VP, Associate General Counsel Legal
SCOR · New York City
Key duties and responsibilities
Working in close collaboration with the US Head of Financial Solutions and other senior financial solutions leadership throughout SCOR, this role will include problem solving, deal structuring and execution of solutions for SCOR’s financial solutions clients. While this position will focus primarily SCOR’s US business, this position will also work closely with financial solutions business and legal leaders in Europe and Asia when necessary to create and execute a transaction. In addition, the role will also provide assistance to the SVP, Chief Legal Officer as needed relating to legal entity structure/restructuring, governance, M&A and similar internal corporate transactional matters.
The SVP, Associate General Counsel’s work will include legal research, document review, contract and document preparation, risk identification and remediation. This role will include the following:
Provide legal advice and counsel to the business lines and their leadership.
Risk mitigation, assessment and advice to management.
Active management of outside counsel.
Document review, negotiation and preparation within expected timeframes and to a high standard of quality.
Accurate and timely production of all assigned tasks.
Identification and protection of the Company’s interests in all matters.
Work independently and with minimal guidance from other legal staff.
Interact with and serve as an educational resource for the business lines concerning legal issues and how SGL Americas operational norms and practices interact with legal issues.
- Assume significant roles in SGL Americas, SGL and Group projects to enable the business units/internal clients to achieve goals.
- Provide clear, concise legal advice, grounded in thorough knowledge of Company business and process, to senior business unit leadership.
- Proactively engage in the business processes of assigned internal clients so as to anticipate needs and risks.
As a leading global reinsurer, SCOR offers its clients a diversified and innovative range of reinsurance and insurance solutions and services to control and manage risk. Applying “The Art & Science of Risk,” SCOR uses its industry-recognized expertise and cutting-edge financial solutions to serve its clients and contribute to the welfare and resilience of society in around 160 countries worldwide.
Working at SCOR means engaging with some of the best minds in the industry – actuaries, data scientists, underwriters, risk modelers, engineers, and many others – as we work together to find solutions to pressing challenges facing societies.
As an international company, our common culture is defined by “The SCOR Way.” Serving both to build momentum that drives the Group forward and as a compass to guide our actions and choices, The SCOR Way is anchored by five core values, reflecting the input of employees at all levels of the Group. We care about clients, people, and societies. We perform with integrity. We act with courage. We encourage open minds. And we thrive through collaboration.
SCOR supports inclusion and the diversity of talents, and all positions are open to people with disabilities.
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