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Legal Counsel - 12 Month FTC

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£75,000 - £80,000
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Regulatory Legal Counsel, 12 month Fixed Term Contract

Our client, based in Redhill, an exceptional financial services organisation who operate globally, are looking for an individual to join the small legal team, to deliver legal services, advice and support to the business to ensure legal risks are appropriate, identified and managed.

You will develop and adhere to relevant policies and procedures to identify and manage legal risk, along with management of external legal counsel and advice, as directed by Head of Legal. Reporting to the Head of Legal, you will support the delivery of departmental objectives. You will be required to assist in key meetings and projects requiring legal support.

Salary: £75,000 - £80,000

Start: ASAP – 12 month FTC

Hours: Monday to Friday

Benefits include:

  • 30 days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
  • Annual bonus based on personal and company performance
  • Car allowance
  • Private medical cover
  • Sharesave scheme
  • Gym passes at a reduced rate for 3,000 gyms, leisure centres etc
  • Local retail and high street brands discounts

Do you have the required skills & experience?

  • Extensive knowledge and practical experience of Consumer Credit and/or Retail Financial Services
  • In depth industry knowledge of regulations and issues impacting consumer finance agreements and institutions. In particular, knowledge of CONC, SYSC, SUP, APER, SM&CR, FIT, COND rulebooks
  • Experience advising on legal compliance matters including GDPR, competition, anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and money laundering regulations
  • Detailed knowledge and experience of data protection and applicable regulations
  • Ability to analyse, evaluate and communicate issues.
  • Excellent interpersonal and customer care skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, with excellent attention to detail
  • Good analytical skills with excellent time management with the ability to multi-task with tight deadlines
  • Ideally, the successful candidate will be a qualified solicitor / Barrister / Attorney /FCILEX but part qualified may also be considered.

What will your responsibilities include?

  • Drafting and reviewing consumer finance agreements, commercial contracts, and other documentation (from inception) and transact accordingly in a legally compliant manner
  • Participate in and be the lead legal advisor on allocated key business and departmental projects
  • Work with the Compliance team as appropriate to ensure a consistent delivery of regulatory services to the Company and ensuring appropriate understanding within Compliance of the impact of regulation to the business
  • Draft a range of data protection-related documents, including data sharing/processing agreements, privacy policies, legitimate interest assessments (LIA), data protection impact assessments (DPIA) and internal DPA policies
  • Work closely with the Group Data Protection Officer and compliance in relation to data protection
  • Draft and manage public-facing terms of use, consumer disclosures, FAQs, privacy policies, cookie policies
  • Provide day-to-day specific legal advice to internal stakeholders such as compliance, operations, marketing, commercial as and when required
  • Provide advice on interpretation and impact of financial services regulation affecting the Company
  • Instruction and management of external legal counsel (and budget), as directed by Head of Legal

For your information:

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