01Overview
Basic Details: Fill the required information about business, unit, location, position, reports to position and date of updation of JD Business
Financial Services
Unit
Aditya Birla Finance Ltd.
Location
Mumbai
Poornata Position Number of the job
Reports to: Poornata Position Number
Poornata Position Title of the job
Area Legal Manager
Reports to: Poornata Position Title
Regional Legal Manager
Function
Risk, Management & Compliance
Reports to: Function
Risk, Management & Compliance
Department
Risk & Legal & Collections
Reports to: Department
Risk & Legal & Collections
Designation of the Employee:
Area Legal Manager
Managers Designation:
Regional Legal Manager
Date of writing/ Updation of JD
30 Jan 2023
1) Job Purpose: Write the purpose for which the job exists (in 2-3 lines) (Max 1325 Characters)To execute the strategies adopted by the Legal team effectively and (a) Facilitate recovery of outstanding amounts from the customers. (b) Protect & defend in cases filed against the company/employees. (c) Maintain detailed MIS. (d) Co-Ordination with Law Firms/Advocates on Regular Basis, (e) Discussion with RLM and strategies for monthly case filling and recovery.
2) Dimensions: Mention quantitative or qualitative parameters that are relevant for the job and provide a better understanding of the scope and scale of the job.
Skills A good command over the Field Execution
Good working knowledge on laws relating to banking, SARFEASI, Arbitration, IBC, Negotiable instruments, contract act, etc
Good drafting skills
3) Job Context & Major Challenges: Write the specific aspects of the job that provide a challenge (internal and external) to the jobholder in the context of the Business/Unit/Function/Department/Section ((Max 3975 Characters)Organization Context
Aditya Birla Finance Limited ("ABFL") is a lending subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited. ABFL is registered with RBI as a Systematically Important Non-Deposit accepting Non-Banking Finance Company (NBFC). ABFL is one of the top private diversified NBFCs in India. As of 31-Dec20, ABFL has a pan-India presence with 91 branches and a lending book of Rs. 45,560 Crores.
ABFL offers end-to-end lending solutions to a diverse set of customers - Retail, HNI, MSMEs, and Mid & Large Corporates through secured as well as unsecured loan products. The diverse range of lending products includes Retail Small Ticket Secured and Unsecured Loans, Unsecured Personal Loans, Unsecured Business Loans, Health &
Education Loans, Digital B2B2C and B2B2B Small Ticket Loans, Small Business Secured Loans, Loans Against Property (LAP), Lease Rental Discounting (LRD), Construction Finance (to Real Estate Developers), SME Loans, Capital Markets Loans (Loan Against Shares), Supply Chain Finance, Mid and Large Corporate Loans, and Infrastructure Finance loans. ABFL also has a Wealth Management division.
ABFL is rated AAA by India Ratings, ICRA and CARE (reaffirmed in 2020). ABFL secured the ABG Business Excellence Award in 2017 (Silver), and 2015 (Bronze), and multiple other Awards on forums like CII.
Job Context
The Legal department would validate the regulatory & compliance requirements for the new business initiatives and product launches, conclude the litigations raised by or against the company, establish a sound corporate governance framework, execute legal agreements and provide transactional support in the investment processes.
State / Area Legal Manager is responsible for providing assistance for all legal requirements of the organization pertaining to the litigation aspect. He/ she would provide complete assistance to the Regional Legal Manager. This would include coordination with counsels for litigation, assisting in legal / statutory audits and maintaining detailed MIS and coverage reports of the proceedings.
The major challenges in this role are keeping abreast of the latest legal/statutory amendments, knowledge about various legal documents & liaisoning with multiple regulators
4) Key Result Areas: Write the key results expected from the job and the supporting actions for each of these key result areas (For a majority of jobs typically there could be 4- 7 key result areas)- Maximum 10 KRAs can be updatedKey Result Areas (Max 1325 Characters)
Supporting Actions (Max 1325 Characters)
To assist in legal department in liaisoning for filing of cases To manage recovery litigation cases filed in their respective state/areas under the supervision of RLM.
To give evidence, examine as witness on behalf of ABFL filed cases,
To assist in formulating the pleadings of the lawsuits To assist in formulating the claims & counter claims, arguments & evidences for the cases
Updating status of cases filed against directors and against the company
Draft/respond to notices sent by customers/counter parties/statutory authorities.
To coordinate with external counsels & law firms.
To coordinate with advocates on record .