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    General Counsel - London, United Kingdom - Salary Finance

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    About you

  • You are a solicitor qualified in English law with 8+years PQE
  • You have strong relevant experience working as a senior lawyer in-house in a regulated business, particularly consumer credit
  • You have experience advising on corporate governance and corporate transactions as well as consumer credit and associated regulatory matters
  • You will be confident engaging with regulators like the FCA
  • You have strong leadership skills - you enjoy building effective teams and contributing to broader leadership matters of the business
  • You enjoy working in a fast-paced environment where no day is the same
  • You will be hands-on and a self-starter
  • Nice-to-haves

  • You have run a compliance department before (preferably at a regulated business)
  • Who you are

    We embrace our differences, but there's one thing we like to share, which is our values, so it's important to us that you are:

  • Fearless, and able to make the impossible possible.
  • Responsible , and want to help build a business that delivers a meaningful difference to society.
  • Dedicated and want to commit to an exciting journey even through the highs and lows.
  • Empathetic and truly care about every colleague and customer.
  • United , because you understand we achieve more when we work as a team.
  • Humble, and take feedback as a way to continuously improve.
  • What do you get for all your hard work?

  • Company bonus scheme
  • 25 days holiday with an extra day off on your birthday
  • Office first with up to a day a week working from home
  • Generous company benefits to include pension and life assurance and an annual allowance to spend on medical insurance, health cash plan, denplan, gym memberships
  • Enhanced policies that are family and pet friendly, to include company sick pay and peternity leave
  • Great career development in a fast paced environment
  • Regular company socials (post covid, although we've got quite good at virtual ones too)
  • Volunteer days as part of our CSR program
  • More great perks to include weekly snacks, tuckshop, cycle to work, help to save and much more
  • The typical interview process

  • Phone call with our Talent Manager - 20 mins
  • Video interview with Hiring Manager - 30 mins
  • Case Study to give you a taster of the role - 35 mins
  • In person interview with Hiring Manager, Head of Department, Stakeholder, and / or Team - 60 mins
  • We're looking for people that will get stuck in and make a difference. We have a great collaborative, entrepreneurial team and are passionate about what we do.


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