Legal Chief of Staff - La Defense, France - AXA Group

Description

Within the AXA GIE, the purpose of the Group Legal Department is to advise the Group on material legal risks and strategic legal decisions including on major Group projects and litigation as well as to lead the legal professional family and develop the Group legal strategy.

However, Helen Browne, the Group's General Counsel, also chairs the Group Audit Risk & Compliance Committee and she is on the Board of XLICSE and AXA SA.

The role will be supporting Helen Browne on mostly non-legal matters. She also heads up the Legal Family with a leadership team of 15 GCs.
The Group Legal department is organized into 4 teams (27 people mostly based in Paris): Corporate Finance & Investments: Manages the legal aspects of AXA SA and its subsidiaries' financial transactions: capital increases and capital market transactions and programs; banking transactions; M&A financing; structured reinsurance transactions; share buy backs and derivatives; insider dealing procedure; and listed company processes and regulations, legal aspects of Group communications and investments

Corporate Governance:
Advises on company law and governance matters for AXA SA, and its direct subsidiaries; organizes AXA SA Board, Board committees and shareholder meetings; sets corporate governance standards and policies; and advises senior management and the Board on duties and responsibilities, as well as executive remuneration


M&A:
Structures/executes M&A (acquisition, disposal, JVs, major distribution arrangements); advises on ongoing relationships with JVs, corporate restructurings, internal restructurings

Strategic Projects/Trademarks/Litigations & ESG :
legal brand/ trademark protection and licensing of the trademark.

Advises on strategic investments and partnerships; legal support to the innovation business unit; advises on Solvency II and other regulatory, compliance and corporate law issues.

ENVIRONMENT AND CHALLENGES:

Support to the Group General Counsel, who is a member of the Group Management Committee and reports directly to the Deputy CEO.

The GCC is also member of AXA SA Board as representative of shareholders employees, Chairperson of the Group Audit Risk & Compliance Committee, member of the XLICSE Board (European & Asian insurance Carier of AXA XL division).

The Chief of Staff will support Helen on ad hoc board matters and will be secretary to the ARCC.

In providing support to the Group General Counsel, you will work closely with all members of the Group Legal team to coordinate efforts and facilitate teamwork across the department.

However, there will be coordination with many Group functions in relation to the ARCC and also with entities.

In particular, the Chief of staff will interact with Heads of other Professional families and their Chieves of Staff on a regular basis.

The range of responsibilities will be extensive, often very confidential.

The Legal Executive Assistant acts as a key contact for internal and external stakeholders of the department, responding, dealing or transferring requests to relevant team members.

The Legal Executive Assistant contributes to the definition of the function strategy as a member of the DJC Management Team (with the other HB direct reports), and will support the professional family.

MAIN ACTIVITIES In addition to managing any ad hoc requests of the Group General Counsel, the responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Committees & Boards:

Coordinate the preparation of ARCC meetings and draft minutes (20% of time);Provide synthesis before XLICSE Board meetings; Represent the General Counsel at Group Committees as required (eg.

AXA SA Non Financial Risk Committee, IFC Committee, others), attend meetings and take follow-up actions

Internal & External Events:

Provide inputs and assist in the preparation of the main internal and external meetings, organise and prepare materials, eg.

Townhalls. Animation of the legal professional family (ca.

700 lawyers worldwide):
Coordinate the Legal Leadership Team, including the organization of the two to four Legal Leadership team meetings per annum, facilitate meetings and trainings of the Legal DepartmentCoordinate the legal mentoring program o Develop, maintain and enhance the legal professional sharepoint2nd & 3rd lines of defense:Coordinate all internal processes and procedures for the Legal Department (eg. Internal Control, Operational Risk, Internal Audit) and work with respective Legal Teams and corresponding departments on implementation, testing and reporting on time.

Act as Group Legal Data Referent responsible for promoting of a data protection culture with the Legal Department in line with the Group's strategy; be the primary contact of the Data Protection Officer (DPO) within the GIE AXA; support the Legal Department to be accountable and ensure data protection for its scopeGlobal Panel of Legal Firms:
Key point of contact responsible, with other direct reports, for managing the relationship with the 17 international legal firms member of the global panelManage conflict of interest waiver requests with relevant local legal teams;Coordinate with Group procurement the panel renewal (every 3 years)

Budget & Procurement:

Coordinate budget preparation, follow-up & reporting to finance teams, including management of the costs of external service providers;Approve Purchase Orders requests HR: Contribute to human resources management of the Legal Professional Family (recruitment, management of external providers, trainees, team communication etc.)Your ProfileCapabilitiesExperience in a multicultural context.

Embraces the challenges of multicultural workGood business acumen:

understanding of the strategic issues facing the Group with understanding of the Industry and the GroupDriven/highly motivated, autonomous with enthusiasm for new areas of expertise, needs agility to work outside own comfort zone and pick up and analyse new topics quickly as required by the General CounselDemonstrated leadership abilities to influence stakeholdersAnalytical and synthesizing skills, e.g.

ability to draw conclusions and make recommendations

• Internal control/risk competencies to implement policies and design processesTeam player with ability to influence and federate across departments/ the Group (One AXA)Client driven and pragmatic, action oriented, delivery focused mindset with strong proven project management skillsHigh degree of rigor and reliability, combining good analytical skills with the ability to summarize and select relevant information
• Excellent communication skills (written and oral), with the ability to document and present information in a concise and business oriented manner (e.

g. for senior management)Ability to interact with a variety of different correspondents (in operating entities, within and outside the Group, etc.) in a multi-cultural context Ability to deal with high volume and highly complex workloadAbility to prioritize and deal with conflicting priorities daily using discretion and professionalism at all times

• Negotiation skills to deal with external vendors
• Financial budget process knowledgeFully fluent in English (oral and written); French desirable but not mandatoryGood practice of MS Office suite, especially advanced Excel and PowerPoint skillsAbout AXAWould you like to wake up every day driven and inspired by our noble mission and to work together as one global team to empower people to live a better life? Here at AXA we strive to lead the transformation of our industry.

We are looking for talented individuals who come from varied backgrounds, think differently and want to be part of this exciting transformation by challenging the status quo so we can push AXA - a leading global brand and one of the most innovative companies in our industry - onto even greater things.

In a fast-evolving world and with a presence in 64 countries, our 165,000 employees and exclusive distributors anticipate change to offer services and solutions tailored to the current and future needs of our 107 million customers.

About the EntityThe headquarters of the AXA Group, based in Paris 8th, brings together the Group's corporate activities. It coordinates the various entities with the Group's strategy, and is responsible for managing international projects.

The headquarters has approximately 800 employees and is distinguished by its strong international culture (39 nationalities).What We OfferWe provide you regular career opportunities in international teams.

If you want to join us, don't hesitate to apply Information provided by applicants will be processed in strict confidentiality and may be used exclusively for recruitment processes.

Job SummaryJob number:

230002OWDate posted :
Profession: Legal and ComplianceEmployment type: Full time