Legal Counsel - Compliance

sky; Hounslow; Híbrido; GBP 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Sky Stream

Pension package

Private healthcare

Discounted mobile and broadband

Descripción de la vacante

Sky's Legal team seeks a UK-qualified lawyer with minimum 3 years PQE to advise on corporate compliance and financial crime. You will support risk assessments, develop compliance frameworks, and contribute to training. The role involves working in a fast-paced, multinational environment with flexible hybrid working.

The position offers a market-standard pension, private healthcare, Sky Stream benefits, and employee discounts. Based in Osterley, London with 3 days in the office per week.

Formación

• UK legal qualification or equivalent experience, minimum 3 years PQE.
• Experience advising on corporate compliance, including financial crime and business conduct/ethics.
• Ability to collaborate, problem-solve and deliver solutions in a complex multinational business.
• Strong influencing and communication skills across diverse stakeholders.

Responsabilidades

• Provide legal advice on corporate compliance laws and regulations, including financial crime.
• Assist with projects and transactions with compliance impact, mitigating legal risk.
• Support risk assessments with Group Ethics & Compliance.
• Contribute to compliance initiatives and implementation of frameworks.
• Support delivery of compliance training and promote tone at the top.
• Assist with integrity investigations and reporting to senior management.

Conocimientos

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Legal problem-solving

Collaborative mindset

Educación

UK legal qualification

Herramientas

Microsoft Office

Descripción del empleo

As a team, we pursue the highest standards and demonstrate commitment, integrity and judgement. We exist to add real value by sustainably providing the highest quality business- focussed legal expertise that keeps Sky competitive. Through our work we help to bring better content and innovation to all of our customers, better connecting them to more of what they love. Our vision is to create the Legal team of the future, together - operating at the heart of Sky, famous for adding value.

What you'll do:

• Assist in providing legal advice and guidance on corporate compliance laws and regulations, including but not limited to those governing financial crime;
• Assist with business projects and transactions with a compliance impact, supporting senior team members to identify solutions which mitigate legal risk for Sky whilst maintaining commercial flexibility;
• Support the conduct of risk assessments, assisting Group Ethics & Compliance to ensure appropriate alignment and oversight;
• Contribute to Group-wide compliance initiatives, including supporting the implementation of frameworks for the effective operation of Sky's Group compliance activities;
• Support the delivery of an effective compliance training programme, including promoting compliance tone at the top, heighten awareness among employees;, and align and educate staff regarding current and emerging risks and trends.
• When required, assist with integrity investigations, working with Group Risk and the People team, ensuring effective reporting to executive management and enterprise stakeholders in relation to integrity investigations.

What you’ll bring:

• UK legal qualification or equivalent relevant experience (minimum 3 years PQE) with experience of advising on corporate compliance, including financial crimes and business conduct/ethics issues, whether in private practice, in-house or a combination.
• Developing ability to collaborate, problem-solve and contribute to solutions for complex legal issues in a complex multi-national business or highly regulated sector.
• Excellent influencing skills with experience of managing stakeholders with varying priorities in different territories, in a collaborative, positive and proactive manner.
• An ability to work in a fast-paced commercial environment demonstrating flexibility/adaptability to manage a workload comprising multiple wide-ranging matters and conflicting deadlines.
• Strong influencing, interpersonal and communication (written and verbal) skills, with an ability to adapt communication style to a variety of stakeholders across the business.
• Ability to manage own workstreams in an agile and commercial way, developing your skills while delivering outcomes-focussed solutions.

Rewards :

• Sky Stream, for the TV you love all in one place
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband

How you’ll work :

We’ve adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.

Where you’ll work - Osterley :

Sky operates on a 'hybrid' model our headquarters are based in Osterley, London. Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There's also plenty of parking, bike shelters and showers.

On campus you’ll find six subsidised restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

Recognised as an 'Inclusive Top 50 Employer' and a 'Times Top 50 Employer for Women', we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don't just look at your CV. We're more focused on who you are and the potential you'll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.

And we'll do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support you.

Why wait?

We can't wait to hear from you.

To find out more about working with us, search #LifeAtSky on social media. A job you love to talk about.

Just so you know: if your application is successful, we'll ask you to complete a criminal record check.

And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.

Who we are :

We're Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainm