Zilch

Paralegal

Posted 6 Days Ago

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London, Greater London, England

Entry level

Fintech • Financial Services

The Role

Assist the Legal Team with various legal issues, including contract review, drafting legal documents, managing legal operations, and supporting procurement. A key role expected to provide effective legal support and contribute to the team’s efficiency, whilst managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Summary Generated by Built In

Who we are:

Zilch is a payment tech company on a mission to create the most empowering way to pay for anything, anywhere. Combining the best of debit, credit and savings, we give our customers the option to earn instant cashback or spread the cost of pricier purchases, completely interest free and with no late fees. Pretty great, right?

We started in 2018 with a small team and a big dream - to make credit accessible to all. Since then, we've achieved double unicorn status and taken on more than 4 million customers. There are some exciting projects coming up and we’ve got big growth plans.

Want to join us?

The role.
This role will be instrumental to assisting the Legal Team in growing and running an efficient and comprehensive legal function for the company. Working closely with Junior and Senior Legal Counsels to provide best-in-class support to the business, this role will have huge impact, and potentially be global in scope.

Day-to-day responsibilities.

Working with the Legal Team to provide support to the business on a variety of legal issues to include corporate, intellectual property, consumer, financial services and other commercial matters.
Assisting with the review, drafting, negotiating, advising on and execution of a wide range of commercial contracts, including NDAs and statements of work, and other legal documents.
Managing legal operations to help establish, evaluate and improve processes.
Organising and managing legal matters and supporting the Procurement Team with managing and keeping our contracts database up to date.
Assistance with general administrative duties when required, including company secretarial matters.
Occasionally supporting and liaising with the Privacy and Compliance Team where matters overlap with the Legal Team.

We’re looking for...

Law degree or if you are a non-law degree graduate, you have started studying towards the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) or Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)
Candidates who have passed their Legal Practice Course (LPC), SQE or who have work experience as a paralegal, and/or who have an appetite to qualify as a solicitor practising in England and Wales is a bonus
Passion for the law and learning - you have a genuine interest in the law and a curiosity to learn and apply what you have learnt in what you do
Outstanding communication skills - you make the complex simple, concise and digestible
Meticulous attention to detail, but you have a bias to action and get stuff done
Ability to operate independently and effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment by managing multiple time-sensitive projects simultaneously
Can-do, problem-solving attitude - presenting solutions and ideas for improvement is just as important as identifying the risk

Benefits:

Compensation & Savings

Pension scheme - 5% employee contribution and 3% employer contribution
Death in Service scheme - 3x your annual basic salary to nominated beneficiaries
Income Protection - up to 75% of annual basic salary to cover long term injury or illness
Share Options Scheme

Health & Wellbeing