End Date

Thursday 07 July 2022

Salary Range

£73,576 - £91,970

We support agile working – click here for more information on agile working options.

Agile Working Options

Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Job Description Summary

This is a great opportunity to join a friendly, inclusive and dedicated legal team who work hand in hand with our business to build great customer outcomes!

The Traded Products Legal team in Commercial Banking Legal, provides support to the markets business with this role focussing on financial institutions and fund management business. We embrace collaborative, agile ways of working, to help us deliver the best outcomes for our colleagues, customers and businesses. Join us and discover how this could work for you.

Job Description

Reporting to The Head of Legal, you’ll take full responsibility for all aspects of legal support and advice in relation to a broad suite of trading documentation including ISDAs, CSAs, GMRAs, GMSLAs and CDEAs.

You’ll provide specialist and insightful legal, transaction and regulatory advice and support on all matters relating to the markets business, including engagement with other internal legal teams and leading any escalations.

In addition, you’ll also be expected to provide ad hoc support to other business areas where there is strategic alignment with the markets business.

You’ll have solid experience in derivative and/or repo documentation.

Key Accountabilities

• act as a source of professional expertise and be a trusted advisor to business partners
• deliver technical input to positively influence transactions, product development and projects of significance for the relevant businesses and the Group and supervise others in doing the same
• identify and mitigate legal risk, which will include emerging risks and legal horizon-scanning
• identify, formulate, co-ordinate and communicate policies, procedures and controls to ensure that each businesses’ exposure to legal risk is effectively managed, within the Group’s risk management framework
• support on the review and resolution of risk events and redress and remediation programmes
• develop and maintain precedent documentation
• positively influence the appropriate use of the Bank’s Legal Panel firms
• positively influence others by demonstrating the core LBG values and behaviours

Essentials

• you’ll be a qualified solicitor
• you’ll be able to build and maintain external and internal network and relationships to provide appropriate professional advice to achieve relevant business objectives
• proven people manager with the ability to manage and co-ordinate the provision of ad hoc services to the business by internal legal colleagues and business service functions
• you’ll be comfortable challenging and influencing senior business partners and presenting solutions which are easily understood
• you’ll have an agile approach and be willing to develop in other areas so as to provide support to other businesses/projects that the wider legal teams support, as and when required

Desirables

• positive, proactive and growth mindset with the desire to work across a wide range of matters to not only serve the function and business generally but also to develop professionally
• capable of taking on broad scope of responsibility and delivering to conflicting deadlines
• excellent written and spoken communication skills, with experience adapting your style and approach to the audience and message to be delivered
• a good degree of business and legal acumen and the ability to deliver pragmatic advice and guidance, even in times of ambiguity

What you'll get in return

It is a very exciting time to join LBG. Together we'll continue our market leading, ground breaking transformation and you'll help us realise the Group’s vision to become the Best Bank for Customers. Here, you'll grow as a person and develop your career.

In addition to the salary quoted, the position also offers:

• Discretionary Performance Share Award
• Generous pension contribution
• A flex benefits cash pot you can adjust to suit your lifestyle (4% on top of your basic salary)
• Private health cover
• Share schemes
• 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
  

You’ll learn new skills and be given opportunities to grow and develop to help you achieve a rewarding and fulfilling career. We’re a very supportive team who care about your wellbeing. Our Hybrid ways of working means that you can find a work-life balance that suits you, with a mix of home and office working (the expectation that you work a minimum of one day a week in the office).

We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves and succeed on merit. We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

Please get in touch if you need us to make any reasonable adjustments for you.

So if you have the skills we’re looking for, we’d love to hear from you!

Together we make it possible!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain recover. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.