Legal Supervisor
Controller Job Description
Legal Counsel is a professional who ensures that their company adheres to the law. They give advice and monitor all applicable aspects of it, ensuring that their business follows the proper procedure in every way possible. This is the first full supervisory level in the legal processing class series.
This is the first full supervisory level in the legal processing class series. Incumbents oversee a unit of legal office support workers and provide policy and procedure interpretation and improvements to ensure consistent and effective service to the public, other departments and other agencies.
Typical duties of a Controller
Roles and Responsivities:
• Give accurate and timely counsel to executives in a variety of legal topics (labor law, partnerships, international ventures, corporate finance etc.)
• Collaborate with management to devise efficient defense strategies
• Specify internal governance policies and regularly monitor compliance
• Research and evaluate different risk factors regarding business decisions and operations
• Apply effective risk management techniques and offer proactive advise on possible lega]issues
• Communicate and negotiate with external parties (regulators, external counsel, public authority etc.), creating relations of trust
• Draft and solidify agreements, contracts and other legal documents to ensure the company’s full legal rights
• Deal with complex matters with multiple stakeholders and forces
• Provide clarification on legal language or specifications to everyone in the organization
• Conduct your work with integrity and responsibility
• Maintain current knowledge of alterations in legislation
Essential Skills:
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of corporate law and procedures
• Full comprehension of the influences of the external environment of a corporation
• Demonstrated ability to create legal defensive or proactive strategies
• High degree of professional ethics and integrity
• Sound judgement and ability to analyse situations and information
• Outstanding communication skills
Qualifications:
• BSc degree in Law or J.D. degree
• MA or BSc in Business Administration will be considered an advantage;