Assistant General Counsel Financial Services

Job Overview

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.

• Legal Analysis and Advice
  • 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.
    
    (25%)
• Legal Documents
  • 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. (15%)
• Consumer Complaints
  • 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. (15%)
• Regulatory Authorities
  • 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. (5%)
• Proactive Risk Mitigation
  • 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. (20%)
• Collaborate with Executive Leadership
  • Advise executive management of legal risks, communicate options and collaborate with executive management for mitigation of legal risks. (20%)

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application. Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.

Education:

• Undergraduate Degree
• Juris Doctorate from accredited law school

Experience:

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.

Required skills:

• Analytical
• Problem solving & analysis
• Written and verbal communication
• Organization
• Willingness to take initiative.

Specific Know-How:

• Performance Skills/Individual
  
  Competencies:
• 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.

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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.

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14372 Heritage Pkwy
76177 Fort Worth

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