Legal Counsel
Funding Circle
Remote job description
Who are we?
We want to help small businesses win. That's why we're here.
We connect small business owners to investors - to create jobs, help families and power economies - because we believe that people are made to do more. And we want to help them.
So, we created the leading online marketplace for small business loans. Our investors have lent ?13.7 billion in 171,000 loans to 122,000 small business owners. In a single year, we unlocked 100,000 jobs and contributed ?7.2 billion to the UK economy. There's never been a better time to join!
Be part of the team that changes everything. Let's build the place where small businesses can get the funding they need to win and leave a legacy behind, forever.
What will you be doing?
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic lawyer to join an innovative, fast-paced and market-changing fintech. Funding Circle's award-winning legal team is looking to recruit a capable and ambitious all-rounder who can make a real and positive contribution to the continued success of the business. Everyone at Funding Circle cares about our mission of helping small businesses, you should too.
The role is varied; you will be exposed to a wide range of interesting work and work with every team in the business. As part of a tight-knit, friendly and experienced legal team, your key responsibilities will include:
- Providing pragmatic and commercially-minded legal advice to every team across our business, including HR, brand and marketing, sales, product, and operations;
- Drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial contracts including partnership agreements, marketing contracts, technology services contracts and outsourcing agreements;
- Advising the business (including our data and analytics teams) on a variety of data protection issues, including compliance with data protection laws, data security and data strategy;
- Learning and understanding the broad regulatory environment within which Funding Circle operates, and proactively advising and challenging the business on regulatory issues;
- Developing a strong risk radar by identifying, escalating and advising the business on operational, legal, regulatory and reputational risks across the business;
- Taking a hands-on role in the optimisation of the legal function through the adoption of technology and identifying other areas for improvements and greater efficiency.
Are you?
- Around 4-5 years PQE with strong technical legal skills;
- Experienced in drafting and negotiating commercial contracts, ideally with a focus on technology licence and service contracts, and you understand data privacy legislation and have strong experience of applying it in practice;
- Excellent at communicating. You can advise stakeholders confidently and succinctly and you enjoy developing good working relationships;
- Ambitious, flexible and willing to learn new things, even if that means making a few mistakes along the way;
- Accurate and proud of it - we are lawyers after all. You pay excellent attention to detail and take pride in your written work;
- A team player. We are a close-knit team in a fast-paced business where collaboration is key. You enjoy contributing to team initiatives and your team-mates can depend on you.
Why join us?
We're gearing up for our biggest chapter yet - and it's being driven by all of our Circlers.
We think of ourselves as the career launchpad. A place to develop yourself, fast. Real work. Real experience. Real opportunities to collect skills. Think big remits and huge ownership to make great things happen.
Our vibrant culture is built around potential and creating a place where you can really be you. We keep it agile and open. All voices heard. Because we believe great ideas come from everywhere.
If you show skill and are willing, we'll back you all the way. This is the place to make a positive difference. Join the disruption. Say "I was there". Be a part of it. Build something incredible and make a genuine impact on the lives of many - including yours.
Here at Funding Circle we have a hybrid working policy, for most teams this means we'd like to see you in the office 2-3 days a week. We hope this will give you the chance to connect with your colleagues and work in a way that is most effective for you!
It's in our differences that we find our strengths.
We celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. So we're building a culture where difference is valued. We're proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and affirmative action employer. We truly believe diversity makes us better. We will consider flexible working options; please talk to us to discuss how we could make this role flexible for you.
Want to Build The Incredible? We'd love to hear from you.
Summary
Company name: Funding Circle
Remote job title: Legal Counsel
Job tags: marketplace, fintech, lending, smb
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672 days ago
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