Paralegal

​POSITION DESCRIPTION:

Work collaboratively with members of the FCE Legal Office to support various cross-functional projects, work with business teams to implement legal and regulatory changes, work with the customer service team and outside counsel on customer complaints and litigation, conduct legal research, and provide other key support for the Legal team.

You will:

• Assist attorneys to develop legal advice for FCE management that improves Company decision-making

• Support the core business of FCE while also participating in cross- functional project teams

• Assist the Legal team with ensuring all procedures, processes, systems, and documents comply with applicable law and corporate policies

• Assist the Legal team with and perform legal research and analysis

• Support monitoring for compliance with laws, regulations, guidance issued by relevant regulatory bodies, and Company policy

• Assist with onboarding and processing invoices from external counsel and litigation reporting

• Work in a hybrid environment (4 days in the office, 1 day from home)

Skills Required:

• At least one year experience of working in Financial Services or in a law firm.

• Understanding of UK consumer credit law and/or business banking law and/or consumer litigation and the regulatory framework of a UK bank

• Ability to identify legal risk and approaches to mitigate risk from both a litigation and regulatory perspective

• Excellent research, issue-spotting and analytical skills

• Ability to work under pressure against deadlines and deliver results

• Attention to detail, continuous improvement, learning and innovative mindset

• Strong organisational and administration skills, and proven ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize appropriately

• Strong project management skills

• Effective communication skills to apply with directors, non-executive directors, senior management and employees in various departments (Accounting, Compliance, Operations, etc)

• Ability to function effectively and collaboratively as part of cross-functional teams

Experience required:     

• At least three years’ experience working as a paralegal in a law firm or bank.

• At least one year experience of working in Financial Services or in a law firm

Education required:       

• Have a law degree from a UK university or a degree and passed the PGDL or have at least three years’ experience working as a paralegal in a law firm or bank.