Executive Director - Assistant General Counsel - BFS

Looking out experienced lawyer with 7-10 years of recent employment advisory and employment litigation experience.

Responsibilities :

- Handling civil litigation matters (directly and through outside counsel);

- Advising on any issues relating to claims of discrimination, sexual harassment .

- Advising on issues such as compensation, benefits, performance management, training, staffing; discipline and discrimination/harassment;

- Guiding/leading employee investigations, including police-related matters;

- Drafting and reviewing HR policies, agreements and other legal documentation;

- Monitoring developments in laws and regulations;

- Training HR and business managers on best practices;

- Managing employment law aspects of projects.

- Experience translating complex legal concepts into practical solutions to guide HR professionals and business people.

- Knowledge of employee benefits and tax/social insurance issues

- Knowledge of current employment-related regulatory requirements relating to multi-national financial institutions and BPOs;

- Employment law experience with large financial services institutions;

- In-house employment law experience