What the day will look like
- Advising on legal aspects of insurer engagement for Health & benefits, Commercial risk, Affinity, Digital Client Solutions, Consulting lines of Asia business.
- Advising and counselling key stakeholders on the regional solution lines leadership.
- Advising on employment law and employment related investigatory matters.
- Negotiating, drafting and reviewing contractual agreements, such as engagements with insurers.
- Cross-functional and geographical legal engagement for critical carrier engagement projects.
- Supporting Aon’s businesses in strategic projects that require legal input.
- Advising the business on the application of Aon's local, Asia and Global policies and procedures.
- Providing sound and timely legal advice to the business units.
- Providing legal guidance to Compliance Department, including drafting, reviewing, and revising local compliance protocols.
- Preparing and delivering training / updates on key legal topics.
- Developing and implementing processes to consistently analyze and mitigate legal risk whilst improving efficiency and consistency in contracting.
- Instruction, supervision, and management of outside counsel, including management of external counsel expenditure.
- Researching and analyzing on legal issues and laws, legislation, regulations and court decisions impacting the business and financial institution industry.
- Supporting the strategic direction of the Aon Group and Legal Department on projects and initiatives that may be allocated from time to time.
How this opportunity is different
You will actively contribute as a member of the Aon Asia Regional Legal team through team engagement opportunities, volunteering in pro-bono or charitable events, and participating in Aon’s Diversity Equity and Inclusion strategy, whilst also sharing lessons learnt to embed learnings and risk mitigation strategies within the team.
You will be responsible for managing outside legal spend efficiently and effectively in achieving Aon’s business results. With the support of the Aon Asia Regional Legal team, you will establish yourself as a strategic advisor and partner to Aon’s businesses with an emphasis of collaborative “buying-in” to strategies and decisions. In this role you will also review and improve contracting/advisory practices and procedures to improve efficiency and consistency where possible, including reviewing and implementing digitisation solutions.
Skills and experience that will lead to success
- 7 year(s) practical legal experience (experience in-house and in Asia is beneficial).
- Proven ability to manage and support a variety of legal projects with a mixture of commercial/corporate work and advising on new products and business initiatives.
- Experience within the Singapore insurance/financial services industry preferred.
- Able to work as an integral part of a regional team, fostering teamwork and cultivating relationships, as well as ability to work independently and take the initiative where necessary.
- Focused on attention to detail and accuracy and have strong analytic/diagnostic skills.
- Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills, both verbal and written.
