Senior Associate, Financial Services
Global Counsel is looking for a Senior Associate to join its Financial Services practice. The successful candidate will work for a range of UK and international clients, with a focus on retail financial services, especially banking and insurance. The role offers exposure to a wide range of high-profile political, policy and regulatory issues, including the regulatory framework for financial services, capital markets, consumer affairs, cyber security, economic crime, investment and savings.
The successful candidate will have direct policy-making experience, or experience of working in a similarly rigorous business or think tank, as well as an appetite for developing knowledge and skills in a fast-paced working environment. The role will be based in GC’s London office.
Role and responsibilities
- Research political, policy and regulatory developments in UK financial services and provide clear, concise reports to clients, both in writing and orally.
- Act as a day-to-day contact for clients, building positive relationships and delivering actions and projects to meet needs and deadlines.
- Deliver analysis and advice for clients seeking to respond to, and engage in, the policy- and decision-making process in the UK.
- Identify, map and prioritise key stakeholders across UK public authorities for clients and provide tactical and strategic advice on engagement.
- Maintain and develop a network of contacts to support GC’s reputation as a source of insight and expertise.
- Plan and script engagement with key stakeholders, including where creative responses to new policy proposals are needed.
- Support the design and delivery of workshops, events and thought leadership for GC and for clients on specific policy areas.
- Produce original written content, including policy papers, published blogs, progress reports and marketing material.
- Support business development by researching potential target clients.
- Minimum 4 years’ relevant experience, e.g. working in the UK government, Parliament or civil service, or for a regulator, business, public-affairs agency, trade association, political party, think tank or trade union, with an emphasis on public policy related to financial services. Experience of issues related to retail financial services (esp. banking and/or insurance) is highly desirable.
- Experience of producing high-quality, concise written analysis of UK politics and financial-services policy and regulation.
- Excellent interpersonal and oral communication skills.
- Experience of effective engagement with UK public authorities and the financial-services sector. Knowledge or experience of working on other jurisdictions, such as the EU, is desirable.
- Excellent account-management skills and attention to detail.
- Demonstrated project-management skills, able to handle concurrent tasks effectively and lead projects independently on a tight schedule.
- Fluent in English. Other language skills are beneficial but not a necessity.
- Permanent right to work in the UK.
- Department
- Financial Services
- Locations
- London
London
Why join
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An opportunity to work with world-class advisers and political experts in a fast-growing firm, alongside a strong professional development program including a personal training budget.
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A competitive salary and bonus structure, a robust benefits package and opportunities to work from our offices across the world.
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A commitment to work-life balance, with flexible working, 25 days holiday allowance plus public holidays, enhanced parental leave, discretionary winter holiday office closures, and sabbaticals.
Our commitment to diversity
We are committed to equal opportunities, respect and wellbeing for all staff and applicants for employment. We are committed to building a team that genuinely reflects the diversity of the places we work. We are committed to achieving a culture where there is regard for all and there is no place for discrimination and harassment of any type.
Our aim is for GC to be a company where all our colleagues have the opportunity to grow, develop, succeed and be their authentic selves whatever their sex, race, colour, class, religion, age, national origin, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, redundancy, leaves of absence, salary and training.
About Global Counsel
Global Counsel brings together a team with diverse experience across the public and private sectors. Since our establishment in 2010 we have developed a wide range of services and capabilities for corporates and investors.
Global Counsel helps companies and investors across sectors to anticipate the ways in which politics, regulation and public policymaking create both risk and opportunity, and to develop and implement strategies to meet these challenges. We provide them with due diligence support to build compelling, evidence-based campaigns to engage in policy debates.
Our work is supported by high quality analytical content and collateral that is politically and economically informed and which builds quickly into executable strategy.
Our team is led by former public policymakers and political advisors with experience at the highest level of government. We have offices in London, Brussels, Washington DC, Singapore and Doha and are supported by a network of partners in other key markets.
Senior Associate, Financial Services
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