Senior Legal Specialist

My client, a reputable financial services provider, is seeking an experienced Senior Legal Specialist to join their team. This role will entail the participation in the enhancement of the company’s advice process and digital financial advice tool and will deal with daily tactical and legal matters. The suitable candidate will have 10 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Responsibilities:

• Implement regulatory change required in Distribution
• Ensure proactive technical support to advisers is running efficiently
• Continuous interaction with marketing, distribution and other divisional teams
• Undertake strategic research and provide strategic proposals, on topics as requested by and agreed with Distribution Exco as the subject matter expert (SME) on technical financial advisory matters
• As SME, support the digital advice team with practical suggestions and logical rules to guide and monitor advice to clients
• Provide technical support to advisers, TAS colleagues, other Distribution teams (including Marketing) on proactive and reactive basis
• Define and lead the fiduciary process, chair the Fiduciary Technical committee and provide fiduciary support into the distribution activities of Distribution Wealth
• Review and improve Fiduciary processes, policies, local and offshore provider services and IT support systems
• Responsible for CPD accredited training