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Our client is an innovative and successful asset manager who is currently searching for a junior lawyer (1+ PQE) to take on a broad role within an established, international legal team.

This particular business has an impressive portfolio of products, and as such, they are open to submissions from candidates with a variety of backgrounds within financial services.

You may have built your post-qualification practice in investment management, perhaps with a generalist background, or you may have more targeted funds (UCITS) experience. Alternatively, you may have derivatives/structured products knowledge and wish to broaden your skill set, or even hark from a financial services role that has a regulatory focus, but you wish to now deal with a more transactional matters.

Whatever your background, the successful candidate will:

• Take a lead on product development, fund launches and maintenance of the current and future portfolio;
• Review, draft and negotiate a range of commercial agreements.
• Function as a point of contact on regulatory/compliance matters and advise on impacts of future European regulations.

A spirit of entrepreneurialism and innovation have driven this firm’s growth and embracing these values is paramount in this role. You must also be adept at multi-tasking, problem-solving, work and, over time, work autonomously when required.

Our client remunerates competitively on both base and bonus and the legal team enjoy a flexible hybrid working policy.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Matt Bloxham , 07900 692209

Celene Yon , 07944 390723

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Utilising your Project Management experience you will be joining our Business Solutions and IT Delivery team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

You will be responsible for helping to deliver our strategy, and managing projects to agreed schedules, costs, scope, and quality. Projects will be a mixture of IT and business change, and you will manage cross-project plans, dependencies, and resources.

You will work closely with the PMO & Delivery Manager, business function and workstream leads, to execute project, programme, and strategy delivery.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading and managing the project delivery schedule, monitoring project progress and ensuring timescales are met.

• Creating and delivering regular status reports for project stakeholders and Executive Committee.

• Scheduling and facilitating regular project progress meetings with stakeholders and project teams, providing guidance and support and resolving blockers.

• Co-ordinating, directing and motivating resources assigned to the project team.

• Identifying, recording and tracking risks, issues, actions, decisions and ensuring these have necessary focus and attention.

• Identifying cross-project dependencies and prioritising those with impact on other project timelines.

• Managing resource requirements and resource utilisation across projects, identifying bottlenecks and options to resolve.

• Tracking costs, benefits and KPIs in alignment with Foresters Strategy.

• Managing and controlling project change.

What we require

• Solid project management experience.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Experience working on both IT projects and business change.

• You must be highly self-motivated, well-organised, disciplined, and driven.

• Experience producing status reports, gathering and presenting project metrics.

• Innovative, open-mind, and able to look at projects holistically.

• Strong analysis and critical thinking skills, with a proven ability to cut through issues and solve problems.

• Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office Suite.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Resilience and ability to work well under pressure.

What we offer you

• Basic salary up to 50,000 per annum

• Annual holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

• Generous contributory Pension scheme

• Season Ticket Loan

• 1 days paid charitable workday

• Employee Assistance Programme

This is a hybrid working opportunity. 2 days minimum are required at our Head office in Bromley but flexibility is required. Working hours are 40 hours a week Monday to Friday. Start times can vary from 7.30am to 9.00am.

About us

Foresters Financial is not your typical financial services provider. Those who join our purpose-driven organisation enjoy a culture of collaboration, creativity, and mutual respect and are challenged to do their best to make a difference every day. We help everyday families achieve their financial goals and make a lasting difference in their lives and communities.

What we do

We help everyday families achieve their financial goals and make a lasting difference in their lives and communities. We will continue to do this by employing enthusiastic and talented Financial Advisers working across the country and equally talented people to be based at our Head Office in Bromley.

Utilising your Project Management experience you will be joining our Business Solutions and IT Delivery team on a 12 month fixed term contract.

You will be responsible for helping to deliver our strategy, and managing projects to agreed schedules, costs, scope, and quality. Projects will be a mixture of IT and business change, and you will manage cross-project plans, dependencies, and resources.

You will work closely with the PMO & Delivery Manager, business function and workstream leads, to execute project, programme, and strategy delivery.

Your day to day will include:

• Leading and managing the project delivery schedule, monitoring project progress and ensuring timescales are met.

• Creating and delivering regular status reports for project stakeholders and Executive Committee.

• Scheduling and facilitating regular project progress meetings with stakeholders and project teams, providing guidance and support and resolving blockers.

• Co-ordinating, directing and motivating resources assigned to the project team.

