Overview

EY Armenia invites applications from qualified legal professionals for the position of an In-house legal Senior Associate at EY. The Senior Associate will work under the supervision of the EY Armenia management and will also be reporting to the Region General Counsel Office Leader. The Senior Associate will provide legal support to all service lines of EY Armenia and will also be responsible for technical assistance in setting up, implementation, execution and enforcement of internal procedures and filings. The Senior Associate may also be involved in certain client advisory work.

Responsibilities:


- Negotiate the client engagement contractual package with engagement teams, service lines management and clients
- Ensure correctness and accuracy of the implementation of EY global policies in accordance with Armenian legislation
- Maintenance of the client engagement contractual package and handling of archiving procedures
- Assisting the different departments and senior management with client communications
- Research of legislation pertaining to the compliance of the audit service line
- Full legal support of leadership of EY Armenia with all legal matters that can be faced with during day-to-day business of the company that may include inter alia support with employment law matters, commercial law matters, real estate matters
- Handling of various in-house legal matters

Required Qualifications:


- University degree in law; LLM or comparable degree is a strong plus
- 2-3 years of working experience in legal or compliance profession, such as employment with a law firm, or as an in-house counsel of company/organization, experience in international environment is a plus
- Strong communication skills, punctuality and ability to work under pressure
- Proven knowledge of Armenian law, particularly of corporate law, civil law, audit law and in particularly RA data protection legislation
- A strong working ethic that is dynamic, client-focused and results driven
- The ability to manage multiple tasks with excellent analytical, communication, organizational, technology and client service delivery skills
- Fluency in English and Russian both spoken and written
- Strong teaming ability
- Computer literacy

About Ernst and Young CJSC

Ernst & Young CJSC is a member firm of EY Global. EY has been working in Armenia since 2008. For more information, please visit: http://www.ey.com/am .