Paralegal/Legal Assistant Role
PensionBee, United Kingdom
Job Description
- Full-time - Moorgate, London / Remote (UK)
- Up to 30k, plus up to 15% annual bonus and equity award
- Opportunity to be part of a new function in a fast-growing business
For far too long, pensions have been difficult to understand. PensionBee is on a mission to fix things by making pensions simple and engaging. We do this by helping customers move into a modern, mobile pension with PensionBee. From a clear and simple transfer journey, to human support when only a human will do, we’re forever fighting for our customers!
PensionBee is looking for an individual with legal skills and experience be involved in the legal affairs and risk management of a rapidly growing young company. The successful candidate will report to our Senior Legal Counsel and form part of the legal team, helping to provide legal support and manage risk in the company.
Key Responsibilities
- Supporting the Senior Legal Counsel to implement legal best practice and manage risk in the company.
- Contract reviews and negotiation. Review and comment on commercial documents, contracts and Non-Disclosure Agreements to assist the business.
- Research and review of the law and regulations. Be aware of legal trends and regulatory requirements, to continually support the development of the legal department and legal function.
- Manage external legal partners. Help manage the interface with external legal partners, accountancy firms and suppliers.
- Advice and support. Provide advice and legal support to the business, in line with experience level.
- Contract Database management. Review and index important legal contracts that are in force that relate to PensionBee.
- UK GDPR and Data Protection. Provide support to the Company with regard to GDPR Data Protection and Data Protection best practice generally.
- Project work. Support both internal and external projects, providing legal guidance to other departments, supporting the achievement of each project’s objectives.
- Corporate. Provide support to the corporate team and help to provide oversight of the Company Secretary function.
Requirements
The key skills required are:
- Excellent written and spoken English.
- Ability to work as part of a team, manage time efficiently.
- Ability to work to deadlines and be responsible for own workload.
- Capacity to conduct legal research and learn new information, writing short summaries and memos for internal use or discussion.
- 2-3 years experience working as a legal assistant or paralegal in a law firm, Trust Company or Fintech Company.
- Eagerness to learn new skills and develop expertise.
- Any previous experience working in the customer facing financial services sector (Retail customer serving Platforms, Life Insurance or Pension Companies) would be beneficial but is not essential.
We welcome all candidates and are proud to have been awarded Employer of the Year at the Financial Adviser Diversity in Finance Awards 2020. We believe the right drive is often more important than the relevant experience or degrees. So if you have an interest in the role and are passionate about what we do, get in touch.
We want everyone to be able to access the same opportunity, and some people might need extra support to have this access. If there’s an adjustment we can make that would help you perform to the best of your ability during the application process, like booking in time for a longer interview, please let us know.
Benefits
- End of year bonus and generous equity schemes
- Fully remote working enabled environment and culture
- 25 days annual leave, 5 extra days for parents of children under 18 and generous parental leave
- Perkbox, UK Healthcare Cash Plan and Income Protection Insurance
- Regular company-wide sessions: CEO Session, Show amp; Tell and Lunch amp; Learn, giving you an opportunity to share your ideas and learn about other areas of the business
- A warm and motivated team working to make a real difference for our customers