Resume Score

Check how well your resume matches this job before you apply.

Sign in to check score

About the role

  • Legal affairs advisor protecting Desjardins’ legal interests and ensuring compliance. Advising decision-making bodies, issuing legal opinions, and coordinating governance initiatives.

Responsibilities

  • Advise and support the organization’s units and decision-making bodies on initiatives and activities related to the legal affairs line of work
  • Analyze data, conduct studies, make recommendations and write reports
  • Issue legal opinions and recommendations
  • Organize, coordinate and attend meetings, including meetings of decision-making bodies and the board of directors
  • Provide legal oversight
  • Diagnose issues, challenges and needs to determine target outcomes
  • Monitor the industry to understand and anticipate trends and recommend best practices
  • Serve as resource person for the unit, clients and partners
  • Protect the organization’s legal interests and ensure compliance with laws
  • Represent the organization in situations involving its legal interests

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field
  • A minimum of four years of relevant experience
  • Other combinations of qualifications and relevant experience may be considered
  • Knowledge of French is required
  • Business insight
  • Communicates effectively
  • Complexity
  • Decision quality
  • Nimble learning
  • Situational adaptability

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

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridMontrealCanada

Report this job

Found something wrong with the page? Please let us know by submitting a report below.