• Identifying, recording and tracking risks, issues, actions, decisions and ensuring these have necessary focus and attention.

• Identifying cross-project dependencies and prioritising those with impact on other project timelines.

• Managing resource requirements and resource utilisation across projects, identifying bottlenecks and options to resolve.

• Tracking costs, benefits and KPIs in alignment with Foresters Strategy.

• Managing and controlling project change.

What we require

• Solid project management experience.

• Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, prioritising workloads and meeting deadlines.

• Strong stakeholder management skills.

• Experience working on both IT projects and business change.

• You must be highly self-motivated, well-organised, disciplined, and driven.

• Experience producing status reports, gathering and presenting project metrics.

• Innovative, open-mind, and able to look at projects holistically.

• Strong analysis and critical thinking skills, with a proven ability to cut through issues and solve problems.

• Proficiency in using the Microsoft Office Suite.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

• Resilience and ability to work well under pressure.

What we offer you

• Basic salary up to 50,000 per annum

• Annual holiday allowance of 25 days plus bank holidays

• Generous contributory Pension scheme

• Season Ticket Loan

• 1 days paid charitable workday

• Employee Assistance Programme

This is a hybrid working opportunity. 2 days minimum are required at our Head office in Bromley but flexibility is required. Working hours are 40 hours a week Monday to Friday. Start times can vary from 7.30am to 9.00am.

About us

Foresters Financial is not your typical financial services provider. Those who join our purpose-driven organisation enjoy a culture of collaboration, creativity, and mutual respect and are challenged to do their best to make a difference every day. We help everyday families achieve their financial goals and make a lasting difference in their lives and communities.

What we do

We help everyday families achieve their financial goals and make a lasting difference in their lives and communities. We will continue to do this by employing enthusiastic and talented Financial Advisers working across the country and equally talented people to be based at our Head Office in Bromley.

Overview:

Arkesden is a high-performing, boutique executive search firm partnering with leading global clients across the investment and financial services sectors. We operate in a collaborative fast-paced and intellectually stimulating environment, where every team member plays an integral role in the success of our searches. We are looking for an experienced career researcher to lead the research platform here at Arkesden Partners.

The Role:

As a Researcher, you will work across multiple desks, supporting and collaborating with all teams and senior leadership. This is a varied and dynamic position that provides broad exposure to the full search lifecycle, including market mapping, candidate engagement, client interaction and strategic input on search delivery. This role will lead the research analysis here at Arkesden Partners and be an integral part of the team. We are a friendly and inclusive team, yet we all work autonomously and bring an entrepreneurial spirit, a mature approach and a shared desire to achieve exceptional results. We set and uphold high standards in everything we do.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Conduct in-depth market research and talent mapping across various investment sectors
2. Support and partner with consultants and senior leadership on retained search mandates.
3. Engage directly with high-calibre candidates at the top of their fields.
4. Attend client briefings and cross-selling meetings alongside Partners.
5. Develop a deep understanding of client objectives and challenges to deliver tailored research solutions.
6. Contribute to longlist and shortlist strategies, maintaining our high standards of delivery.
7. Help shape search strategy and execution in a collaborative, team-led approach.
8. Take ownership of candidate outreach, assessment and engagement throughout the process.

What We Offer:

1. Exposure to industry-leading clients and top-tier investment professionals.
2. An intellectually engaging, research-led search environment.
3. A friendly and supportive team culture within a highly professional firm.
4. A motivating cadence of work – fast-moving but not overwhelming.
5. Direct mentorship and collaboration with experienced consultants and partners.
6. The opportunity to grow into a 360 role and take ownership research requirements across the firm.

Candidate Profile:

1. Intellectually curious with strong research and analytical skills.
2. Confident communicator, capable of engaging with senior professionals.
3. Highly organised and proactive with a keen eye for detail and experience managing multiple projects.
4. Comfortable working in a high-standard, high-trust environment.
5. A team player who thrives in a collaborative setting.
6. Strong market and industry research skills, with the ability to synthesise complex information quickly.
7. Minimum 1–2 years of experience in a professional research role ideally within a retained financial services search environment.

Criminal Litigation

Kingsley Napley LLP

Financial Services Group - Financial Services Associate (1- 6 years’ PQE)

We are looking for an Associate (1-6 PQE) to bolster our growing firmwide Financial Services Group, specialising in contentious financial services work.

