Работа и карьера

ОПИСАНИЕ ДОЛЖНОСТИ: 

The context of this role is to provide stewardship and management of legal risks, providing professional legal advice, guidance and support to the management of the Bank, management of the Legal Department, and coordination of external legal advisers' works. The challenges of the role are connected with the necessity to work in the legal and institutional framework in transition to a free market economy accompanied by the lack of established business culture and bureaucracy. The role calls for sound independent thinking and developed analytical abilities, understanding the commercial/ business impact of the legal issues, ability to educate other executives on the legal issues, as well as ability to weigh pragmatically and take appropriate important decisions. Rapid changes of laws and regulations increase the challenge of this role. The Bank looks for a candidate who thinks, sees and does things differently and who can represent and relate to its diverse global customer base. HSBC wants a candidate who is motivated, curious, courageous, collaborative and dedicated.

ОБЯЗАННОСТИ: 

- Act as an internal legal counsel with the purpose of mitigating legal risks and maximizing business efficiency via timely and effective decision-making;
- Represent and protect the Bank's interests in relations with regulators, other authorities and organizations, and counteragents of the Bank;
- Take all the necessary actions so as to ensure that all the responsibilities within the Operational Risk Management Framework which are relevant to the local Legal Team, whether as Risk Owner, Control Owner or Risk Steward delegate are allocated and discharged in a timely and effective manner;
- Act as a Company secretary;
- Manage the Legal Department; as well as act as a coordinator and a manager of external legal advisers;
- Develop legal awareness among the staff in order to maximize business effectiveness and improve customer service;
- Implement the group policies locally by managing compliance risk in liaison with local compliance officer, ensuring adequate compliance resources are in place and training is provided, fostering a compliance culture and optimizing relations with regulators;
- Follow internal legal policies and procedures;
- Take the responsibility for the legal element of all the processes established in the Bank;
- Regularly interact with the senior management of the Bank providing legal advice: interaction with external customers is mostly connected to disputes, problematic issues, non-standard arrangements, negotiation of complex agreements, etc.;
- Regularly interact with the regulatory and other authorities in connection with the different regulatory requirements, legislative developments, etc.

ТРЕБУЕМАЯ КВАЛИФИКАЦИЯ: 

- At least 10 years of prior legal experience, from which at least 6 years in the financial sector and in a managerial role;
- Experience in negotiating, drafting documentation and leading cross-border and/ or multinational transactions;
- Good knowledge of legislation, strong knowledge of banking legislation;
- Proven self-motivational, analytical, planning, negotiation, organizational, problem-solving, lateral thinking, managerial and project management skills to be able to handle problems in a confident and decisive manner;
- Strong ability to work under pressure and with tight deadlines; ability to work with ambiguity and complexity; self-starter with high energy and enthusiasm;
- High level of professional competence which helps to determine solutions around appropriate risk measures, mitigating controls and risk management processes;
- Experience in drafting legal documents (contracts), including in English language;
- Fluency in Armenian and English languages, both verbal and written;
- Good typing skills, good knowledge of basic MS Office programs (Word and Excel), knowledge of legal softwares.

ПРОЦЕДУРА ПОДАЧИ ЗАЯВОК: 

All interested and qualified candidates are encouraged to send their CV and a cover letter (both in English language) to: *******.*******@****.*** . Please, put the position title ("Country General Counsel") in the subject line of the email. Only shortlisted candidates will be invited for interviews.

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ЗАРПЛАТА: 

Competitive

ОТКРЫТ ДЛЯ/ КРИТЕРИИ ОТБОРА: 

All qualified candidates