Litigation Paralegal

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a legal support professional for their Belfast office. The role involves providing legal support to the International Litigation and Investigations team, maintaining litigation databases, and managing documentation. Ideal candidates will have relevant experience in financial services and strong project management skills. Enjoy a hybrid working model and competitive benefits.

Benefits

Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays

Discretional annual performance related bonus

Private medical insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• Relevant industry experience, preferably in an in-house legal role.
• In-depth knowledge of legal customs and practices in financial services.
• Ability to manage complex documentation with organization.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support to the International Litigation and Investigations team.
• Maintain litigation management database and assist with litigation reports.
• Manage varied work requests from multiple sources with tight deadlines.

Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Communication

Detail Orientation

Education

Bachelor's/University Degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in litigation to Citi’s Legal Team.

By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Team/Role Overview

The role is an intermediate level, non-attorney role, responsible for providing legal support to the Citi Legal team. This role requires a pragmatic, proactive professional. As part of the Global Legal function, the International Litigation and Investigations team (“ILI team”) provides advice to Citi businesses on a diverse range of legal and regulatory issues in each of the following clusters: UK, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Asia North & Australia, Asia South, Japan and Latin America.

What you’ll do

Provide legal support to the ILI team, as well as collaborate and partner with other functions throughout the organisation. Core responsibilities shall include:

• Maintain a litigation management database and other litigation trackers, carrying out qualitative checks, as required.
• Assist with the monitoring of litigation matters and preparation of various litigation reports/disclosures and coordinate litigation spend and budgets.
• Provide support in relation to governance processes and internal audit reviews.
• Facilitate with e-discovery, legal holds, legal reserves and settlement payments processes
• Support the monitoring, assessment, and analysis of legal documentation and case related data and Identify inconsistencies in data, define underlying business issues, and provide well informed recommendations on policies, procedures or practices.
• Interpret relevant legal data or documentation and advise on appropriate course of action.
• Manage varied work requests from multiple sources that may be high in volume, complex in character and have tight deadlines.
• Execute legal programs and projects to achieve coordinated and efficient process improvements and legal support solutions; liaises with other control functions in support of initiatives.
• Integrate established disciplinary knowledge within own specialty area with basic understanding of related industry practices.

What we’ll need from you

• Relevant industry experience, preferably with some experience working in an in-house legal role within financial services.
• In-depth knowledge of legal customs and practices and understanding of the financial services industry.
• Ability to manage complex documentation with organization and detail.
• Excellent interpersonal and project management skills, as well as seveloped communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook.
• Bachelors/University degree preferred.

What we can offer you

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi Belfast, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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Job Family Group:

Legal

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Job Family:

Legal Professionals

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Time Type:

Full time

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