A well-known and fast-growing digital bank is looking to appoint a senior employment lawyer to support the business on all contentious and non-contentious employment matters, reporting directly to the Group Head of Employment Legal.
This is a high-visibility role with significant influence across the group, including line management of an employment lawyer within the team.
What's involved:
Advising the People team and wider business on all aspects of employment law, including SMCR and FCA Code of Conduct issues
Managing legal support across the full employee lifecycle — hiring, executive service agreements, dismissals, grievances, disciplinaries and settlement agreements
Supporting the corporate and commercial legal functions on TUPE matters
Advising on regulatory issues associated with financial services and banking
Managing international employment projects across EMEA and globally, working with external counsel
Advising the Reward team on compensation arrangements, including malus, clawback and deferred compensation
Delivering employment law training across the business
About you:
Excellent legal training with 6–10 years' PQE gained at a law firm and/or in-house
Very strong technical employment law experience
Experience within financial services
Experience handling regulatory issues in the context of SMCR, conduct, remuneration matters and regulatory inquiries
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment
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