Senior Associate, Financial Services Documentation in Belfast

With a legacy as a pioneer in the ALSP market, Factor leads the next evolution in legal services through AI-integrated contracting. Factor is the market leader in Integrated Law™, combining the expertise of Traditional Law, the efficiency of New Law, and the close business integration of In-house legal to deliver complex legal work at scale. Factor works alongside corporate legal departments to solve for the ever-increasing demands and complexity of transactional legal work.

Our clients span Fortune 500 companies including global banks, major pharmaceutical companies and large technology firms. We believe that the more diverse our team becomes — in backgrounds, skills, experiences, and perspectives — the higher our creative potential as a company. We are dedicated to growing a diverse, inclusive company where individuals of all backgrounds thrive. We are comprised of more than 300 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America.

THE ROLE:

We’re looking for an experienced Senior Associate to join our Belfast Office. You will be responsible for reviewing agreements and handling escalations. We’re currently working through a large volume of contracts for a banking client, and we’re looking for someone who has experience negotiating end capital market documentation, specifically ISDA, CSA and Repo agreement types.

Specifically, the Negotiator will:

• Manage client-facing deliverables to the highest standards of quality
• Identify risks and issues and develop appropriate mitigation plans
• Pro-actively manage and monitor execution of deliverables and status
• Assist with the management of the projects critical path, dependencies, and contingencies
• Ensure the project stakeholders' expectations are understood and managed
• Oversee the adherence to all Factor’s Methodologies and quality assurance processes
• Review large volume of contracts efficiently and accurately, working closely with the team to achieve a high-quality output
• Read complex agreements, including financial services documents with meticulous attention to detail, while analyzing and extracting key information
• Lead and train contract review teams, implementing best practice
• Communicate with clients, maintaining excellent communication skills and a professional and warm approach
• Effectively and efficiently operate in a deadline driven environment, with high attention to detail, in order to meet client expectations
• Contribute to building Factor’s proprietary Intellectual Property in the rapidly changing Managed Contracts Services business area
• Be comfortable in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of autonomy and accountability
• Be an outstanding team player and embody and live our core values to foster our unique culture

QUALIFICATIONS:

You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same.

In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:

Essential Criteria:

• Undergraduate degree
• Independent experience of drafting and negotiating end-to-end ISDA, CSA and Repo agreements necessary
• Client facing experience within a Professional Services firm and a strong focus on client needs
• Meticulous attention to detail
• Strong time management, judgment, decision-making and problem solving skills
• Thrives in both individual and collaborative team environments
• High-impact communication and presentation skills
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (including PowerPoint and Excel. MS Project experience highly advantageous)
• Organizational fit for the Factor culture - exhibiting the core values of Authenticity, Accountability, Adaptability and Stewardship
• Legally eligible to work in the country in which the role is located

Desirable Criteria:

• Prime Brokerage experience

As a member of an ISO Compliant center, the candidate will be required to follow the policies and procedures on Information Security Management System in place at the Center of Excellence and globally at Factor. As a member of the Factor team, the applicant will have access to various company and client assets and will be required to maintain the level of security as identified for each asset.

Factor is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For more, visit: factor.law