Employment Lawyer, Director & Counsel
Employment Lawyer, Director & Counsel
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Job Description
We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones physical financial and mental health as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:
- Competitive base salaries
- Bonus incentives
- Support for financial-well-being and retirement
- Comprehensive medical dental vision life insurance and disability benefits (depending on location)
- Flexible working model with hybrid onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
- Generous paid parental leave policies (depending on your location)
- Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
- Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
- Career development and training opportunities
Offer of employment with American Express is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background verification check subject to applicable laws and regulations.
At American Express our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation shared values and Leadership Behaviors and an unwavering commitment to back our customers communities and colleagues. As part of Team Amex youll experience this powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills develop as a leader and grow your career.
Here your voice and ideas matter your work makes an impact and together you will help us define the future of American Express.
The General Counsels Organization is American Express legal global security and government affairs departments along with the Corporate Secretarys Office (which is responsible for interactions with our Board of Directors). They are responsible for protecting and strengthening American Express through world-class expertise and strategic advice that help our business partners manage risk identify opportunities and deliver on the Companys promise of exceptional products and services.
How will you make an impact in this role
- Provide general employment law support to the Colleague Experience Group (CEG/HR) functions across UK to include CEG/HR Business Partners Colleague & Labour Relations Reward and Talent Acquisition. This includes a broad range of non-contentious employment issues from traditional employment and labour law topics to a wide range of impacts and initiatives with colleague impact.
- Strategic leadership to be provided for contentious issues including the negotiation of agreements and the management of external counsel for litigation. TUPE advise and drafting is provided to our commercial teams. Employment law and leadership support for all M&A activity.
- Proactively ensuring good practice employment law compliance. Providing support on the implementation of legal developments and initiatives and review of related materials drafting and negotiation of policies and procedures. Creation of legal updates through an audited protocol for maintenance and compliance with new employment laws. Create and deliver training sessions to CEG/HR.
- Develops implements and assesses strategies programmes policies and procedures to manage the organisations exposure to conduct risk.
- Aligning decisions with the institutions risk appetite mitigating the risk of anti-competitive practices and unethical employee behavior maintaining alignment with peer practices and meeting legal regulatory requirements supervisory expectations and commitments.
- Applies an understanding of relevant laws regulations and standards (e.g. SMCR and FCA requirements) affecting risk management of large banks and financial institutions so risk practices comply with overall regulatory frameworks and expectations
- Identifies assesses and monitors risks inherent to conduct evaluates control effectiveness and determines whether corrective actions are needed to complying with applicable regulatory expectations and laws.
Minimum Qualifications
- Qualified employment lawyer with current practicing certificate.
- Expert knowledge and experience of delivering advice on a wide range of employment laws with a flexible and approachable style providing thoughtful guidance on complex and sensitive issues with the appropriate balance of commercial risk.
- Solid employment litigation experience. A keen negotiator. Excellent drafting skills.
- Calm under pressure ability to work independently an accountable self-starter.
- Strong collaboration skills and a team player.
- Creative and experienced problem solver.
- Organised and focused.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
