Senior Legal Counsel - Finance

Who are we?
Volvo Cars is a company on a mission; to bring traditional car manufacturing into a connected, sustainable and smart future.

Join us and be part of the change. Volvo Cars is on an exciting journey – we are redefining the automotive experience, transforming into a fully electric brand with direct consumer relations - the ambition is to provide people the freedom to move in a personal, sustainable, and safe way. In this transformation journey, we are now looking for an engaged, energetic, and forward-thinking lawyer with a background within the finance area, to support our growth strategy through our Global Legal team, a group of talented people of diverse backgrounds and with different perspectives. This position involves supporting Volvo Cars in bank and finance matters as part of a small team of finance lawyers, but also including consumer finance and insurance as well as financial service and capital markets matters and more generally on strategic matters with finance impact. 

Truly Global, Proudly Scandinavian. Volvo Cars is at the forefront of the mobility revolution, growing fast and bringing together creative minds from all over the world. This position will be based at Volvo Cars´ headquarters, which is located in Gothenburg, Sweden – but interaction and collaboration with a diverse, international team of colleagues at the company’s offices and plants across the globe will be part of your daily work. 

Key responsibilities. As a senior and experienced lawyer, you will be working with a variety of matters, but your key responsibilities will include:

•    Providing best-in-class finance legal advice in respect of various types of transactions across multiple jurisdictions (and often cross-border).
•    Working to drive continuous improvements and operational excellence in providing legal advice including capturing and reapplying knowledge.
•    Engaging in the drafting, negotiating, and reviewing of a wide variety of contracts, including bilateral and syndicated facility agreements, bond transactions, and financial service agreements including worldwide regulatory financial and insurance set-ups.
•    Adopting a collaborative business-partnering approach, working in close collaboration with group functions such as finance and strategy, in a cross-functional context.
•    Proactively identifying relevant regulatory and legal developments, risks, and opportunities. 
•    Managing external legal counsel in an efficient and cost-effective manner.
•    Providing training and legal awareness.
•    Working collaboratively with, supporting, and coaching colleagues at Legal HQ and in other regions, who work on finance matters. Other legal matters depending on business needs. 

The Right Stuff - Qualifications. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, collaborative, with high integrity and a pragmatic approach. Qualifications include: 

•    7+ years of experience as a lawyer at a law firm or part of it as an in-house legal counsel, handling a variety of commercial legal matters and with experience within finance law and the ability to bring legal problem-solving to businesses.
•    Legal experience in a variety of finance and financial service matters, including matters involving financial supervisory authorities. 
•    Excellent analytical skills with keen attention to detail, without losing sight of the big picture. 
•    A team player with the ability to work independently and to contribute successfully to cross-functional teams.
•    A proactive and customer-oriented mindset, with the ability to provide high-quality legal support sometimes under time pressure.
•    Creativity in dealing with legal issues, and the ability to move projects forward by gaining needed support.
•    Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex issues in a simple way to business partners and other stakeholders.
•    Fluent in English, both spoken and written. 

How To Learn More And Apply. Welcome with your application by submitting your resume and cover letter via the link below no later than the 2nd of April 2023. If you have any questions regarding the position you are welcome to contact Rosmarie Söderbom at rosmarie.soderbom@volvocars.com. For questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Andreas Antefelt at andreas.antefelt@volvocars.com. Please note that we will not take applications via email. 

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