Described in Legal 500 as ‘a powerful financial services team with excellent criminal crossover’, our contentious financial services practice is widely recognised as one of the best in the UK.

Sitting within the broader Criminal Litigation team, we specialise in the intersection of criminal and regulatory enforcement, advising on both financial and non-financial misconduct. Criminal insider dealing cases and regulatory investigations into senior managers are the mainstay of our practice. With involvement in some of the biggest matters before the Upper Tribunal, you will be working on high-profile matters which shape the regulatory landscape.

Candidates will ideally have significant experience of working for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and / or advising firms and individuals regulated by the FCA and a deep knowledge of the FCA’s regulatory framework.

You will join an incredibly hardworking and supportive team working alongside a number of leading criminal partners, as well collaborating with a number of practice areas across KN including our Employment and Dispute Resolution teams.

What are we looking for?

• Strong experience with contentious financial services work, including enforcement, supervision and authorisation / approval cases
• Experience advising firms and individuals regulated by the FCA
• An ability to get up to speed quickly on matters (including new legislation) and to shift focus/ direction with competing deadlines and priorities
• A demonstrable interest for contentious and non-contentious financial services work – delivering pragmatic and creative solutions to problems
• A broader interest in continuous improvement and innovation- we’re looking for those with an open and growth mindset and ability to embrace change
• An enthusiasm around marketing initiatives both internally and externally and comfortable delivering ‘know how’ sessions to promote knowledge & best practice
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy and drafting skills
• A genuine interest in KNs ethos and brand – someone whose core values align with ours
• Experience with delegating appropriate tasks to those more junior in a team

Why KN?

This is a fantastic time to join a consistently top ranked Law Firm in London (by Best Companies) at a particularly exciting period of growth.

However, whilst we are very proud of the work we do and the clients we support, it is our people who are the key to our success. KN takes wellness and well-being very seriously, and we have a number of initiatives and programmes in place to ensure that our people feel included, happy and motivated at work.

We look for committed, reflective and diverse team players whose core values align with ours.

We offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits and a flexible/hybrid working model. We are also always genuinely happy to consider flexible working applications and we welcome applications from those who have outside commitments & responsibilities and need to work flexibly.

For a discreet or confidential phone call please contact Natalie Slater ( ) Head of Talent Attraction & Recruitment at Kingsley Napley or apply via the careers website.

About Us

Where Innovation meets Excellence.

Be a part of a globally renowned management consulting firm that is on the front-line of industry disruption. We are a mid-size player with a supportive, entrepreneurial spirit that works with a market-leading brand in every sector, while our parent organization Infosys is a top-5 powerhouse IT brand that is outperforming the market and experiencing rapid growth.

Our consulting business is annually recognized as one of the UK’s top firms by the Financial Times and Forbes due to our client innovations, our cultural diversity and dedicated training and career paths we offer to our consultants. We are committed to fostering an inclusive work culture that inspires everyone to deliver their best.

The Team

Our Financial Services and Insurance practice supports some of the largest global firms and most recognizable local brands solve their biggest challenges in today’s age of constant disruption. With diverse services, ranging from strategy and advisory to large scale implementations and change initiates, from business change to operational transformation and leading-edge IT solutions, we help clients shape and achieve their growth agenda for a sustainable future.

Requirements

The Role:

