About the Role
We're looking for a Senior Legal Counsel - Employment, Incentives & Pensions to join our team at Monzo and help us build one of the best, most innovative banks in the world. This role will have day-to-day responsibility for advising on employment, incentives and pensions (EIP) related matters in a regulated bank environment. This role will report to Monzo’s Director of Legal - EIP and is part of the Group Centre EIP team in the Legal & Board Governance Collective at Monzo, which supports Monzo Group and its operating entities globally.
In this role, you will work at all levels in the organisation and in close partnership with our People, Reward, Risk & Compliance and Finance teams, as well as in collaboration with senior Legal team stakeholders as the business develops into a matrix organisation. You’ll lead on a wide range of EIP related legal matters with opportunities for growth in role as the business scales in the UK and internationally.
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Providing strategic employment legal advice and commercial solutions on EIP matters impacting the Monzo Group as a whole, as well as its subsidiary legal entities. Work closely and collaboratively with Monzo’s Director of Legal EIP and the other Senior Legal Counsel EIP lawyer, as well as with the broader Group Centre Legal team plus local entity GCs and their teams.
Being a trusted adviser and partner to the People team, including in developing policies, procedures, guidance and templates relevant for a range of EIP legal matters.
Providing EIP advisory legal support to the business as required across the entire employee life cycle - from hiring (including executive service contracts), people processes and departures.
Managing any contentious EIP legal matters in conjunction with external counsel.
Working with Monzo’s Reward team on compensation arrangements and remuneration policies and practices in a bank regulatory compensation framework.
Providing legal support to the corporate and commercial legal functions, including on TUPE.
Supporting international projects and matters in the EU and US as the business continues to scale.
Working proactively and collaboratively with members of the wider Legal, People, Reward, Tax, Risk & Compliance, & Finance Collectives on a variety of EIP related matters.
Developing and implement internal frameworks, processes and procedures to increase the efficiency and scalability of EIP legal advice across the Monzo Group and its subsidiary entities.
Delivering training, share insights from your work, and help educate others on EIP matters.
Managing relationships with our external legal counsel and work with others in the Collective to ensure we are optimising our legal spend on EIP matters and obtaining best value.