Lawyer, Group Legal, Group Operations & Commercial Legal Halifax, England
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
Halifax, England
76428 - 84920 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Friday 16 June 2023
Salary Range
£76,428 - £84,920Agile Working Options
Job Description Summary
We currently have an excellent opportunity for a lawyer to join the Group Operations & Commercial Legal (GOCL) team on a permanent basis.
Job Description
A bit about the team:
The Group Operations & Commercial Legal team sits within Group Legal to support large scale and complex commercial contracts. Our purpose is to deliver strategic legal advice which is central to the operations of the Group. We’re a collaborative, supportive and development-focused team.
The team delivers legal support across the organisation working alongside the Group Chief Operating Office, Group Property and the Payments teams as well as customer facing business areas. The work is varied, fast paced and will provide great insight into the operations, technology and strategy of the Group!
Join a collaborative and welcoming legal team with members based in all of the key Legal & Secretariat hubs. Together we help the business to implement some of the Group’s most strategic and varied projects. There’s lots of opportunities to get involved with innovative and cutting-edge work such as FinTech deals to grow our digital capability, supporting cyber security initiatives to keep customers safe and change projects to help the organisation meet its net zero targets. We lead on legal advice relating to material sourcing arrangements to ensure we achieve robust terms with the Group’s suppliers and support the legal side of the regulatory notification process.
Job Description:
No two days here are the same! Here are the types of matters you’ll work on:
- negotiate, draft and advise on a variety of key Group-wide supplier contracts for both IT (including SaaS and Cloud arrangements) and other operational services, such as business process outsources or consultancy services, working closely with the business, platform and Group Sourcing teams;
- support transitional services agreements (in the context of business acquisitions or disposals) and intra-group service arrangements;
- help the business resolve performance or other contractual issues arising from ongoing supplier arrangements including resolving contentious matters;
- ensure projects align with regulatory requirements and help with horizon scanning;
- identify key legal risks, advising on their implications for the Group and supporting the business by providing clear, pragmatic, solution-focused advice;
- support the team’s initiatives to provide training to the Group Sourcing team and group wide business partners on relevant legal topics;
- join the team’s helpline service for quick and easy access to legal support for ad hoc queries; and
- be responsible for the effective selection and management of external legal counsel.
Is this role for you?
Essential:
- Applicants must be a fully qualified lawyer with a current practising certificate for a UK jurisdiction or equivalent legal qualification.
- Experience of negotiating commercial contracts, outsourcing arrangements and technology agreements gained either in an established in-house legal team or a leading private practice firm.
- Strong commercial awareness together with a customer-focussed approach.
- Excellent influencing and communication skills together with a pro-active approach as you’ll be required to interact with executives, deliver messages in a cohesive and simple way and build your internal network with senior leaders.
Desirable:
- Experience advising clients from the financial services sector and an awareness of the regulatory requirements for outsourcing in this sector.
You’d get a benefits package that includes:
- A discretionary performance related bonus
- Generous pension contribution
- 30 days leave plus bank holidays
- Private health cover
We're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you to optimise your potential. This role provides the opportunity to develop numerous transferable skills including negotiation skills, commerciality and problem solving. It’s the chance to join a brilliant legal team at an exciting time for the Group!
As a new colleague, you’ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain, and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued.
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.
Together we make it possible.
As part of the Group's commitments as a result of ring-fencing legislation, colleagues based in the Islands are required to be exclusively dedicated to the non-ring-fenced bank and its subsidiaries. This means that colleagues who are based in the Islands would not be able to undertake roles for the Ring Fenced Bank from their existing location and would need to consider relocation when applying for roles.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose – to help Britain prosper. 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 our approach to inclusion and diversity means that we all have the opportunity to make a real difference together.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. 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 keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
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.
