Legal Affairs Manager

Ford Motor Company; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading automotive finance institution is seeking an experienced Spain-qualified lawyer for its Legal Affairs team in Madrid. This strategic role offers the opportunity to shape legal operations and ensure regulatory compliance across various financial activities. The ideal candidate will have established experience, strong knowledge of relevant regulations, and excellent communication skills in both Spanish and English. This position requires in-office attendance typically 4 days a week.

Formación

• Ideally experience within banking, financial services, or automotive finance sectors.
• Proactive, collaborative, and solution-oriented mindset.
• Strong attention to detail and time management.

Responsabilidades

• Support legal operations and ensure regulatory compliance.
• Convey complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders.
• Participate in the Madrid office collaboratively.

Conocimientos

Consumer credit regulations

Earmarked credit regulations

Insurance distribution regulations

Anti-money laundering (AML)

Data protection

Regulatory reporting obligations

Excellent communication in Spanish

Excellent communication in English

Analytical skills

Problem-solving skills

Educación

Qualified lawyer in Spain

Herramientas

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Descripción del empleo

FCE Bank plc is seeking an experienced, Spain-qualified lawyer to join its Legal Affairs team supporting the Madrid branch. This is a strategic role within a dynamic, international automotive finance environment, offering the opportunity to shape legal operations and ensure regulatory compliance across retail, leasing, and dealer financing activities.

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer in Spain with established experience post qualification, ideally within the banking, financial services, or automotive finance sectors
• Strong knowledge of consumer credit, earmarked credit, and insurance distribution regulations, including Ley de Crédito al Consumo, Ley de Distribución de Seguros, RGPD, and relevant EU directives
• Experience with captive finance operations and understanding of dealer network structures
• Familiarity with anti-money laundering (AML), data protection, and regulatory reporting obligations (., Banco de España, AEPD)
• Excellent communication skills in Spanish and English (minimum B2 level), with the ability to convey complex legal concepts to non-legal stakeholders
• Proactive, collaborative, and solution-oriented mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel and PowerPoint, with strong attention to detail and time management

Additional Information

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.

This position is based in Madrid, and it is expected the successful candidate will be able to attend the Madrid office for typically 4 days a week and remain flexible on the days they are required to attend the office according to business requirements.

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