Lead Contract Manager

Role Description

We are looking for an exceptional commercial contracts lawyer to work within our Group Commercial Legal team. The role covers a variety of legal matters across multiple business areas but focusses particularly on FNZ s client and supplier contracts across the globe. As such there is a significant contract review, analysis and drafting component to this position. The right candidate is someone who has a passion for a delivering complex legal projects, has a detailed analytical brain, good organisational skills, can understand and navigate a complex multi-facetted business and can link in with multiple teams across the business to generate the best legal and commercial outcomes for FNZ.

• Organisational Design
• The Head of Group Commercial Legal reports directly into the Group General Counsel.
• Team Responsibilities
• To manage and monitor legal and contractual matters on behalf of the FNZ group.
• Specific Role Responsibilities

• Negotiating and drafting client and supplier contracts

• Providing general legal support to the business

• Contract analysis and reporting

• Monitoring and reporting on legal developments and how they might affect FNZ

• Contract management (including managing and maintaining FNZ s contracts register)

• Supporting strategic projects

• Producing MI for internal business reporting/tracking

Experience required

• Commercial solicitor with a minimum of 5 years PQE

• Energetic commercial contracts specialist with strong contract analysis, negotiating and drafting skills essential

• Fintech/Financial Services sector experience desirable

• Current industry knowledge and an awareness and understanding of regulatory and industry related change events as they occur

• Excellent attention to detail and a methodological way of working

• Strong communication skills (verbally and in writing) and experience of influencing a broad range of decision makers and stakeholders

• Excellent business judgment and interpersonal skills Enthusiasm for taking on new responsibilities, even if outside areas of expertise

• Able to work in extremely fast-paced environment, collaboratively, and autonomously

• Independent, self-directing and delivery focused working style with superior analytical thinking and commercially aware

• An understanding of the platform market desirable

About FNZ

FNZ is committed to opening up wealth so that everyone, everywhere can invest in their future on their terms. We know the foundation to do that already exists in the wealth management industry, but complexity holds firms back.

We created wealth s growth platform to help. We provide a global, end-to-end wealth management platform that integrates modern technology with business and investment operations. All in a regulated financial institution.

We partner with the world s leading financial institutions, with over US$2.2 trillion in assets on platform (AoP).

Together with our clients, we empower nearly 30 million people across all wealth segments to invest in their future.