Solicitor

Location: Work from home

A Role You Will Love

We have a fantastic opportunity for a senior lawyer to join our in-house team. This role is primarily remote, with occasional work in our Skipton office. You’ll tackle challenging projects within a friendly, supportive, and experienced team, enjoying freedom and ownership.

As a member of a diverse legal team, you’ll advise stakeholders on various regulatory issues, primarily related to mortgage origination and servicing, with some involvement in regulatory change, business as usual compliance matters, and commercial finance transactions. This demanding role offers variety, requiring you to provide real-time regulatory and legal advice to clients, research relevant legal areas, and coordinate actions with internal and external stakeholders.

We give you a world of potential

Computershare’s legal team supports our Loan Services (CLS) division. We’re a team of dynamic and driven Solicitors, who thrive in a fast-paced environment, providing varied and effective support. We’re hard-working, technically excellent Solicitors who see challenges as opportunities and deliver excellent service with practical solutions that align with business goals.

As a company, we go through significant periods of change, and while this gives you opportunities to work on different things, learn, improve and develop, it also means that we expect you to deliver under pressure, change tact at short notice and adapt quickly to new situations.

What will you bring to the role?

The role will suit you if you have experience in financial services law and regulation, but we would also expect you to be able to support projects, change and general queries from all areas of the business. You will fit well into our team if you are open and approachable, can work with a wide variety of people and enjoy a challenge as well as providing support to others.

Essential Skills, Experience and Competencies

1. UK qualified solicitor (or equivalent) with experience either in-house or at a national or international law firm
2. Knowledge of the Consumer Credit Act and The Financial Conduct Authority Handbook
3. Experience working in the regulated financial services industry or for financial services clients
4. Technical knowledge from advising on financial regulation
5. Broad familiarity with legal conventions and procedures in the UK

Some other key skills that you’ll have:

1. Deliver proactive, efficient, and robust legal advice to a range of stakeholders on a variety of legal topics
2. Think creatively to find solutions which support the success of our business
3. Provide internal training and help enhance the legal resources available to our stakeholders
4. Instruct, manage and interact with third parties including external counsel, regulators, public authorities etc., creating relationships of trust

Travel and hours

We have a relaxed, non-corporate team environment. Although you’ll work from home, we meet in Skipton every few months for team meetings and social events. In this full-time role you’ll enjoy flexibility and an understanding of work-life balance.

Rewards designed for you

1. Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle
2. Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family
3. Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you will receive a company contribution as well
4. Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get-togethers to helping you invest in your future
5. Career growth. Everyone here has the chance to grow and pursue career development

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 14,000 employees across more than 21 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Loan Services

As a leading mortgage service provider, we work as a lender and with other lenders, administering and supporting millions of borrower requirements through their home ownership journey. We process, underwrite, and close new loans during the origination process as well as handling payments and day-to-day administrative tasks; working in Loan Services brings many different career opportunities.

A diverse and inclusive place to work

Computershare celebrates the diversity of our people, and we welcome applications from everyone. We believe that having a culture of inclusion is essential in delivering good results. Attracting, retaining, and developing a diverse workforce where employees feel valued, respected, and empowered allows people to reach their full potential. As a business, this diversity helps us to better reflect and understand our customers' needs to allow us to drive better outcomes.

We are happy to accommodate individual needs during your application journey. If you require disability accommodations or adjustments, please email us at CLSRecruitment@computershare.co.uk detailing your requirements and contact information.