Senior Legal Counsel FTC in Bristol

Our purpose is to make it easy for people to save and invest for a better future. We are looking for great people to join us, so please come and invest in YOUR future at Hargreaves Lansdown.

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced business-minded lawyer to join us in our Disputes and Contentious Risk team on a 12-month FTC. As a Senior Legal Counsel you will join a collaborative, supportive legal team with great ideas and big ambitions for the future of HL. We provide legal advice, support, and challenge across the HL Group. We manage legal risks and use commercial, legal, and business partnering skills to support HL in achieving its strategic objectives, while ensuring HL meets its legal and regulatory obligations.

Reporting into the Director of Disputes and Contentious Risk, the Senior Legal Counsel will be responsible for the provision of contentious regulatory advisory services to the business, ensuring effective management of contentious legal risk across the HL Group.

You will possess experience from within the retail Financial Services industry to complement our passionate and skilled team in delivering a best-in-class service and be able to demonstrate this via pragmatic and knowledgeable application.

• Providing pragmatic contentious regulatory advice to the business, effectively managing legal risk.
• Managing and supporting the business and senior members of the legal team in managing contentious legal risk arising from client complaints and Financial Ombudsman Service referrals.
• Managing and supporting senior members of the legal team with legal work streams in contentious regulatory projects.
• Supporting the business and senior members of the legal team in managing risk in responding to risk events within the business, including fraud related incidents.
• Managing County Court litigation and supporting the business in managing risks flowing from disputes.
• Assisting in implementing and maintaining appropriate controls over legal risk in the business.
• Supporting senior members of the legal team with training plans, delivering training, research activities and cross-functional project initiatives to meet HL's strategy.
• Building and maintaining networks internally and externally to gain insight in areas of specialism and keeping abreast of developments in relevant law and regulation.

• Mid-level qualified Solicitor (5-8 years PQE).
• Experience of contentious financial services matters, within a retail context, in-house experience preferred.
• Good understanding of UK financial service laws, including FCA regulation.
• Knowledge of complaints handling by the Financial Ombudsman Service desirable.
• Able to proactively and effectively collaborate with the business, translating complex matters into easily understood pragmatic legal advice.
• Strong technical and legal drafting skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with an ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
• Excellent attention to detail.

This will be a two-stage interview process consisting of a competency-based interview and a case study.

This role is based in Bristol head office, BS1 5HL. This role is permanent, full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday. For this role we offer a hybrid flexible working pattern to enable you the option of working from home and coming into the office.

Hargreaves Lansdown is an inclusive employer that values diversity in its workforce. We encourage applications from all individuals without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age.

This role may also be available on a flexible working or part time basis – please ask the Recruitment & Onboarding team for more information.