Onsite Consumer Credit Lawyer – VP

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About the role

  • Consumer Credit Lawyer VP at Barclays providing legal advice for consumer banking activities. Ensuring compliance with financial regulations and managing legal risks associated with consumer lending.

Responsibilities

  • To ensure that the consumer banking activities are conducted in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and to help the bank manage legal and regulatory risks associated with these activities.
  • Development and implementation of best practice legal strategies for risk management and compliance.
  • Proactive consumer banking Legal advice and support to the consumer banking division of the bank on a wide range of legal issues, including regulatory compliance, regulatory change management, consumer protection, and risk management.
  • Representation of the bank in legal proceedings related to consumer banking, such as litigation, arbitration, and regulatory enquiry and investigations.
  • Creation and periodic review of Legal documents in accordance with contractual arrangements policy to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
  • Legal research and analysis to stay up to date on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the bank's consumer banking operations.
  • Developing and delivering training programmes to educate employees on legal and regulatory requirements related to consumer banking.
  • Pro-active identification, communication, and provision of legal advice on applicable laws, rules and regulations (LRRs).

Requirements

  • Be a qualified lawyer/solicitor with experience gained in either private practice or in-house in a finance legal team
  • Have experience advising senior business stakeholders on consumer credit law - CONC and the Consumer Credit Act - and other relevant laws and guidance such as the Consumer Rights Act, the Payment Services Regulations and the FCA Handbook including the Consumer Duty
  • Be self-motivated and committed to learning and development
  • Keen to keep yourself updated ahead of changes to laws and FCA guidance and able to advise the business on future change
  • Have strong technical skills and a good understanding of the heavily regulated environment in which BUK operates, taking a proactive approach to legal and regulatory risk management.

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Flexible working hours

Job title

Consumer Credit Lawyer – VP

Job type

Experience level

Lead

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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