Senior Paralegal (Bilingual)

Job description / Role

Our client, a multinational consulting firm, is looking for a fully bilingual Senior Paralegal to join their finance team. Reporting directly to the Finance Director, this is a stand alone role - and whilst there will be support from the broader Legal Team - the successful candidate will need to establish all legal functions for the Dubai office.

The Senior Paralegal will:
- serve as a champion of the firm’s contracting and risk management standards
- implement contracting processes and policies
- review, edit and processes contracts
- respond to complex inquiries regarding contracts
- work closely with the Legal Team to resolve complex legal issues
- provide assistance to seek approvals on deviations of contract or other policies
- act as bridge and point of contact between functions and business for resolving legal issues
- contribute to developing and maintaining Legal Team know-how and templates

Requirements

All candidates must possess the following:
- Minimum of 5 years experience
- Degree from reputable college/ university
- Experience in multinational environments
- Native Arabic language skills, must be able to translate technical language
- English fluency
- Familiarity with UAE/KSA/Qatar/Lebanon operating environments
- Experience in professional services preferred

The candidate will also exhibit the following competencies:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills across all levels of the organisation
- Ability to work with a wide range of people and personalities
- Strong organisation skills, orientation to detail and initiative
- Computer literate
- Proficiency to work with systems and willingness to learn more as required
- Flexibility to work in an environment that has short-term shifts in priorities to meet a diverse customer base
- Ability to work on tight deadlines
- Customer focused/service orientated
- Professional/confident manner
- Proactive – ability to manage own workload and that of others
- Commitment to get the job done
- Team player and motivator
- Ability to take initiative
- Willingness to work in a multinational finance team
- Self-driven, acts upon needs rather than upon requests – acts rather than reacts

Some travel may be required in this position.

About the Company

RecruitME are a specialized recruitment consultancy supplying top tier business support staff to Dubais leading multinational organizations. We carefully source, screen and select only the very best candidates to assist our clients in making easier recruitment decisions faster.

Differentiating ourselves from standard recruitment agencies our consultants have been carefully chosen for their backgrounds in business support for leading multinational organizations. Having been both the client and the candidate previously, we have an insiders understanding of the recruitment process and our clients needs.

What we do:

Specializing in business support positions we can assist in introducing a small selection of experienced administration, finance and human resource candidates with the relevant experience to benefit your business. Our careful screening process ensures that we have met with and can give a concise overview of each candidates skills and current situation before you meet them.

We pride ourselves on sending our clients only the very best available candidates in the market to ensure a simplified, hassle free and timely recruitment experience for all involved.