers.</li><li>Scrutinize standalone fee proposals from external law firms and recommend appropriate counter proposals or responses.</li><li>Collaborate with in-house lawyers and OCM colleagues to develop efficient alternative fee arrangements.</li></ul> Requests for Proposals <ul><li>Draft and facilitate requests for proposals and requests for information related to single matters and portfolios or work covering litigation, regulatory, and transactional concerns.</li><li>Coordinate with in-house counsel and operations colleagues to complete requests for proposals (RFPs) and meet deadlines.</li><li>Liaise with pricing professionals at our external law firms to formalize pricing arrangements.</li></ul> Timekeeper Hourly Rates <ul><li>Maintaining hourly rates and fee arrangements in our client’s e-billing and matter management platform.</li><li>Evaluating ad hoc rate increase requests and recommending an appropriate response.</li><li>Assist with regular and ad hoc rate-setting exercises.</li></ul> Tracking &amp; Reporting <ul><li>Clearly communicate analysis, financial metrics, and budget reports to individual lawyers and management committee members to ensure success of individual attorneys and the department overall.</li><li>Identify budget deviations with attorneys, and lead discussions of corrective actions to minimize cost overruns through change orders.</li><li>Model external legal fee savings associated with potential engagement strategies in support of department-wide targets.</li><li>Coordinate data gathering and analysis for quarterly reporting and presentations.</li><li>Design templates to assist attorneys with budgeting and actively monitor engagements while supplying reports to management.</li><li>Interact with Business Management staff and other administrative departments to ensure data consistency and provide accurate and timely reporting.</li><li>Collaborate with operations, data and technology colleagues to develop various automated reports to increase efficiency.</li><li>Develop standardized processes and procedures to ease of administrative work and data and metrics collection for reporting.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>5+ years of relevant pricing experience required, preferably working within (i) a mid-to-large global law firm, with experience in areas including but not limited to pricing, legal analytics, business development, and/or legal process management, (ii) a multinational in house legal operations team, or (iii) a global professional services consulting organization with legal sector coverage.</li><li>Practical knowledge of common legal matter progression (e.g., course of litigation, basic procedure, basic corporate or financial transactions).</li><li>Experience in both traditional and innovative law firm or lawyer fee arrangements or pricing methodologies.</li><li>Proven analytical and quantitative skills.</li><li>Experience conducting financial analysis and research.</li><li>Strong ability to analyze and organize data.</li><li>Highly effective project and process management skills. Lean Six Sigma a plus.</li><li>High attention to details, excellent time management and critical thinking skills.</li><li>High social acumen and the ability to collaborate directly, daily and effectively across cultures, geographies, and time zones.</li><li>An ability to lead and influence people across cultures at a senior level using sound judgment, successful execution of strategies, and an understanding of how to operate effectively across diverse businesses.</li><li>Advanced writing and verbal presentation skills required.</li><li>Strong organizational and documentation skills required.</li><li>Exceptional data analysis skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel.</li><li>Exceptional written communication skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Word.</li><li>Ability to create and publish data visualizations or dashboards in Microsoft PowerBI (or similar tool) a plus.</li></ul> Qualifications: <ul><li>Bachelor’s / University Degree is required.&nbsp;</li><li>Law degree or MBA is strongly preferred.</li></ul>

