Paralegal
Description
Paralegal
We are looking for a Paralegal in our Legal and Compliance team.
The team are the go-to experts for legal and regulatory advice on Funding Circle’s commercial and business activities
Who are we?
We’re Funding Circle. We back small businesses to succeed.
At Funding Circle, we believe the world needs small businesses. That’s why we’ve made it our mission to help them get the finance they need to grow.
With more than a decade of expertise under our belt, we’ve built a game-changer of a platform with cutting-edge data and technology that’s reshaping the landscape of SME lending. Say goodbye to lengthy applications and hello to lightning-fast decisions! In just minutes, SMEs across the UK can get a decision, giving them access to competitive funding in a flash.
We know that good business is about good people. So we pride ourselves on providing meaningful, human support as well as fast, hassle free processes to deliver an unbeatable customer experience.
The role
As Paralegal, you will primarily support the Commercial Legal function with the opportunity to work with the Capital Markets and Company Secretary teams.
- Working with Stakeholders across Procurement, Sales, Brand and Marketing, Data, Technology and Product to provide pragmatic legal advice on a range of initiatives including, contracts, data protection, financial services regulation, intellectual property, development of new lending products, and financial services regulation
- focusing on GDPR compliance, including reviewing and responding to personal data requests (right of access or erasure), completing privacy impact assessments; assisting with the upkeep of data protection policies and training materials, and template DPAs, and maintaining privacy notices
- reviewing and amending a range of contracts, including our customer terms and conditions, NDAs, data processing agreements, partnership agreements, marketing contracts, and contracts for marketing, outsourcing, employment and consultancy
- reviewing security documents relating to our finance products, such as personal guarantees, deeds of priority, and deeds of release
- monitoring, allocating, and tracking requests for legal support from business teams via a service desk and shared inbox, ensuring no tasks are missed
- broadening your legal and regulatory knowledge through research and horizon scanning
- taking a hands-on role in the optimisation of the legal function through the adoption of technology, including generative AI, developing and owning processes to enhance the team’s efficiency, including maintaining contract templates, legal knowledge and keeping our commercial contracts playbook up to date
- Proactively problem solving, identifying and confidently mitigating any risks, issues or control weaknesses that arise in your day-to-day
What we’re looking for
- Strong academics, degree (or equivalent), preferable to have completed the GDL or SQE Part 1 (if not possessing a law degree) but not essential
- 2+ years experience working in a legal environment, either at a law firm or in-house. Exceptional candidates with less experience will also be considered
- Excellent communication skills that you want to develop further; you are open; reliable and embrace collaboration; you are curious and keen to learn
- You have a ‘can do’ attitude, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment. You prioritise commitments, manage a varied workload and meet deadlines
At Funding Circle we are committed to building diverse teams so please apply even if your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the requirements.
Want to learn more?
- We have a huge impact on the businesses that borrow through our platform, the communities they serve and the overall economy (last year £6.9bn of GDP generated). You can read our full Impact Report here: https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk/impact
- To see what our customers think, visit our Trustpilot page: https://uk.trustpilot.com/review/fundingcircle.com
- And we’re still evolving! Our award-winning multi-product platform is solving more SME finance challenges than ever before. We think big, rally together and meet the needs of SME customers like no other.
Why join us?
At Funding Circle, we celebrate and support the differences that make you, you. We’re proud to be an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer. We truly believe that diversity makes us better.
As a flexible-first employer we offer hybrid working at Funding Circle, and we've long believed in a 'best of both' approach to in-office collaboration and non-office days. We expect our teams to be in our London office three times a week, where you can take advantage of our newly refurbished hybrid working space, barista made coffee and subsidised lunches (via JustEat) every day!
We back our Circlers to build their own incredible career, making a difference to small businesses every day. Our Circler proposition is designed to support employees both in and out of work, and it is anchored around four pillars: Health, Wealth, Development & Lifestyle.
A few highlights:
- Flexibility: We provide you with a benefit allowance so that you can tailor your benefit selection to you and your family’s needs.
- Health: Private Medical Insurance, Dental Insurance, Health Cash Plan, Health Assessments (including female fertility health assessments), eyecare vouchers, flu jabs, Wellhub (for discounted flexible gym membership and access to wellbeing apps) access to a free Employee Assistance Programme and free Digital GP for yourself and any children under 16.
- Wealth: Life Assurance, Income Protection, Critical Illness Cover, financial coaching through Octopus Money Coach, a tax-advantaged share scheme, a free mortgage advisor partnership and discounts across numerous retailers through Perks at Work.
- Development: Dedicated annual Learning & Development allowance and full access to internal learning platform.
- Lifestyle: Electric Car Scheme, Cycle to Work scheme, Season Ticket Loans, and more!
And finally, we have award winning parental leave policies supporting parents through enhanced maternity, partner and adoption leave, as well as additional leave for parental bereavement and for fertility treatments.
Ready to make a difference? We’d love to hear from you.
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