Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel page is loaded

Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel

Apply locations Basildon, UK London, UK time type Full time posted on Posted 9 Days Ago job requisition id R31918

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world\’s largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Legal Counsel

Locations : London, Essex | Hybrid

Get To Know Us:

Our legal counsel team provides general legal advice, negotiates commercial contracts with clients/suppliers, and supports the SS&C Group’s business units and corporate support functions. This may involve being the principal point of liaison between the Legal Team and particular business units within SS&C Group.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility : Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do:

Mainly – Commercial Contracts

Review, draft, and negotiate legal agreements with clients, suppliers, and other counterparties.

Governance & Legal Risk Management

Assist with the maintenance and enforcement of SS&C Group Policies and procedures, particularly those governing the signature of contracts. Participate in the risk management activity of the business, including attendance at risk committees if required.

Occasionally – Dispute Resolution

Provide initial advice on disputes and claims between the Company and third parties; there is a separate litigation function.

Very Occasional – Company Secretarial

Assist, if required, with mergers, acquisitions, restructuring, and other corporate activity.

Very Occasional – HR Support

Assist, if required, to provide advice and support to the HR team in connection with staff disputes, claims, grievances, and other legal issues arising.

What You Will Bring:

• Experience working with sales teams, not just procurement.
• Minimum 1+ years PQE.
• BPO outsourcing/commercial contracts work or software SAAS licensing experience. Ability to negotiate and draft commercial contracts and contribute to setting up precedents and processes.
• Excellent communication skills and pride in your work.
• Ability to build strong and trusted relationships with internal clients (including sales and commercial teams) and external stakeholders; cheerful and positive attitude.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word (other suite application knowledge is helpful).
• Ability to organise, prioritise, and manage a heavy workload and meet tight deadlines.
• Good working knowledge of data protection law. Appropriate professional legal qualifications and/or experience.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It\’s important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.

About Us

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world\’s largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

#J-18808-Ljbffr