Legal Support Officer

Legal Support Officer

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Job Overview

The Legal Support Officer is an intermediate level, a non-attorney role, responsible for providing legal support to the Citi Legal team. This role will be responsible for legal support activities related to reviewing and processing legal settlement payments globally, while practicing and ensuring the highest level of confidentiality and compliance with Citi Legal and Tax Policies. This role requires a pragmatic, proactive professional with thorough understanding of the Citi Legal Team. The overall objective of this role is to provide support to the Legal Team.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for legal support activities related to legal operations, litigation, discovery or settlements
• Responsible for robust and detailed reconciliations related to legal settlement expense account from the legal systems to the financial general ledgers
• Applies in-depth understanding of how associated risks differ depending on product and documentation envisaged in relevant jurisdiction(s) and provides advice to the Risk function and business partners accordingly
• Liaison with Payment Services teams globally, the Tax team, and attorneys or their delegates to ensure compliance and timely resolution of non-compliant items
• Executes, reviews, processes and tracks legal documentation, executes transactions and completes varied work requests from multiple sources that may be complex in character and have tight deadlines
• Maintains detailed records, prepares legal documentation and reports, conducts administrative legal work; may contribute to the processing of billing and/or legal settlements
• Conducts independent research on legal precedent, applying institutional knowledge, while staying abreast of new and changing regulatory and legal issues and industry initiatives
• May be responsible for legislative/regulatory tracking and distribution of tracking results to legal and business colleagues
• Works closely with team's manager and legal peers to complete tasks assigned; investigations, research, communications, classification/routing of documentation
• Communicates with senior management on legal issues
• Mentor junior members of the team; training on established policies and procedures
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of relevant industry experience, preferably with some experience working in a corporate legal department or law firm
• Ability to manage complex documentation with organization and detail
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook
• Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as project management skills
• In-depth knowledge of legal customs and practices
• Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry

Education

• Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience