Key skills
Communication
About this role
Role Overview
- Review and respond to legal enquiries received via the shared legal inbox.
- Support contract lifecycle management (including execution, filing, renewals, termination tracking and record keeping).
- Assist with the preparation, review and administration of legal documents, including NDAs, board resolutions, supplier agreements and customer terms.
- Support dispute resolution processes.
- Create and maintain contract templates and precedent legal documentation.
- Assist and maintain trackers and registers used by the Legal team.
- Assist with the preparation and delivery of training materials for stakeholders.
- Conduct basic legal and regulatory research.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across various business disciplines to implement and improve processes.
- Assist and support legal team members with various business projects (such as licence applications and M&A transactions).
- Assist with reviewing and drafting company policies and procedures.
- Assist with various matters including data protection and intellectual property.
- Support corporate housekeeping tasks, including Companies House filings, maintaining statutory registers and updating group structure records.
- Assist with the preparation of board and committee materials.
- Maintain document management and filing systems for the Legal team.
- Ad hoc support for day-to-day legal tasks and administrative tasks.
Requirements
- Undergraduate law degree (LLB or equivalent) or relevant paralegal qualification.
- Previous internship, placement or junior role in legal, compliance or financial services.
- Strong attention to detail and organisation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Willingness to learn and develop in a fast-paced legal environment.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- A true team player with a winning mentality and strong work ethic committed to continuous improvement and high performance.
- Adaptable, tenacious and flexible who can perform under pressure.
- Experience supporting an FCA authorised firm (payments, e-money, banking, or fintech).
- Experience in maintaining a document management and filing systems
- Demonstrable ability to work to deadlines and be able to complete tasks under pressure.
- Familiarity with basic legal research and document management tools.
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities.
- Proficient in the use of MS Office applications.
- Interest in fintech, payments or financial regulation.
Benefits
- 25 days’ annual leave, plus bank holidays and an extra day off for your birthday!
- Holiday loyalty scheme.
- Life Insurance.
- Work abroad scheme.
- Enrolment into our pension scheme, which we offer via a salary exchange scheme.
- Access to a financial education, planning and coaching platform.
- Membership with Healthcare platform, which offers cash back on healthcare focused on dental, optical & physio, plus access to stress helplines, a virtual GP and more.
- Salary exchange nursery fees.
- Enhanced parental leave.
- Cycle to work.
- Benefit from IFX’s Season Ticket Loan scheme, offering and interest free loan for travelling into and within London.
- Participation in the IFX annual discretionary bonus scheme (eligible after probation).
- Career development and progression tools.
- Company events – Sporting events, pub nights, seasonal parties, socials.