About the role Subsidiary of a Swiss group with an international dimension, founded in 1910, SAUTER Régulation SAS is the market leader in France and Luxembourg, in the energy efficiency sector. SAUTER Régulation offers a complete range of products, solutions and services for the optimization of comfort and energy. Our turnover is 25 million euros, we employ more than 120 people through our 6 Regional Divisions and we cover the whole of France and Luxembourg.The successful candidate will manage functional services and ensures their economic balance. Advisor to management, he/she assumes financial responsibility and is the guarantor of compliance with legal obligations. As a Financial &amp; Accounting Manager you will… ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Have hierarchical and transversal management·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Organize and distribute the tasks of its collaborators, specialized in their respective fields: accounting and finance, administration, human resources and information system.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Define their objectives, evaluate their performance, support their skills development.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ensure legal, tax and regulatory compliance of all processes.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coordinate cross-functional projects: formalization of good practices, updating of the accounting framework, improvement of the IT tool.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Accounting and financial follow-up·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Define the financial policy, in particular the credit policy (collection of receivables), control compliance with legal and internal accounting rules.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Monitor cash flows on a daily basis, analyze deviations from forecasts, update cash forecasts, supervise the collection (customers) and disbursement (suppliers) process, develop investment financing plans, manage the real estate and movable assets, ensuring relations with banking establishments (investments).·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Manage the performance of services: establish dashboards, periodically monitor indicators, analyze monthly differences, participate in the preparation and development of provisional budgets, monitor their evolution.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Participate in the preparation of accounting situations and closing of accounts, the establishment of financial statements and their consolidation, tax declarations.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Supervise financial information and its communication to external partners.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Coordination of administrative tasks·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Define the HR policy, lead the dialogue with the IRP (staff representative bodies), in conjunction with his line manager.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ensure relations with the tax administration and experts (lawyer, auditor, accountant, auditor), litigation procedures, supervise the management of general services (health, safety, new works, insurance, supplies, equipment, provider contracts).·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Supervise HR management: payroll and HR indicators, recruitment, training plan, annual interviews, absences, employment contracts, social declarations and other obligations, internal and external communication.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Supervise the IT department: define resources and needs, manage implementation (ERP) and deployment projects.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Prepare management meetings, take minutes.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Management: advice and technical support·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Periodically report working capital requirements to management.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Supervise managements provisional budgets, recommend strategic solutions.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Develop recommendations to management on its financial strategies and to operational managers on budget processes, on operational solutions.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Conduct ad hoc cost analysis and internal audit assignments.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Participate in management committee meetings.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Conduct annual interviews.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ensure or participate in industrial management control.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Oversee internal audit assignments.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Carry out strategic and budgetary simulations (investment projects). What you already have… ·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Required diplomas: DCG (diploma in accounting and management), CCA license (accounting, control, audit), Bac +5 level training, Master CCA (accounting, control, audit), Higher Diploma in Accounting and Management (DSCG)·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A minimum of five years experience is required, in accounting, management control, accounting audit.·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Technical skills, including experience/familiarity with IFS·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Good knowledge of the company, its businesses, its culture and the operation of all departments·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Good knowledge of management control and audit, taxation, labor and business law·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Good knowledge of the companys information system·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mastery of office tools as well as BI (Business Intelligence) tools·&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;English and French language skills&nbsp;