• Provide leadership and direction to capture and sell transformation solutions and services to the relevant market segment.
• Accountability for consulting revenues and operating margins for the key account(s) responsible for
• Assume the role of trusted advisor to clients providing guidance in all matters within relevant market segments.
• Manage the business opportunities at key accounts to help ensure Infosys Consulting is positioned to capitalise on opportunities by providing high-quality services.
• Lead efforts to strengthen Infosys Consulting’s position in its largest clients, whilst broadening Infosys Consulting’s presence in its other existing clients.
• Be responsible for consistent delivery of services, solutions, and products on time and within cost on a best-value basis, and for developing processes that ensure business risks are evaluated, understood and factored into client solutions and services.
• Coordinate relationship-building activities with appropriate partners, engagement managers, subject-matter professionals, and other Infosys Consulting personnel on the engagement team(s) in an effort to help ensure they are well advised on important matters.
• Assist with proposal development, focusing on the Infosys Consulting value proposition, key differentiators, and win themes.
• Provide leadership to subordinate managers, taking an active role in guiding their professional growth and development, through coaching, counselling, performance development and mentoring.
• Highly commercial individual, commanding a presence with senior executives both internally and externally with ambition to exceed targets and expectations.
• Previous leadership experience within a services organisation, mentoring and guiding teams of consultants under direct leadership, as well as indirect and matrixed teams to harness talent, whilst delivering overall client satisfaction.
• Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary solutions for solving client’s problems.
• Strong networks, relationships and involvement in relevant activities, industry conferences, forums, thought leadership articles etc.
• Comfortable working at senior level within complex organisations, able to build empathy, credibility and trust with key customers.
• Must have a proven track record of achievement in selling and delivering consulting and technology services, whilst delivering business objectives within large corporate environments where there is rapid change.
• The ability to operate and excel in a changing and dynamic environment.
• Should be a recognised expert within technology domain, and consistently demonstrate the ability to align the functional area with the business requirements to support the company vision.
• Strong presentation skills, experienced and comfortable presenting to large groups and delivering inspiring and engaging presentations.
• Intuitive ability to represent complex concepts in a clear, concise and compelling way.
• Collaborative team player, with a willingness to lead by example and roll up their sleeves.
• Passionate about disruptive innovation and transformational ideas.
• Mature interpersonal and influencing skills, especially at senior client levels.
• Be committed to advancing the Infosys brand through personal and professional growth.
• Ability to travel extensively as required.

About You

We are looking for key account consulting anchors, leading sales, delivery & proposition development, with experience in some of the below areas:

• Proven excellence in commercial development, commanding a presence with senior executives both internally and externally with ambition to exceed targets and expectations.
• Previous leadership experience within a services organisation, mentoring and guiding teams of consultants under direct leadership, as well as indirect and matrixed teams to harness talent, whilst delivering overall client satisfaction.
• Anticipate, create and define innovative and visionary solutions for solving client’s problems.
• Strong sales ability and closing skills at executive and board levels.
• Strong networks, relationships and involvement in relevant activities, industry conferences, forums, thought leadership articles etc.
• Interact as a peer at Board level in client companies and comfortable working at senior level within complex organisations, able to build empathy, credibility and trust with key customers.
• Must have a proven track record of achievement in selling and delivering consulting and technology services, whilst delivering business objectives within large corporate environments where there is rapid change.
• The ability to operate and excel in a changing and dynamic environment.
• Should be a recognised expert in communications, and consistently demonstrate the ability to align the functional area with the business requirements to support the company vision.
• Proven thought leadership within the field of communications, including production, syndication/publication of marketable knowledge.
• Strong presentation skills, experienced and comfortable presenting to large groups and delivering inspiring and engaging presentations.
• Intuitive ability to represent complex concepts in a clear, concise and compelling way.
• Collaborative team player, with a willingness to lead by example and roll up their sleeves.
• Inspiring leadership style with a proven ability to inspire direct and indirect internal teams, as well as clients to push the boundaries of what they thought was possible.
• Passionate about disruptive innovation and transformational ideas.
• Mature interpersonal and influencing skills, especially at senior client levels.
• Be committed to advancing the Infosys brand through personal and professional growth.
• An internal talent champion across all sectors; not only directly involved in recruitment, but also a key leader in growing and developing the sector-specific skills relative to Infosys’ current service offerings.
• Ability to travel as/when required.

Benefits

Why Join Us?

For the right talent that want to be part of a diverse team, innovation-driven practice and a high-performance culture, we offer industry-leading compensation and benefits, along with top training and development opportunities so that you can grow your career and achieve your personal ambitions. Curious to learn more? We’d love to hear from you. Join us today!

Capgemini Invent

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow. Informed and validated by science and data. Superpowered by creativity and design. All underpinned by technology created with purpose. 

Your Role

You’ll work with leading Corporate and Investment institutions helping them to define and deliver their strategy for a mix of business and regulatory driven change. Leading programmes whilst also playing a role in Capgemini’s growth through contribution to thought leadership business development.

In this role you will play a key role in:

• Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams to drive continuous business performance improvement.
• You’ll identify and mitigate risks that may affect the successful delivery and apply proven communication, analytical and problem-solving skills to ensure that the team’s plans and objectives are achieved.
• You’ll bring the right combination of style and substance, ensuring that the basics are right, whilst always focusing on how we add value to our clients. Working collaboratively in cross-functional teams to drive continuous business performance improvement.
• As a Senior Manager in our business you’ll help define the strategy and set the direction to grow our business, model our values and behaviours, and coach and develop junior members of the team. Our people are flexible, and the scope of your role will vary with each project, in line with the breadth and depth of your experience.  Our team is at the heart of delivering client value, working in a collaborative way with a broad range of clients to achieve their strategic goals. 
• You will be expected to lead teams and to become actively involved in future business development opportunities.

