SOCIETE GENERALE CAMEROUN is seeking for its General Secretariat – Legal Department, one (01) JURIST IN CHARGE OF DEFENSE LITIGATION.
Place of assignment: DOUALA
Category: 10
MAIN MISSIONS
• Instruct, process and monitor, where applicable in conjunction with external lawyers approved by the bank’s General Management, disputes arising from the bank’s activity
• Monitor the activity of external legal service providers approved by the subsidiary in the context of the files entrusted to them
• Advise operational staff and other entities of the bank on the legal aspects of their operations and/or their activities.
• Monitor developments in regulations relating to the bank’s activity.
• Ensure the legal validation of the bank’s actions submitted to its discretion.
• Follow legal proceedings initiated against or by the bank assigned to it by the Legal Manager.
• Ensure the appropriate handling of customer complaints assigned to it by the Legal Manager.
• Ensure the appropriate processing of entries served to the bank at the request of the Legal Manager.
• Verify and validate invoices from external legal service providers in accordance with the rules governing the bank’s relations with external legal service providers, for the files assigned to it.
• Carry out any other task that may be entrusted to him by the Legal Manager or any other hierarchy.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
• File monitoring
– Maintain a dashboard by type of files assigned to it by the Legal Manager or any other internal client of the bank;
– Report the progress of the files assigned to it to the Legal Manager at the latter’s request and at least at the end of each month;
– Develop and update as each litigation file evolves, confidential risk sheets following the Group model
• Legal advice
– Issue legal opinions on the projects and operations submitted to it;
– Issue legal opinions at the request of internal or external clients, on questions inherent to the business relationship with the bank;
– Ensure compliance with the rules of competition law and other laws and regulations by the Business Lines and Support Functions;
– Obtain prior validation by the Legal Manager before dissemination of opinions issued on sensitive files. The sensitive nature of the files is identified by the hierarchy taking into consideration the identity of the internal client at the origin of the request, the internal hierarchical level or recipient of the notification, the political nature of the file, impact on the Group, case of principle, reputational risk, etc.
• Litigation monitoring
– Monitor legal cases and claims assigned to it by the Legal Manager;
– Ensure the monitoring of the legal procedures assigned to it in accordance with the internal instruction on the role of the lawyer in matters of defense litigation;
– Ensure the processing of complaints attributed to it in accordance with the rules of law and applicable contractual clauses.
• Participation in legal committees
– Prepare and take part in the legal committee,
– Prepare and take part in the quarterly legal committee held with general management;
• Synergy
– Assist the Legal Manager in coordinating activities with other departments, notably the Risk Department, the Financial Department, etc.
• Budget monitoring
– Monitor each month the evolution of the JUR litigation expense account and request the case appropriate to the Financial Department, the reversal of unknown transactions recorded on this account
• Reporting
– Make permanent monitoring declarations in GPS at each due date
– Report major legal risks on the Group Legal Reporting Tool (LVC) reporting tool ) ;
– Make operational risk declarations for files that require it;
– Carry out quarterly reporting of compliance dysfunctions
SKILLS
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
– Good knowledge of OHADA uniform acts, the Law of Obligations, Civil Law, Civil and Criminal Procedure, Social Law, Banking Law in particular the law on credit activity , on payment methods and incidents
– Good skills in identifying, analyzing and resolving legal issues
– Knowledge of the judicial organization: types and deadlines for appeals, execution disputes
– Mastery of the management of a litigation file, relationships with Lawyers, Bailiffs, detectives, etc.
– Mastery of Pack Office
– Knowledge or practice of law and Common law procedures would be an asset.
BEHAVIORAL SKILLS:
– Team spirit
– Good adaptation skills
– Good interpersonal skills
– Sensitivity to legal risk
– Sense of anticipation
– Results orientation
– Curiosity
– Responsiveness
– Rigor
– Spirit of analysis and synthesis
– Communication (oral and written)
CANDIDATE PROFILE
– Master’s degree or Master 2 in Business Law, Litigation or Financial Law
– Minimum five (05) years of experience with a good command of the Cameroonian and OHADA judicial environment. Experience in banking and/or law firm or in a litigation department would be an asset.
– Good command of case law, judicial procedures and practices.
HOW TO APPLY?
Apply ONLY online via the form available at: https://career55.sapsf.eu/sfcareer/jobreqcareerpvt?jobId=1555&company=sgafricanb&st=EC9393D51C29126E2A224D3DDA6EF8DB8B6F8888