Key Objective
Oversight of all legal, risk and compliance obligations for Philippines legal entities (Philippines Branch Office & Chubb Business Services) inclusive of local requirements and obligations pursuant to each Chubb entity.
This includes all entities CBSP currently provides services for located in the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, Australia and New Zealand. This includes collaboration with Chubb’s Asia Pacific Regional Legal & Compliance team and the legal and compliance teams in each country that CBS provides services for.
Responsibilities
Legal
- Provide advice in relation to law and regulation affecting the organization, inclusive of monitoring changes in law and regulation and coordinating organizational responses.
- Provide legal advice in in connection with business initiatives and transactions.
- Prepare, review, negotiate and settle other legal documentation including contracts and agreements such as marketing, administration, service and confidentiality agreements.
- Lead the corporate secretarial function inclusive of meeting preparation and corporate secretarial materials.
- Brief and communicate with external legal counsel as required.
- Oversee effective and efficient complaint handling systems and procedures.
Compliance
- Ensure that the Chubb Business Compliance Framework is implemented and in continuance used across the Philippines entities consistently. This includes confirming that procedures and controls are in place to meet legal, risk and compliance obligations, by conducting relevant reviews, identifying areas of compliance risk and non-compliance, and coordinating remedial actions where required.
- Provide advice on compliance issues as required.
Risk Management
- Ensure implementation and embedding of the risk management framework across the APAC region.
- Partner with the business and in-country risk functions to educate and assist them to identify, assess, and manage their risk profiles in supporting the achievement of their strategic objectives.
- Provide advice on Risk issues as required.
BAU Responsibilities
- Provide and deliver effective Legal, Risk and Compliance training programs, developed in collaboration with regional and local L&C teams.
- Provide reports as directed or requested from time to time.
- Manage, coach and develop the L&C teams locally by providing strong leadership and role modelling.
- Minimum 10-15 years experience in a law firm or as corporate lawyer in a multinational company
- Experience in financial services, General Insurance industry an advantage
- Experience leading a compliance and risk team
- Labor relations experience preferred
- Demonstrated effective communication and good interpersonal skills
- Excellent time management skills, well organized and able to effectively prioritize tasks to meet required deadlines
- Ability to multi-task and work in a fast paced environment
- Independent worker and analytical thinker with ability to conduct investigations
- Strong attention to detail and strong analytical skills (problem solving, creative thinking etc.).
- Strong work ethic with a positive, can-do attitude
- Ability to lead and manage teams and workload
- Ability to operate independently in a matrixed set up
- Bachelor Degree / LLB graduate required
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