Join us as a Legal Counsel
- This is an excellent opportunity to join us as a Legal Counsel, where you'll deliver the legal strategy and provide expert, accurate and cost-effective legal advice
- Your role will sit within our retail banking business area, so we'll need you to have an understanding of associated legal issues
- You'll be recognised as an expert in your field, and be exposed to stakeholders across the bank and externally
What you'll do
We're looking for an experienced Legal Counsel to manage and coordinate the delivery of legal advice, supporting our retail banking business. You'll work closely with stakeholders and legal colleagues to ensure the timely, effective and efficient delivery of all issues, projects and initiatives, either directly or through a team.
Additionally, you'll be:
- Making sure that legal advice is readily understandable to non-lawyers, delivered within relevant timescales, and manages and minimises legal risks
- Delivering continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, including identifying efficiencies, improvements and opportunities to reduce costs
- Providing the communication of internal and external legal advice and helping to deliver transactions and projects to stakeholders in a commercial, user friendly and efficient manner
- Managing legal costs through the use of e-billing, auctions and other cost tools and driving a culture of disciplined cost management and controls
The skills you'll need
We'll expect you to have in depth knowledge of general banking law and practice, with significant experience in the financial services industry, alongside the ability to manage stakeholders and establish strong relationships across the bank. Strong leadership skills are a must, coupled with experience of organising and motivating teams of professionals.
You'll also need:
- Experience of advising on the Consumer Credit Act, it's associated legislation and regulation and upskill others in their interpretation and application.
- The ability to coach, manage and mentor junior members of the Unsecured Lending & FHS Legal Team.
- To support in the management and strategy of the Unsecured Lending & FHS Legal Team.
- Industry level knowledge of the legal and regulatory environment and issues within retail banking
- The ability to keep up to date with and share relevant legal and market developments
- Expert knowledge of retail banking business activities and products
- The ability to recognise issues of strategic, legal or reputational importance and evaluate and direct how they should be addressed and resolved