As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:

• Business Development – Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
• Internal contribution – Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
• Learning & development – Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.

Your Profile

You will bring deep knowledge of Corporate & Investment Banking with broad cross asset class experience of both products and regulation, ideally gained from a mix of industry and consulting roles. Ideally you will have some of the following:

• Business development – utilising a combination of the organisation’s broader pre-existing relationships, company relationships and your own network, you’ll be generating c.£1m of consulting revenues (senior manager).
• Experience implementing large scale regulatory changes in CIB eg, Basel3.x , FRTB, DORA, Operational resilience, Market Abuse regulations etc) across the front/middle and back office in capacity of Project Manager, analyst or change expert
• Knowledge of Wholesale Lending and Transaction banking 
• Experience in developing strategic roadmaps for CIB organisation including views on digitisation/ Gen AI/Cloud/ WEB3, DLT and Digital Assets
• Understanding of 3 lines of defence and how controls are designed and implemented across the trade lifecycle
• Knowledge and experience of ESG is highly advantageous
• Experience in people management and proven ability to nurture and develop individuals.
• Experience of proposition building and delivery of sales campaign
• Ideal working experience would be mix of consulting and industry

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

You’ll be free to make your role and your career what you want it to be.  Proactivity and ambition flourish at Capgemini Invent. There are countless opportunities available to propel your development forward: seek out those that suit you, and we will back you all the way.  

In summary, we believe the following make this a great place to work: 
 

• Show how single minds make for better teams:  Work alongside fierce intellects who love to collaborate. 
• Be comfortable outside your comfort zone:  Self-stretchers thrive in our environment. 
• Build momentum in your career: Make your role and your career what you want it to be. 
• Stay true to who you are: Play to your strengths and bring your individuality. 
• Aim for nothing less than leading edge: We thrive on the knowledge that the Digital work we do has real impact. 
• Give your curiosity freedom and focus:  A place where inquisitiveness and entrepreneurial thinking are encouraged. 

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 4 consecutive years, to see what it’s like to work at Capgemini Invent, visit our Glassdoor page

Your wellbeing 
You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2023. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation.  We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions.  
To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas, and we have invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy. 

Shape your path
You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress. You will benefit from Capgemini’s ‘learning for life’ mindset, meaning you will have countless training and development opportunities from thinktanks to hackathons, and access to 250,000 courses with numerous external certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, Cybersecurity qualifications and much more.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in Diversity & Inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Active Inclusion Campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.
We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

CSR:

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about.  In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year.  When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.
 

About Capgemini Invent

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fueled by its market leading capabilities in AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

Interim Legal Counsel - IT Contracts, Procurement & Regulatory - Six Months Assignment

Our client, a leading global financial institution, is seeking a skilled Legal Counsel to join its London-based legal team for a period of six months. This is an exciting opportunity to support cutting-edge IT and procurement initiatives across the EMEA region within a fast-growing, high-performing organisation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of ICT and technology contracts , including software licensing, SaaS, cloud services, and cybersecurity
• Provide legal support for third-party management, procurement, and outsourcing projects
• Advise on regulatory compliance , including UK/EBA outsourcing rules , EU DORA , and other operational resilience frameworks
• Collaborate with global legal teams and stakeholders on cross-border legal matters and group-wide initiatives
• Maintain and update template agreements, checklists, and legal documentation

Ideal Candidate:

• Qualified lawyer with 5–7+ years of post-qualification experience
• Proven background in technology and commercial contracting , ideally within financial services or a top-tier law firm
• Knowledge of data protection, IP, procurement, and regulatory frameworks affecting tech outsourcing
• Confident working on complex legal matters independently and as part of a global team
• Excellent stakeholder management and drafting skills

This is a very exciting strategic legal role with real impact on tech and transformation initiatives. It will involve working at the intersection of finance, technology, and innovation.

For the suitable candidate, this is a great opportunity to join a highly collaborative and well-respected in-house legal team.

To apply for this role, please do so via this advert or contact Charlie Cripps at Venn Group on