Senior Counsel

Aditya Birla Group; Mumbai; Presencial; INR 1.500.000 - 2.300.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Aditya Birla Group seeks a Senior Counsel to provide legal and regulatory advisory across lending, insurance, wealth, and digital businesses. You will review and draft agreements, advise on governance and compliance, and partner with stakeholders to enable business growth while safeguarding the organization’s interests.

You will support product development, monitor regulatory changes, and manage disputes and litigation, ensuring adherence to RBI/IRDAI guidelines, data privacy, and consumer

Formación

• Provide legal and regulatory advisory across lending, insurance, wealth, and digital platforms.
• Review, draft, negotiate and vet customer documentation, vendor contracts, NDAs, and strategic alliances.
• Advise business teams on regulatory and governance matters.
• Ensure compliance with RBI/IRDAI guidelines, data privacy, and consumer protection norms.
• Support product development and digital initiatives with legal inputs on disclosures and consent frameworks.
• Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks across products and partnerships.
• Manage secured and unsecured lending legal matters, collateral, and recoveries where applicable.
• Handle disputes, regulatory matters, and coordinate with counsels.
• Monitor regulatory changes and advise on business impact.
• Drive standardization of legal documents, governance controls, and MIS.
• Coordinate with regulators, industry bodies, and external law firms.
• Support multiple verticals with diverse regulatory requirements.
• Provide practical and commercially balanced legal advice in a fast-paced digital finance environment.
• Manage multiple stakeholders and high-volume transactions while ensuring adherence to standards.
• Navigate evolving regulatory expectations across lending, insurance, digital finance, and data privacy.
• Deliver timely legal support balancing business objectives and risk.

Responsabilidades

• Provide legal advisory and risk management support across lending, insurance, wealth management, digital platforms, payments, partnerships, and allied financial services businesses.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and vet a wide range of agreements including customer documentation, distribution agreements, partnership contracts, technology agreements, vendor contracts, outsourcing arrangements, NDAs, referral agreements, and strategic alliance documents.
• Advise Business, Product, Credit, Risk, Operations, Compliance, Technology, Collections, and Leadership teams on legal, regulatory, and governance matters.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, RBI regulations, IRDAI regulations, Digital Lending Guidelines, data privacy requirements, consumer protection norms, and internal governance standards.
• Support product development and digital initiatives by providing legal inputs on product structuring, customer journeys, disclosures, consent frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks across products, processes, partnerships, and strategic initiatives, and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
• Manage legal aspects of secured and unsecured lending, security creation, recoveries, enforcement actions, title due diligence, and collateral-related matters wherever applicable.
• Handle disputes, customer grievances, claims, litigation, arbitration, recovery proceedings, and regulatory matters in coordination with internal stakeholders and external counsels.
• Monitor changes in applicable laws, regulations, and industry developments and proactively advise business teams on potential impact and required actions.
• Drive standardization of legal documentation, contract management processes, policy frameworks, governance controls, and legal MIS across businesses.
• Coordinate with regulators, industry bodies, external law firms, consultants, and business partners on legal and regulatory matters.
• Supporting multiple business verticals with diverse regulatory requirements and business models.
• Providing practical and commercially balanced legal advice in a fast-paced digital financial services environment.
• Managing multiple stakeholders and high-volume transactions while ensuring adherence to regulatory and governance standards.
• Navigating evolving regulatory expectations across lending, insurance, digital finance, technology, and data privacy.
• Delivering timely legal support while balancing business objectives and risk management considerations.

Conocimientos

Banking & NBFC

Lending & insurance

Regulatory compliance

Contract drafting

Stakeholder mgmt

Dispute mgmt

Descripción del empleo

At the Aditya Birla Group, our Corporate Vision is aligned and intricately woven with our People Vision.

Senior Counsel

Designation : NA

Job Description:

Job Purpose

Provide legal and regulatory support across Aditya Birla Capital Digital's lending, insurance, wealth, partnerships, and digital businesses by advising on legal risks, reviewing documentation and agreements, ensuring regulatory compliance, and partnering with stakeholders to enable business growth while safeguarding the organization's interests.
Key Responsibilities

• Provide legal advisory and risk management support across lending, insurance, wealth management, digital platforms, payments, partnerships, and allied financial services businesses.
• Review, draft, negotiate, and vet a wide range of agreements including customer documentation, distribution agreements, partnership contracts, technology agreements, vendor contracts, outsourcing arrangements, NDAs, referral agreements, and strategic alliance documents.
• Advise Business, Product, Credit, Risk, Operations, Compliance, Technology, Collections, and Leadership teams on legal, regulatory, and governance matters.
• Ensure compliance with applicable laws, RBI regulations, IRDAI regulations, Digital Lending Guidelines, data privacy requirements, consumer protection norms, and internal governance standards.
• Support product development and digital initiatives by providing legal inputs on product structuring, customer journeys, disclosures, consent frameworks, and regulatory requirements.
• Identify legal and regulatory risks across products, processes, partnerships, and strategic initiatives, and recommend appropriate mitigation measures.
• Manage legal aspects of secured and unsecured lending, security creation, recoveries, enforcement actions, title due diligence, and collateral-related matters wherever applicable.
• Handle disputes, customer grievances, claims, litigation, arbitration, recovery proceedings, and regulatory matters in coordination with internal stakeholders and external counsels.
• Monitor changes in applicable laws, regulations, and industry developments and proactively advise business teams on potential impact and required actions.
• Drive standardization of legal documentation, contract management processes, policy frameworks, governance controls, and legal MIS across businesses.
• Coordinate with regulators, industry bodies, external law firms, consultants, and business partners on legal and regulatory matters.
• Supporting multiple business verticals with diverse regulatory requirements and business models.
• Providing practical and commercially balanced legal advice in a fast-paced digital financial services environment.
• Managing multiple stakeholders and high-volume transactions while ensuring adherence to regulatory and governance standards.
• Navigating evolving regulatory expectations across lending, insurance, digital finance, technology, and data privacy.
• Delivering timely legal support while balancing business objectives and risk management considerations.

Skills & Qualifications

• Strong understanding of banking, NBFC, lending, insurance, wealth management, fintech, and digital financial services businesses.
• Sound knowledge of applicable laws and regulations including RBI Guidelines, Digital Lending Guidelines, IRDAI Regulations, Contract Act, Consumer Protection Act, Information Technology Act, Data Privacy requirements, SARFAESI Act, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Code (IBC), Companies Act, and other relevant financial sector regulations.
• Experience in commercial contracting, regulatory advisory, product review, partnership structuring, dispute management, and legal risk assessment.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to provide solution-oriented legal advice while balancing risk and commercial objectives.
• Excellent stakeholder management, negotiation, drafting, analytical, and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments, work under tight timelines, and operate effectively in a dynamic, growth-oriented environment.

KRA

Supporting Actions

Legal Advisory & Risk Management

Provide legal and regulatory guidance across lending, insurance, wealth, digital and partnership businesses, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated while enabling business objectives.

Stakeholder Management & Business Support

Partner with Business, Product, Risk, Compliance, Operations, and external stakeholders to provide timely legal support, approvals, and resolution of legal matters.

Regulatory Compliance & Governance

Ensure adherence to applicable regulatory requirements and internal policies, while monitoring legal developments and strengthening governance and documentation frameworks.

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