Job Description
What the Hiring Manager Says The successful candidate will provide timely, high quality and commercial legal advice to the UK platform business, the UK financial adviser business and Quilter’s central functions. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to get involved in a wide breadth of commercial matters.
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Deputy Head of Legal About the Role
Level: 4
Department: Legal
Location: Southampton, United Kingdom (hybrid-working)
Contract type: Permanent
Whilst the successful candidate needs to be able to support any area covered by the Legal function, the day to day focus of the role will be on supporting with general commercial contracts.
Support with general supplier contracts including IT contracts. Ensuring an excellent working relationship is maintained with the Third Party Risk Management team so as to encourage open dialogue, early engagement and to enable contracts to be dealt with in a timely and cost efficient manner.
Support with the key contractual documents in place with financial advisers including membership agreements and loan agreements.
Support the Deputy Head of Legal with corporate transactions, such as acquisitions and disposals, as required.
Support the Head of Legal with complaints and disputes as required.
Provide a professional and best practice service on all legal matters which impact the business.
Minimise exposure to litigation, risk and associated costs.
Source and manage cost effective external legal advice where required to protect business interests.
Maintain value added and cost effective relationships with external lawyers and determine when to seek external legal services to protect business interests.
Provide specialist advice and guidance on relevant legislative developments.
Ensure working relationships are established with the Risk, Compliance and Company Secretariat teams to ensure that legal risks are accurately assessed, managed and minimised.
Report effectively on legal issues and risk exposure and escalate actions as appropriate (e.g. under the Legal Risk Policy).
Advise the business if there are customer fairness issues to be addressed, for example, unfair or unclear customer communications or when advising in relation to a customer dispute.
Promote the operational efficiency of the Legal function.
About YouApplications from people with diverse backgrounds enables our inclusive organisation to thrive. If you feel you don't match our job description exactly, why not take a chance on yourself and apply? You could be exactly what this role needs.
The ideal candidate will be a qualified solicitor with post qualification experience in advising on general commercial contracts.
Knowledge and experience of UK financial services is desirable but not essential.
You will need to be articulate, able to negotiate, build relationships and influence others to a desired action.
You will need to be confident in managing senior stakeholders i.e. board, Exco.
You should be future focused and able to spot opportunities to add value.
Our purpose is to help the generations today and tomorrow to prosper. That means we must guide people through the complexity of planning for their future, with the right financial advice and investment solutions, so that they can have more secure financial futures.
In this ever-changing world, we see that our role in society has never been more meaningful, and we are committed to using our expertise and care to guide our customers through these challenging and unprecedented times.
Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity that we need, to help us get there.
We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution is valued, and our people can thrive. No matter what your role is or where you sit, your voice will matter. We hope you like what you hear and are interested in learning more about joining us.
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Core Benefits
Holiday: 26 days
Quilter Incentive Scheme: All employees are eligible to participate in our incentive scheme, based on the company's performance and their contribution to it
Pension Scheme: 10% non-contributory company pension scheme that can be boosted through personal contributions
Private Medical Insurance: Single cover as standard, cover can be increased at your own cost
Life Assurance: 4x your salary, cover can be increased at your own cost
Income Protection: 75% of salary payable after 26 weeks of absence
In addition to our core benefits we offer a range of flexible benefits that you can choose from and pay for conveniently via a salary deduction.
Flexible WorkingAt Quilter, we believe our workplace needs to work for you, and we want to enable that by creating an environment where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. Some roles lend themselves to flexible options more than others, so our talent acquisition team are on hand to discuss your needs. Please contact us.
About UsOur purpose is to help the generations today and tomorrow to prosper. That means we must guide people through the complexity of planning for their future, with the right financial advice and investment solutions, so that they can have more secure financial futures.
In this ever-changing world, we see that our role in society has never been more meaningful, and we are committed to using our expertise and care to guide our customers through these challenging and unprecedented times.
Our impressive talents and capabilities set us apart, but our unwavering commitment to our customers is what defines us. We truly believe that we have all the ingredients to be the very best in our industry, and we want great people with the care and creativity that we need, to help us get there.
We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution is valued, and our people can thrive. No matter what your role is or where you sit, your voice will matter. We hope you like what you hear and are interested in learning more about joining us.
Quilter is committed to treating all our job applicants fairly and with respect. Our people come from all kinds of backgrounds, and have a wide range of expertise, so we welcome your application regardless of your beliefs, culture, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation and or disability. Please contact the talent acquisition team if you need any reasonable adjustments made to the recruitment process, require information in an alternative format or have any questions around accessibility, we will try our very best to accommodate.