AddressOur MNC Company is hiring Legal Regulatory Compliance Counsel Manager - IT in Multiple Location in India
Regulatory Compliance :
Role Summary :
- To support the Regulatory Compliance Team in driving various Regulatory Compliance processes like reviewing deals to ensure company compliance with regulations and maintaining licenses for company services.
- To handle responsibilities related to people and process management as required for the team.
- The Regulatory Compliance Counsel is responsible for Regulatory Compliance support globally: providing regulatory guidance at deal, offerings development and Ventures & Acquisitions levels, designing and implementing compliance programs, enabling other legal teams (Contracting, Contract Management and Geographic Compliance & Corporate teams) working at local level, on regulatory topics within his/her scope of expertise.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Generic Responsibilities
- Understand the CORE areas
- Understand relevant company policies
- Develop subject-matter expertise in the concerned support area
- Act as a POC for support area
- Understand and suggest process improvements in the support area
- Support LTO/CIO in development of new tool or enhancement of existing ones
- Assist team in drafting checklists and process documents
- Directly liaison with internal and external stakeholders on various issues
- Manage SharePoint and communication records
- Identify and support any specific trainings for the team
- Support implementation of new initiatives in CORE support area or within Legal/GLN
- Build credible and effective relationships with onshore counsels and within GLN team
- Support recruitment efforts for the team
- Supervise resources, and assist GLN Team Lead in people management, as required
- Provide coaching and mentoring to junior members of the team
- Provide individuals with positive and developmental feedback
- Try to 'give back' to GLN/Legal.
Specific Responsibilities aligned to Role:
- Manage and supervise allocation of work and delegation of tasks to team, per bandwidth and requirement
- Quality Analysis of Regulatory Reviews prepared by team Members
- Assist Team Lead in coordination activities, managing workload and planning organizational adjustments in the Team
- Deliver global training and help build key relationships with Business and internal teams and global stakeholders
- Help develop team members in higher complexity Reviews by knowledge transfer and training
- Independently conduct Regulatory Reviews for various Offerings under the scope of the team.
- Manage medium to high complexity regulatory reviews.
- Recognize issues and provide timely escalation to Team Leads, in-country Counsels, or appropriate stakeholders
- Direct communication with business teams & internal stakeholders regarding specific regulatory matters.
- Act as escalation point for issues related to Regulatory Reviews and other similar processes
- Interact with external counsel, manage ongoing research requests.
- Understand whether licenses are needed, determine how to obtain them, and acquire them for Company Offerings.
- Conduct and coordinate internal research projects, ensuring outcomes are delivered in agreed upon format.
- Participate in/lead strategic initiatives.
- Prepare presentations, email templates and newsletters.
- Elaborate, compare and refresh guidance documents.
Certifications and Membership:
- Compliance related global professional certification considered a plus
Work Experience:
- Minimum of 10+ years of experience at law firm or as in-house counsel and/or in legal outsourcing, as an attorney providing legal and regulatory advice, including experience as a transactional attorney
- Good knowledge of relevant regulations and market trends
- Management experience in a corporate legal department or Law Firm
- Experience in driving complex multi-national projects and deals
- Knowledge in designing/implementing compliance programs
- Management of outside counsels on complex multi-national transactions
Work Requirements:
- Travel may be required
- Fluency in English (and other language, depending on geography supported) with strong oral and written communication skills
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND EXPERIENCE:
- Good experience at law firm and/or as in-house counsel with experience in the regulatory and compliance areas.
- Good experience in generic/legal research and reporting, including due diligence
- Demonstrate promptness, accuracy and consistency with the activities supported
- Demonstrate autonomy, take ownership, and drive tasks to closure
- Demonstrate good interpersonal skills
- Detail-oriented, sound judgement, organized, and adaptable
- Strong time management, prioritization, and analytical skills
- Able to work with internal and external teams to assist with day-to-day support and to understand delivery requirements
- Basic understanding of company offerings and function specific services performed
- Good understanding of commercial agreements, legal and compliance principles
- Understand general basic corporate business practices and contracting regulations
- Proficiency using Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)
- Comfortable with technology and has experience in the use of tools & databases.
- Ability to work under pressure, with exposure to senior leadership
- Effectively manage priorities and stakeholder expectations
- Build trust-based relationships by delivering on commitments
- Demonstrate good oral and written communication skills and an ability to provide appropriate advice
- Able to effectively influence senior leadership
BEHAVIOURS:
- Understand cross-cultures and open to work with team members across the globe
- Understand the value of diversity and recognize the strengths that different styles, innovative perspectives and experiences bring to company
- Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age, disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality
- Collaborative and persuasive; able to work well with executives and non-executives.
RELATIONSHIP AND REPORTING:
Supervises/Collaborates With:
- Team members providing services on a process/project or account/portfolio of accounts, as needed
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in law
