Legal Counsel
Responsibilities:
- Provide legal support to the Senior Legal Counsel across European businesses on strategic projects, including acquisitions.
- Provide legal support across European branches on product development to the various consumer finance/consumer credit products, involving and managing external counsel where appropriate.
- Provide legal support on tactical and BAU, including but not limited to: Regulatory, commercial contracts, employment, etc.
- Develop a working relationship and collaborate with key internal stakeholders such as Operations, Compliance, Employment, Finance and other Legal teams within Dollar Financial Group.
- Support the SLC with corporate governance initiatives and in establishing and developing a legal function for European Businesses.
- Make recommendations, commensurate with the incumbent's seniority, for improvement opportunities, where appropriate.
Skills & Experience
- 3 to 5 years of proven post-qualification experience working as part of a legal function of a financial services organization or law firm
- Knowledge in any of the following areas of law: banking, financial services, corporate and or commercial contracts
- Knowledge of consumer credit products and regulatory framework will be an advantage
- A team worker with a proactive attitude, a collaborative approach, attention to detail and the ability to remain calm under pressure
- Excellent command of the Polish and English languages with strong oral and written communication skills. Any other languages, particularly Swedish, Norwegian or Finnish would be a distinct advantage.
We offer:
- Work for Dollar Financial Group ("DFC") that is a leading international non-bank financial services company serving consumers for over 30 years
- Opportunity to work in an international environment and dealing with multi-national law regulations (Poland, Sweden, Finland, Romania, Spain)
- Full-time, permanent job contract in Optima Sp. z o.o., part of DFC
- Location: Gdansk or Warsaw (if Warsaw – willingness to travel to Gdansk head office ~4 days a month)