Responsibilities: Legal Bill Review: <ul><li>Analyze and audit outside law firms’ billings against billing guidelines and customary and reasonable billing standards in the industry to determine if adjustments or reductions are required.&nbsp;</li><li>Items that may be identified in the legal invoice audit for adjustments or reductions may include, but are not limited to, billing for time in excess of what was actually spent, inefficient/insufficient reporting descriptions; duplicate time charges; over-staffing – proper utilization of personnel, rounding of time charges; excessive de minimis time charges; charges for overhead and mark-up on costs; etc.</li><li>Develop, communicate and implement the legal bill review program strategy and guidelines to various stakeholders, including law firm partners and in-house attorneys.</li><li>Prepare, present and lead implementation of legal bill review program across different practice areas and regions.</li><li>Manage team of 3-4 legal bill auditors based in Mumbai office, providing them with the strategy, structure, leadership and guidance to effectively execute the legal bill review program strategy and protect nterests.</li><li>Identify and understand trends and activities driving overall multi-million dollar legal spend and propose actions to address or leverage those trends as appropriate.</li><li>Test the reasonableness and necessity of charges incurred by legal suppliers to confirm that invoices fairly reflect the basis for charges for global network of law firms.</li><li>Create reports and summaries of breaches of policy and/or generally accepted industry billing standards.</li><li>Work with Attorneys and its legal suppliers to resolve appeals and other discrepancies.</li><li>Train and/or advise attorneys and external law firms on critical components and best practices around legal bill review.</li><li>Liaise with the reporting, system administration and invoice operations support teams to resolve any invoice data and billing related issues.</li><li>Leverage management information, analytics and technology to drive performance improvement and sharing observations and trends with the team and senior management.</li><li>Identify new improvement or innovative opportunities and understand, assess and remove barriers to success.&nbsp;</li><li>Maintains deep knowledge and familiarity with industry best practices and latest technologies, including but not limited to artificial intelligence, machine learning etc., that should be adopted.</li></ul> Legal Pricing Analysis &amp; Benchmarking: <ul><li>Research and evaluate historical matter data to understand position relative to market.</li><li>Identify relevant benchmarking data to inform potential engagement strategies for single matters and consolidated portfolios of work.</li><li>Develop and communicate spend trends to key stakeholders within the legal department.</li><li>Document and maintain detailed records of procedures, assumptions, methodologies and sources of information utilized in hourly rate and spend analysis.</li></ul> Alternative Fee Arrangements: <ul><li>Develop and recommend tailored alternative and appropriate fee arrangements for select single matters, consolidate portfolios of matters, and repeatable activities handled by external law firms and alternative legal suppliers.</li><li>Scrutinize standalone fee proposals from external law firms and recommend appropriate counter proposals or responses.</li><li>Collaborate with in-house lawyers and OCM colleagues to develop efficient alternative fee arrangements.</li></ul> Tracking &amp; Reporting: <ul><li>Clearly communicate analysis, financial metrics, and budget reports to individual lawyers and management committee members to ensure success of individual attorneys and the department overall.</li><li>Identify budget deviations with attorneys, and lead discussions of corrective actions to minimize cost overruns through change orders.</li><li>Model external legal fee savings associated with potential engagement strategies in support of department-wide targets.</li><li>Coordinate data gathering and analysis for quarterly reporting and presentations.</li><li>Design templates to assist attorneys with budgeting and actively monitor engagements while supplying reports to management.</li><li>Interact with Business Management staff and other administrative departments to ensure data consistency and provide accurate and timely reporting.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor/University degree in Law is required</li><li>An ability to lead and influence people across cultures at a senior level using sound judgment, successful execution of strategies, and an understanding of how to operate effectively across diverse businesses.</li><li>Exceptional data analytical skills, including advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Microsoft Power BI will be an added advantage).</li><li>Practical knowledge of common legal matter progression (e.g., course of litigation, a basic procedure , basic corporate or financial transactions).</li></ul>

Skills

Industry

Location

Jobtitle

9 litigation Jobs found

SVP Dispute Advisory Group Attorney

VP Lead Counsel II - Retail Wealth Management

Team Leader Corporate Administration

Senior Vice President, Ethics Senior Officer

Senior Vice President, Ethics Senior Officer

Associate Program Manager

Vice President of Legal Pricing

Financial and Accounting Manager

SVP Head of Legal Bill Review & Alternative Legal Pricing

WhiteCrow
WhiteCrow is on a mission to connect companies with the best talent across the globe.

EMPLOYER

TALENT

COMPANY

Contact Us

JOBS BY SKILLS

JOBS BY FUNCTION

JOBS BY INDUSTRY

JOBS BY LOCATIONS

MODEL JOBS

JOBS BY CITY

Skills

Industry

Location

Jobtitle

9 litigation Jobs found

SVP Dispute Advisory Group Attorney

VP Lead Counsel II - Retail Wealth Management

Team Leader Corporate Administration

Senior Vice President, Ethics Senior Officer

Senior Vice President, Ethics Senior Officer

Associate Program Manager

Vice President of Legal Pricing

Financial and Accounting Manager

SVP Head of Legal Bill Review & Alternative Legal Pricing

WhiteCrow WhiteCrow is on a mission to connect companies with the best talent across the globe.

EMPLOYER

TALENT

COMPANY

Contact Us

JOBS BY SKILLS

JOBS BY FUNCTION

JOBS BY INDUSTRY

JOBS BY LOCATIONS

MODEL JOBS

JOBS BY CITY

WhiteCrow
WhiteCrow is on a mission to connect companies with the best talent across the globe.