Paralegal

GoCardless; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading fintech company in Leeds is looking for a Legal Assistant to join their innovative legal team. The role involves managing legal queries, administrative tasks, and helping build self-help tools. Ideal candidates should have Paralegal experience, a good grasp of legal principles, and a proactive attitude. This position offers competitive compensation, along with a hybrid working model and generous benefits.

Benefits

Medical cover

Work from anywhere for up to 90 days

Equity participation

Generous holiday policy

Parental leave options

Qualifications

• Experience working as a Paralegal in a leading commercial law firm or in-house.
• Good understanding of the legal principles and local law.
• Experience in drafting agreements and corporate documents is an advantage.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize effectively.
• Proactive approach to various projects.

Responsibilities

• Be the first point of call for paralegal tasks from all business functions.
• Manage legal matters by answering queries and involving team members.
• Complete administrative tasks that require precision.
• Help build and maintain self-help tools and guides.

Skills

Experience as a Paralegal

Understanding of legal principles

Effective communication

Tech-savvy

Education

Degree in Law or relevant field

Job description

GoCardless is a global bank payment company. Over 100,000 businesses, from start-ups to household names, use GoCardless to collect and send payments through direct debit, real-time payments and open banking.

GoCardless processes US$130bn+ of payments annually, across 30+ countries; helping customers collect and send both recurring and one-off payments, without the chasing, stress or expensive fees. We use AI-powered solutions to improve payment success and reduce fraud. And, with open banking connectivity to over 2,500 banks, we help our customers make faster, more informed decisions.

We are headquartered in the UK with offices in London and Leeds, and additional locations in Australia, France, Ireland, Latvia, Portugal and the United States.

At GoCardless, we're all about supporting you! We’re committed to making our hiring process inclusive and accessible. If you need extra support or adjustments, reach out to your Talent Partner — we’re here to help!

And remember: we don’t expect you to meet every single requirement. If you’re excited by this role, we encourage you to apply!

We’re approaching ‘Legal Risk’ in Financial Services in a new way.

• We are ready to serve everyone, if we wanted to - we ensure Legal Risk does not constrain the business but empowers it to achieve its goals;
• We create the best possible customer experience - we want our customers (both internal and external) to look forward to going through our processes; and
• We aim to automate everything we do - we don’t like inefficiencies nor do we believe that real risk mitigation is achieved by throwing people at the problem.

The Legal Team is at the forefront of GoCardless’ expansion. We must ensure that GoCardless adopts, implements and maintains forward-thinking and appropriate processes and controls, often coming across new challenges or issues that require innovative solutions.

What excites you

• You will be an integral part of a collaborative and rapidly growing legal team at a fast-paced fintech scale-up. As a member of a busy legal team you will also contribute to team-wide initiatives and work with people from across our geos and get to learn a lot of new skills along the way.
• Being the first port of call for a broad range of paralegal tasks from all business functions of a high-growth fintech scale-up
• Managing the inflow of legal matters by answering basic queries from across the business and involving other members of the legal team as appropriate
• Administrative tasks that require precision and quick thinking – triaging tickets, helping with setting up documents for signatures and other tasks that leave a big impact
• Assisting with building out and maintaining self-help tools, playbooks and guides for the legal team and for the wider business
• Helping members of the team with ad-hoc projects such as legal research, product launches, corporate projects and IP matters
• An opportunity to work in a global team spanning different countries

What excites us

• You have experience working as a Paralegal in a leading commercial law firm or in-house
• You have a good understanding of the legal principles as well as the local law, experience in drafting agreements, corporate documents would be considered as an advantage
• You are used to working independently and proactively on a variety of projects simultaneously, and can effectively prioritise, you are not afraid to think out of the box and adopt decisions when needed
• You are easy to work with and are an effective communicator and want to work in a fun, fast-growing but demanding young company
• Learning new things and precision is your second nature, you are tech-savvy and have a sense of how efficiency in processes is driven

Base salary ranges are based on role, job level, location, and market data.Please note that whilst we strive to offer competitive compensation, our approach is to pay between the minimum and the mid-point (£27,976 - £31,000) of the pay range until performance can be assessed in role.Offers will take into account level of experience, interview assessment, budgets and parity between you and fellow employees at GoCardless doing similar work.

The Good Stuff!

• Wellbeing: Dedicated support and medical cover to keep you healthy.
• Work Away Scheme: Work from anywhere for up to 90 days in any 12-month period.
• Hybrid Working: Our hybrid model offers flexibility, with in-office days determined by your team.
• Equity: All permanently employed GeeCees get equity to share in our success.
• Parental leave: Tailored leave to support your life's great adventure.
• Time Off: Generous holidays, 3 volunteer days, and 4 wellness days annually.

Life at GoCardless

We're an organisation defined by ourvalues ; We start with why before we begin any project, to ensure it’s aligned with our mission. We make it happen, working with urgency and taking personal accountability for getting things done. We act with integrity, always. We care deeply about what we do and we know it's essential that we be humble whilst we do it. Our Values form part of the GoCardless DNA, and are used to not only help us nurture and develop our culture, but to deliver impactful work that will help us to achieve our vision.

Diversity & Inclusion

We’re building the payment network of the future, and to achieve our goal, we need a diverse team with a range of perspectives and experiences. As of July 2024, here’s where we stand:

• 45% identify as women
• 23% identify as Black, Asian, Mixed, or Other
• 10% identify as LGBTQIA+
• 9% identify as neurodiverse
• 2% identify as disabled

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Sustainability at GoCardless

We’re committed to reducing ourenvironmental impact and leaving a sustainable world for future generations. As co-founders of the Tech Zero coalition , we’re working towards a climate‑positive future. Check out our sustainability action plan here.

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