Managing Legal Counsel (12 Months)

Join us as a Managing Legal Counsel

• This is an excellent opportunity to join us as a Managing Legal Counsel in the Unsecured Lending, Financial Health & Support (FH&S) and Consumer Credit Act Centre of Excellence (CCA COE) Retail Banking Legal team where you’ll develop and deliver legal strategy and provide expert, commercial, accurate and cost-effective legal advice as part of our dual location and dynamic team
• You'll also lead a Consumer Credit Centre of Excellence and advise on unsecured lending originating from the Wealth and Premier business areas, as well as other parts of the bank
• You’ll be responsible for leading the provision of expert regulated lending advice to our stakeholders and overseeing more junior members of the team
• We're offering this role for a period of 12 months

We’re looking for a Managing Legal Counsel to lead regulated lending support to our Retail Banking, Wealth and FH&S business areas. You’ll work closely with stakeholders and legal colleagues to ensure the timely, effective and efficient delivery of advice on a wide range of issues, projects and initiatives.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Supporting in the management and strategy of the team, including the training and development of more junior lawyers
• Leading a pan bank Centre of Excellence for consumer credit and providing expert counsel on consumer credit matters
• Delivering and preparing complex legal advice that is accessible to all levels of stakeholders across our business areas within relevant timescales and which manages and minimises legal risk
• Managing continuous improvement in operating practices and processes, including identifying efficiencies, improvements and opportunities to reduce costs
• Advising with colleagues from mother support functions, for example Risk and Conduct

To be successful in this role, you'll need experience of providing senior level legal and commercial advice in-house, or in a leading UK law firm. We’ll expect you to have an in-depth knowledge of retail banking law and practice, as well as experience advising on legal issues associated with all aspects of regulated, unsecured consumer lending. We are looking for a motivated and inspiring hard worker who is dedicated to upskilling and development.

You’ll also need:

• The ability to keep up to date with legal and industry developments and share relevant legal and market developments across multiple media, to varied audiences
• To be committed to establishing strong relationships with team members and stakeholders in a flexible way, across locations