Hybrid Senior Advisor, Legal Affairs

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About the role

  • Senior Legal Affairs Advisor leading legal compliance and specialized projects at Desjardins. Ensuring adherence to laws and regulations while representing the organization in legal matters.

Responsibilities

  • Lead specialized development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the entire organization.
  • Advise clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects and initiatives.
  • Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies.
  • Interpret laws and regulations, issue legal opinions, and prepare and validate rules, standards, policies, procedures, forms and agreements affecting the organization.
  • Represent the organization in court.
  • Develop strategy, draft pleadings, prepare witnesses, deliver oral arguments and negotiate the best possible terms on complex matters.
  • Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support your unit’s strategic projects and initiatives.
  • Represent your unit before decision-making bodies.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • Minimum of six years of relevant experience
  • Strong oral and written communication skills in both French and English due to the nature of the duties, work tools, or because the position involves interactions with English-speaking partners, members and/or clients

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • Four weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan providing predictable, stable income in retirement
  • Group insurance, including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement for health and wellness expenses and telework equipment

Job title

Senior Advisor, Legal Affairs

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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