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Role Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a paralegal to join our Group Corporate team here at FNZ and gain invaluable experience and knowledge within a growing fintech.
The role will be varied and you will support the business on a wide range of legal, corporate secretarial and governance matters. You will support on drafting of documents and helping on corporate transactions. You will also support the company secretarial team in relation to subsidiary governance and secretarial filings. This role, although based in London, will involve working across multiple business units across the globe.
The right candidate is someone who has a passion for complex legal challenges, has a detailed analytical brain, good organisational skills, is proactive and can build a strong stakeholder network across multiple teams in the business.
Organisational Design
This paralegal reports directly into the Head of Legal, Group Corporate and M&A.
Team Responsibilities
Be part of the Corporate Legal team in supporting the company in corporate governance, subsidiary management, acquisitions and divestments, company secretarial and multiple stakeholder management (including our investors and shareholders).
Specific Role Responsibilities
Roles & Responsibilities
- Legal Research: Conducting legal research and gathering relevant information needed for projects, deals, legal queries, etc.
- Document Preparation: Drafting and revising legal documents such as contracts, agreements (including non-disclosure agreements) and corporate governance documentation, including resolutions and minutes.
- Corporate Governance: Maintaining corporate records and assisting with corporate governance matters. Supporting the upkeep of our corporate secretarial system, Blueprint.
- Compliance: Facilitating compliance with regulatory and legal requirements by tracking filing deadlines and ensuring documents are filed correctly.
- Support: Assisting lawyers in preparing for board meetings, corporate transactions, and other legal matters.
- Administrative Tasks: Handling communication with clients, suppliers, investors and other external entities as needed. Assisting with KYC requests. Assisting with the development of internal document and knowledge management.
Experience Required
- Excellent academic qualifications
- Prior paralegal experience preferable
- Excellent attention to detail and a methodological way of working
- Strong communication skills (verbally and in writing) and experience of influencing a broad range of decision makers and stakeholders
- Excellent business judgment and interpersonal skills
- Enthusiasm for taking on new responsibilities, even if outside areas of expertise
- Able to work in extremely fast-paced environment, collaboratively, and autonomously
About FNZ
FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.
We created wealth’s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.
We partner with over 650 financial institutions and 12,000 wealth managers, with US$1.7 trillion in assets under administration (AUA).
Together with our customers, we help over 26 million people from all wealth segments to invest in their future.