Legal Operations - Senior Associate | Financial Services

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

12/1/2024

About The Role

Legal Operations brings together a multi-disciplinary approach combining knowledge and skills across the legal, regulatory, data, technology and delivery management domains. We deliver successful business outcomes on a range of different types of work at varying scales including; managing large data-led contract remediation engagements, providing legal support on individual contract negotiations and running client outreach and query management helpdesks.

This opportunity is in our fast growing team as a Legal Operations - Senior Associate | Financial Services. We are looking for legal-focused professionals who have experience in drafting, reviewing and negotiating financial contracts in a legal and/or financial environment.

What Your Days Will Look Like

The responsibilities of each role will vary depending on client needs but may include:

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating a range of financial contracts following a predefined approach to negotiations
• Managing escalations of complex cases, ensuring the right SME insight is obtained and cases are brought to a resolution & Client outreach activities across a number of different regulations and document types.
• Supporting customer service activities and supporting junior members of the team handling complex or difficult client situations
• Case and documentation review - analysing legal and other documents to identify key facts, anomalies, etc, for categorisation and checking legal documentation for quality, consistency and content
  
  

This Role Is For You If You Have

• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating financial contracts within in-house legal departments/law firm or corporate environments
• Proven analytical and sceptical mindset with an ability to develop solutions to technical problems
• Excellent written and verbal negotiation skills
• Experience in reporting on complex cases to include progress and issues
  
  

What You’ll Receive From Us

No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.

We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.