We are pleased to be working with a well-established but rapidly growing financial services company, to recruit an InterimPrivacy Counsel on a 6-month fixed term contract.

The business is a diversified financial service company with interest across a wide range of industries. They are US listed and but have a significant global footprint.

The role

Reporting to the Legal Director you will be responsible for

• Helping to monitor compliance and data practices internally to ensure the business and its functions align with the applicable requirements under the GDPR and data protection laws in applicable jurisdictions.
• Support the development of the data governance function and related procedures.
• Advise on regulatory matters including compliance with the GDPR, European payments regulations and those in other jurisdictions.
• Implementing measures and a privacy governance framework to manage data use in compliance with the GDPR, including developing templates for data collection, assisting with data mapping, and vendor management reviews.
• Create and maintain a variety of internal policies and compliance related documents.
• Work with outside counsel to help advise on local data privacy law issues across various international businesses.
• Collaborate with all business lines and with the Data Protection Officer.
• Lead staff training, data protection impact assessments and internal audits.
• Line management responsibility for a team of three lawyers.

About you

• Ideally a qualified lawyer with 3+ PQE years’ experience within a compliance or legal function with strong experience in privacy compliance, preferably in the financial services or other regulated industry.
• A track record of handling a busy workload with minimal supervision, demonstrating excellent critical judgement, quick thinking and agility.
• Strong background in advising on GDPR and global data protection matters.
• Data Protection and/or Privacy certification such as CIPP, CIPT.
• Experience in developing policy and compliance training.
• Comfortable working with and advising senior executives