Your Role:
Reporting directly to A Company Provides Commercial Financing Services's General Counsel, the successful candidate in this role will:

Hire and develop a new team of professionals within the Legal Department who will provide legal services to support A Company Provides Commercial Financing Services's consumer bankruptcy, replevin, impound, collections, and related work, partnering with outside counsel as needed.
Oversee, manage and guide the day-to-day activity of this new group within the Legal Department.
Provide guidance to internal business partners on matters with significant impact on business initiatives, strategy, and performance, collaborating with and managing outside counsel as needed.
Provide direction on top priorities and allocate resources as needed across internal and external legal teams, understanding when and how to utilize outside counsel and other external resources.
Keep abreast of relevant changes in laws and regulations that may impact the company, proactively identifying potential legal risks, advising on mitigation plans, and providing oversight.

What you bring:

A strong background in consumer bankruptcy, replevin, impound, collections, and related matters. Experience with related consumer litigation is a plus.
The ability to build trusted relationships with business partners and understand the business, in order to provide guidance that is fact-based, data-driven, and analytically sound.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience leading a team of direct reports along with a coaching mentality to identify team strengths and to drive business results.
An eye for anticipating reactions and potential concerns, crafting presentation of information accordingly, and addressing through effective communication.

Qualifications:

Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
Admitted to practice law in South Carolina or any other jurisdiction.
Minimum 10 years of consumer bankruptcy, replevin, and collection law experience, either law firm or in-house corporate.
At least 5 years of experience managing a team of lawyers and paraprofessionals.