Senior Employment Counsel serving as primary legal advisor for employment law in EMEA, focusing on Germany and Switzerland. Overseeing compliance, litigation, and HR policy advisement.
About the role
- Legal support role overseeing client contracting for ACA Group. Responsible for mentoring a team and improving contracting processes.
Responsibilities
- Oversee and mentor a team responsible for the client contracting process
- Define, refine, and continuously improve the client contracting function
- Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of contracts to support ACA business functions, including client and non-disclosure agreements, as well as vendor, licensing, and other commercial contracts
- Maintain templates and forms as ACA’s business and service offerings evolve over time
- Partner closely with commercial, finance, and internal cross-functional teams to ensure business alignment
- Collaborate with stakeholders to assess contract risks, propose alternatives, and support business objectives
- Evaluate current processes and implement improvements to increase efficiency
- Provide legal advice and support on a variety of day-to-day matters
- Research unique legal issues impacting ACA and offer appropriate, business-oriented solutions
- Draft, review, maintain, and update ACA’s internal policies and assist with ensuring compliance
- Supervise, train, evaluate, oversee, and provide feedback to junior colleagues
- Perform ad-hoc work/special projects as necessary to support ACA on various client and internal initiatives
Requirements
- Juris doctor degree required, licensed in at least one jurisdiction
- Three years’ prior experience in a law firm setting or in-house
- Experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating professional services contracts and/or SaaS agreements
- Strong drafting, review, and negotiation skills
- Strong people management skills including emotional intelligence, leadership, problem-solving and effective communication
- Demonstrated professional integrity
- Dependable, flexible, and adaptable to new ACA initiatives and changing employee needs
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced, small-team environment
- Ability to work independently, think critically, multi-task and prioritize effectively
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with colleagues
- Highly motivated and goal oriented; proactive in one’s own education and career progression; volunteers for and shows initiative on both internal and external projects and tasks
- Dedicated to upholding ACA’s high-quality standards and customer service focus
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office applications, Adobe Acrobat, and the Internet
Benefits
- medical and dental coverage
- 401(k) plans
- wide range of paid time off options
- flexible work environment
- time off for designated ACA Paid Holidays
- Summer Fridays
- Personal/Family Care
- other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being
- Student Debt Forgiveness
- Pet Insurance
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