Assistant General Manager

Assistant General Manager (Legal)

Location: Mumbai

Reporting To: General Manager (Legal)

Team Reporting: Corporate Office legal team members as assigned

Role Overview: .

The Assistant General Manager (Legal) at Corporate Office will be responsible or overseeing, monitoring and administration of the Company's litigation portfolio on a pan-India basis. The role involves management and review of consumer, civil, criminal, writ and related legal matters, coordination with Regional/Back Offices and external counsel, litigation analytics and reporting, policy/process enhancement and support to senior management in legal and court-related matters.

The position requires a legal professional with strong administrative and analytical capability, sound understanding of litigation processes and the ability to manage institutional legal functions in a dynamic and geographically spread environment.

Desired Candidate Profile :

• Strong understanding of litigation management and court processes.
• Ability to function in a strategic and administrative legal role within a large institutional environment.
• Experience in managing legal coordination across multiple locations/stakeholders.
• Maturity, leadership capability and sound professional judgment. .
• Strong analytical, reporting and process management orientation.
• Ability to handle high-pressure and sensitive legal situations with balanced decision- making.

Educational Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution is essential.
• Master's Degree in Law (LLM) and/or additional certifications/qualifications will be an added advantage.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Litigation Management & Strategic Oversight

• Monitor and oversee litigation matters across jurisdictions including consumer, civil, criminal, writ and related proceedings.
• Review litigation trends, identify recurring legal/operational concerns and recommend litigation management strategies and corrective measures.
• Monitor handling of sensitive and high-value litigation matters and assist in strategic decision-making relating to appeals and legal course of action.
• Ensure effective coordination and follow-up with Regional Offices, Back Offices and departments at Corporate Office for effective litigation management.

2. Legal Administration & Governance

• Develop, review and strengthen litigation management systems, SOPs and legal monitoring mechanisms.
• Supervise and allocate work within the Corporate Office legal team.
• Monitor various administration processes related to legal department and ensure timely reporting and compliance with internal guidelines.
• Support process improvements aimed at strengthening institutional legal risk management.

3. Advocate & Counsel Management

• Coordinate with external advocates, law firms and senior counsel engaged by the Company
• Review and negotiate professional charges relating to Corporate Office legal matters. :
• Periodic review of existing fee structure for various types of litigations and other legal matters handled at Back Offices, Regional Offices and Corporate Office.
• Review and process approvals relating to advocate fees and other litigation related expenses, court-awarded costs/penalties within applicable approval framework.
• Review performance and effectiveness of counsel handling important matters.

4. MIS, Reporting & Legal Analytics

• Oversee preparation and review of litigation MIS, dashboards, management presentations and other statistical reports.
• Analyse litigation data and trends for strategic review and management decision-making.
• Ensure accuracy and timely submission of legal reports required by management and regulatory/statutory authorities

5. Board & Senior Management Support

• Prepare and present legal and litigation-related inputs before senior management and Board/Committee, as may be required .
• Provide all requisite support to the management in handling legally sensitive, and reputational risk-oriented matters requiring institutional coordination and strategic response.

6. Audit & Coordination:

• Coordinate and support internal and external audits pertaining to legal and litigation matters.
• Liaise with internal stakeholders across departments and locations for legal data, litigation updates and case-related support.
• Support management in responding to legal and regulatory information requirements.

Experience Requirement :

• Approximately 15+ years of relevant post-qualification experience in legal functions.
• Experience in Banking/HFC/NBFC or large financial/institutional organisations will be preferred.
• Prior exposure to Corporate Office legal functions and litigation management preferred.
• Experience in managing legal MIS/reporting systems, external counsel coordination and institutional legal processes desirable.
• Team management and stakeholder coordination experience preferred.

Competencies & Skills Required -

Functional and Technical Competencies:

• Litigation management and legal risk assessment
• Legal strategy and analytical capability
• Exposure to legal drafting/vetting
• Knowledge of litigation processes and court procedures
• Understanding of institutional legal governance frameworks
• Data orientation and familiarity with legal MIS/ reporting systems ,
• Proficiency in conducting advanced legal research, including case law retrieval, tracking legislative amendments, and navigating statutory databases
• Technology adaptability and process orientation
• Ability to work with data-driven reporting and monitoring systems

Behavioural Competencies:

• Possess high degree of professional ownership and institutional commitment.
• Leadership and supervisory capability
• Negotiation and strong stakeholder management skills
• Decision-making and problem-solving orientation
• Sound judgment, strategic and analytical thinking
• Effective communication and presentation skills
• Crisis handling capability
• Proactive engagement in legal and litigation management matters.