We are looking for an exceptional junior-mid level lawyer, with a strong commercial focus and the appetite to take on broad responsibility. This role offers significant exposure across the business at an important stage of the company’s growth, with a blend of professional variety across commercial, product and data protection work, as well as personal fulfilment. You'll have the autonomy to shape and own your areas of responsibility while building strong relationships across the business.
Join us in building a legal function that delivers a best-in-class service, collaborating seamlessly with all teams. Moneybox is at an exciting stage of growth, and our Legal Team is closely embedded with the business. We've laid a strong foundation and are now ready to scale up our support as the business continues to scale. This is your chance to directly shape how the business operates, making a tangible impact and contributing to our ongoing success.
As a key member of the Legal Team, you will:
Draft, negotiate and advise on a broad spectrum of commercial agreements, including with IT suppliers (SAAS, AI etc.), general services providers banking partners and sponsorship and marketing partners.
Partner with internal stakeholders on the rollout of new products, processes, and promotions.
Advise on data protection matters, including controller and processor terms, privacy notices and wider DP queries.
Partner with our Compliance Team on regulatory queries.
Draft and update customer-facing terms and conditions and related materials.
Help drive the implementation of legal tech, including AI-assisted contract review and enhanced CLM functionality, to scale the function.
Advise on a broad range of other legal activities, including IP, employment, property, and litigation, as needed.
Provide training and education to the business on legal matters.
Stay up-to-date on relevant legal developments and proactively advise the business on potential impacts.
Work closely with and manage external legal advisors.
2-5 years PQE* lawyer, with excellent legal credentials, ideally having trained at a city law firm. Prior in-house experience at a start-up or scale-up is welcome but not required.
Strong experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, particularly IT (including SAAS, reseller agreements, software development and more).
Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail, with a proven ability to juggle and prioritise a large number of competing matters.
Pragmatic approach to advice, with the ability to understand our business and apply an appropriate commercial lens to reviews.
Strong relationship-building and influencing skills.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills, both written and verbal.
Financial services / regulated industry experience is desirable.
Experience with legal research.
Fluency in English.
*PQE is a guide - your ability and skills are worth more to us than your years qualified.
Opportunity to join a fast-growing, award-winning and super ambitious company
Work with a friendly team of highly motivated individuals
Be in an environment where you are listened to and can actually have an impact
Thriving collaborative and inclusive company culture
Competitive remuneration package
Company pension scheme
Company bonus scheme
Hybrid working environment
Home office furniture allowance
Personal Annual Learning and Development budget
Private Medical Insurance
Health Cash Plan (cashback on visits to the dentist & opticians etc)
Cycle to work scheme
Wellhub subscription to a variety of gyms and wellbeing apps
Enhanced parental pay & leave
25 days holiday + bank holidays with additional days added with length of service.
This is a hybrid role. Our office is in London, by the Oxo Tower
Our Commitment to DE&I:
At Moneybox, we promote, support and celebrate inclusion, diversity and equity for all, so that everyone can bring their full selves to work. We believe that diversity drives innovation, and that if our team is representative of our community of customers, we can better support their needs. To ensure our recruitment processes provide an equal opportunity for all applicants to succeed, we encourage you to let us know if there are any adjustments that we can make. We are open-minded and always willing to go the extra mile to ensure all applicants can present their full self and potential
Working Policy:
We have a hybrid policy that includes 2 days from our London office and 3 from home. If the role states it is either hybrid or remote candidates must be based within the UK.
Visa Sponsorship:
At this time we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.
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Please note if offered a position, the offer is conditional and subject to the receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks which we will conduct such as criminal record and adverse credit history checks. As a regulated financial business, an adverse financial history could impact your suitability for the role. If you are aware of anything that could affect your suitability for the role, please let us know in advance.
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