Senior Legal Counsel
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Position Overview & Specifications
Role: Senior Legal Counsel
Type: Permanent
Location: Reading/ Green Park Hybrid
Role summary
We are looking for a specialist regulatory retail financial services lawyer to join our financial services legal team.
This is an opportunity to work for a leader in the world of mobile technology in an ambitious culture and a busy environment. Lawyers are regarded as trusted advisors and business partners to the teams they support, working in an open, engaged and customer focused culture.
Responsibility
- Advising on all aspects related to the development of FCA regulated credit products.
- Advising on and assisting with product development and design, including financial promotions, marketing, sales journeys, and servicing of products.
- Advising on and assisting with the development of relevant organisational policies required for FCA regulated credit products.
- Advising on and assisting with the development of relevant processes for the end-to-end product lifecycle.
- Drafting consumer contracts and other associated legal and regulatory communications.
- Providing Risk and Incident management legal support.
- Advising on the implementation of changes to law and regulation.
- Managing external law firms and legal spend.
- Working at pace within an agile environment.
- Working with stakeholders across the Business and building good relationships.
Experience Required:
- Minimum of 3 years PQE.
- Must have retail finance background
- Knowledge and experience of the law and regulation of consumer lending and FCA policy and regulation of retail financial services and products.
- Comfortable advising on all aspects of the FCA handbook.
- Knowledge and experience in insurance distribution is desirable.
- Strong advisory and drafting skills.
- Proactive and practical - actively takes initiative and focuses on solutions/business outcomes and with a "can do" problem-solving attitude
- Constructive and consultative team player with good communication skills with an ability to communicate with, and influence people at all levels (internally and externally) in a clear, succinct, and persuasive way
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Project People is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Business Consulting
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Senior Legal Counsel roles across Project People's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Business Consulting.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked Salary Disclosed on Application bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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