SCUK Regulatory Legal CounselCountry: United Kingdom
Santander Consumer Finance (SCUK) is one of the UK’s Leading Motor Finance companies and we are currently looking for a Regulatory Legal Counsel to support the head of the function to provide legal and regulatory advice to the business to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements with a Think Customer approach.
This role will support the Head of Legal to provide accurate and timely advice to all areas of the business and ensure that strategic and business objectives are delivered with legal risks monitored and controlled. To also anticipate, review and implement new legislative requirements and regulatory requirements affecting SCUK and to ensure the profile of legal risk management remains as priority within the business.
Please note this role is a hybrid role with at least days a week in the Redhill office. Remote workers will not be considered.
Responsibilities will include:
1. Act as a point of contact for the business on legal matters and advice
2. Review relevant laws and regulation and actively collaborate with other functions and stakeholders on the timely implementation of requirements or changes
3. Advice on interpretation and impact of relevant laws/regulation affecting the Company
4. Draft and review consumer finance agreements and other documentation such as regulatory notices (Annual Statements, NOSIAs etc) (from inception) and transact accordingly in a legally compliant manner in accordance with Company policies and business requirements and keep appropriate records
5. Provision of support on remedial plans / advice and incident management
6. Draft and manage public-facing terms of use, consumer disclosures, FAQs, privacy policies, cookie policies
7. Review and approve relevant financial promotions and adverts
8. Assist with product reviews and designs
9. Assist in regulatory landscape horizon scanning
10. Assist the Head of Legal in running and delivery of legal and business projects including reviewing requirements documentation and making recommendations from a legal advisory perspective
11. Raise the profile of legal services and legal risk management within the business by utilising various channels
12. Attend meetings / industry forums as directed by the Head of Legal
13. Manage and coordinate relevant external legal support
14. Deal with or escalate any identified risks in relation to Santander Consumer risk policies and/or legislative and regulatory guidelines in accordance with the Santander UK group risk framework
15. Other ad hoc tasks as directed by the Head of Legal or the Department Director
16. Assist the Head of Legal, the Legal & Compliance Director or the Compliance team in ensuring effective governance is in place, such as reviewing and drafting policies, procedures, committee terms of references, drafting relevant committee documents and minutes
17. Manage in conjunction with relevant department stakeholders, relevant corporate governance and some company secretarial activities
18. Adhering to our commitment to Consumer Duty ensuring we put our customers’ needs first and set higher and clearer standards of consumer protection
What we’re looking for:
19. Qualified Solicitor/Barrister/Attorney/FCILEX- NQ-yrs PQE with demonstrable relevant experience
20. Excellent academic background to include degree
21. Extensive knowledge and practical experience of Consumer Credit and/or Retail Financial Services working for an in-house legal department of a financial services company
22. In depth industry knowledge of regulations and issues impacting consumer finance agreements and institutions. In particular, knowledge of CONC, SYSC, SUP, APER, SM&CR, FIT, COND rulebooks
23. Experience advising on legal compliance matters including GDPR, competition, anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions and money laundering regulations, Company Secretarial/ corporate governance experience
24. Sound knowledge of the UK regulatory framework, including FCA rules and guidance in relation to Consumer Credit, - (ideally, more specifically Motor Finance)
25. Experience of project management and delivery of proposals/ presentations to Senior Management desirable
26. Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build relationships internally and externally
27. Corporate governance experience
We have a range of benefits available which include:
28. Competitive salary of £ –, dependant on experience
29. days holiday per annum, plus bank holidays
30. Annual bonus based on personal and company performance
31. Car allowance
32. Private medical cover
33. Generous pension contributions
34. Employee assistance programme
35. Sharesave scheme
36. Gym passes at a reduced rate for, gyms, leisure centres etc
Inclusion
At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.
At Santander Consumer Finance we have a zero-tolerance approach to discrimination, bullying, harassment (including sexual) or victimisation of any kind.
Should you want to be considered for part time hours, please let us know and we can assess your requirements.
What are the next steps:
If you are interested in this role and believe you have the skills, experience, and knowledge then we’d love to hear from you. Please go ahead and click apply which will take you through some questions and allow you to submit your CV and covering letter.