Assistant General Counsel Financial Services

Mercedes-Benz Group • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

Provide legal guidance to the Company, including business colleagues and the leadership team, on a variety of issues, including: consumer and commercial direct and indirect financing and regulatory compliance; commercial transactions; collections and customer service; privacy and data security matters; corporate governance and licensing; litigation; contract management, insurance; marketing; and oversee legally compliant project implementation.

Requirements

• Undergraduate Degree
• Juris Doctorate from accredited law school
• Experience in private practice or with financial services provider; 4-6 years consumer finance and regulatory work, with emphasis on motor vehicle financing and leasing preferred.
• Analytical
• Problem solving & analysis
• Written and verbal communication
• Organization
• Willingness to take initiative.
• Excellent written and oral communications skills
• Must be able to write clearly and concisely in a manner that is readily understandable to a business person and to articulate complex legal issues in a way that an average business person can comprehend
• Excellent research skills
• Must be able to locate various laws and regulations and apply them to the company's business
• Attention to detail and demonstrated customer focus
• Team player with ability to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Advise business clients on legal and regulatory topics, including topics relating to: direct and indirect consumer and commercial financing (lending, leasing, retail installment sales), privacy, data security, commercial transaction-related matters (asset-backed secured lending and unsecured lending, wholesale financing, workouts, restructures, commercial bankruptcies), corporate governance and licensing, litigation, collections, contract management, insurance, marketing, and product development. Manage outside counsel and other advisors as needed.
• Draft, review and modify legal documents (e.g., contracts, consumer and commercial regulatory and compliance documents and forms) and correspondence, incorporating regulatory requirements, including conducting legal research and modifying and implementing new forms and procedures.
• Assist the business line with responses to customer complaints and threatened litigation matters. Assist the business line as needed on offensive/collections litigation, outside counsel management, and MBUSA's handling of defensive litigation.
• Assist with issues arising out of federal and state examinations and assist in formulating responses to federal and state licensing departments and other regulatory inquiries.
• Conduct risk assessment, troubleshooting based on customer complaints, audit reports and litigation. Perform root cause analysis. Determine risk mitigation recommendations, tailored specifically to the Company's business processes and operations.
• Advise executive management of legal risks, communicate options and collaborate with executive management for mitigation of legal risks.

Benefits

• Competitive salary plus an annual bonus based on company performance and/or personal yearly performance
• In addition to our vacation time, you'll receive nine (9) additional corporate holidays and six (6) Personal days, which will allow you to celebrate religious holidays or escape to the spa! Designed to be flexible, we let you decide which days are most important to you!
• All employees are eligible to participate in the Mercedes-Benz Employee Lease Program
• Outstanding medical, dental, and vision insurance, employer-paid short and long term disability plus on-site exercise facilities
• Enjoy generous paid Family Leave Programs - Six Weeks for New Parents; Two Days for New Grandparents; as well as Adoption Expense Reimbursement Programs - up to $6k per child
• Tuition Assistance Scholar Program - receive up to $5,250/year in vouchers to complete business-related coursework
• Mercedes-Benz Financial Services offers competitive salary, performance-based bonuses and a full suite of benefits including 401(K) with match, generous vacation and personal time, a Mercedes-Benz car program as well as flexible work arrangements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees