Senior Legal Counsel

4 weeks ago

Coventry, United Kingdom Coventry Building Society Full time

About the role

We offer flexibility that counts - and we recognise that will look different for different people. We’ll consider a range of flexible working, and where we can we’ll make it happen. So whether it’s part time hours, job sharing or other flexible working patterns, have a chat with us before you apply to see what the possibilities are .

The role’s purpose :

Based in the Legal Function to provide advice on a range of matters across the Society and assist the business in managing risk (whether legal, reputational or compliance) plus supporting the Society’s goal and vision on performance and purpose.

Your role includes advising on a broad spectrum of legal issues but will have a focus on ensuring the Society’s legal risks associated with:

Product Related Legal Requirements - mortgage and savings products, lending and savings activities Property Related Legal Requirements - property portfolio Non-Standard Litigation/Disputes Other matters - Provide flexible support across a range of legal matters as they arise in the Society.

These goals are achieved through a mixture of utilising your own expertise, working with other colleagues in the Legal Function and elsewhere in the Society and engagement with external counsel as required.

Your day to day:

You will work as part of the Products team, reporting to the Lead Counsel Products, which has overall responsibility for Products.

You will respond to queries from stakeholders and undertake the engagement of external legal or non-legal experts as required.

You will collaborate closely with other teams in the Legal Function and wider Society.

You will ensure that the Society remains compliant with legal and regulatory requirements in your area and acts in accordance with internal policies and procedures.

You will always ensure that an appropriate level of consistent and accurate advice and support is delivered to stakeholders in a highly compliant, professional, and timely manner and consider the impact of your advice and the actions of the business on the risk appetite of the Society (whether legal, reputational or compliance related)

You will be developing professional skills, knowledge and experience in your specialist area but also have good broad legal knowledge.

About you

Your Skillset:

Communication : can build successful working relationships with, and communicate effectively with, colleagues.

Advisory - You have the skills to advise colleagues in a commercially practical and common-sense manner.

Organisation - manage and prioritise the activities for which you have responsibility

Influence : You can inspire confidence from senior stakeholders and manage stakeholder expectations.

Teamwork : You can work cohesively as part of a team and will work closely with other teams within the Legal Function, as well as the Head of Legal and other senior colleagues.

Essential Requirements:

Have a number or years legally qualified with strong experience and deep knowledge of the elements required for this role: Product Related Legal Requirements Property Related Legal Requirements Standard Litigation/Disputes Broad multi-disciplinary experience and experience working in a complex and busy workplace. Stakeholder management You have strong drafting, research, negotiation, analytical and influencing skills Strong interest in product related matters

Desirable:

You will ideally have financial services experience and/or experience of working in a regulated environment.

Hours : 35 - Mon to Friday + hybrid working - 1 day a week in the Coventry Office

About us

About the Coventry Building Society:

We’re proud to be a building society and we’re focused on our purpose of giving people the power to be better off through life. We’re the 2nd largest building society in the UK, the 8th largest lender, we have more than 2,600 employees and we’re still growing and protecting the interests of our members.

We’ve got a simple business model, where savers and borrowers join together to get what they need. That’s the mutual benefit – it’s the way we’ve done things since 1884 and the way we plan to keep doing things.

Diversity:

We’re building and nurturing teams where difference is valued, creating an inclusive and inspiring workplace. We think discrimination of any sort has no place in a modern society, including ours.

Diversity brings unique ideas and perspectives, helping us to deliver better performance. We’ve made clear commitments to increase gender and race diversity in our senior teams over time, and an overall ambition to improve the representation of different sexual orientations, gender identities, disability, backgrounds and thinking styles in our workforce.

Location

Coventry-Binley Business Park

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