Hybrid Senior Advisor, Legal Affairs

Posted 3 months ago

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About the role

  • Senior Legal Affairs Advisor ensuring compliance with laws and representing legal interests at Desjardins. Leading complex legal projects and advising on strategic initiatives and legal interpretations.

Responsibilities

  • Help protect the organization’s legal interests by ensuring compliance with all laws
  • Lead specialized development projects, initiatives and activities that significantly impact the organization
  • Advise clients and partners to help them position, plan, develop, execute and monitor strategic projects
  • Identify, analyze and diagnose major issues and make recommendations to decision-making bodies
  • Interpret laws and regulations, issue legal opinions, and prepare policies, procedures, forms and agreements
  • Represent the organization in court, develop strategy, draft pleadings, prepare witnesses, and deliver oral arguments
  • Develop and update policies, standards, models and programs to support strategic projects
  • Represent unit before decision-making bodies

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of eight years of relevant experience
  • Knowledge of French is required

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and annual bonus
  • 4 weeks of flexible vacation starting in the first year
  • Defined benefit pension plan that provides predictable, stable income throughout retirement
  • Group insurance including telemedicine
  • Reimbursement of 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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