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About the Role
This role provides first-class, commercial, and risk-appropriate legal advice to HR in EMEA, interacting daily with HR generalists and country HR partners across various EMEA jurisdictions. The position requires close liaison with other control functions and internal/external lawyers, building strong relationships with HR and LOB clients to identify practical legal solutions and make recommendations.
Responsibilities
- Manage and advise on legal, reputational, and regulatory risks throughout the employment lifecycle, adhering to the bank's risk framework and culture.
- Advise on relevant legal and regulatory changes, assisting with their rollout and implementation.
- Act as a strategic partner to the business, helping to balance risk and reward responsibly.
- Manage queries from HR, the business, Compliance, Risk, and Audit on a variety of issues.
- Collaborate closely with the EMEA HR Legal team and other lawyers, including regulatory lawyers.
- Provide regular training to HR on employment law matters, FAQs, and HR legal documents.
- Engage and manage outside counsel cost-efficiently.
- Offer general legal support to the business, including procuring appropriate regulatory advice.
- Provide advice on HR aspects of data privacy issues.
- Advise on HR elements of M&A activity, outsourcing, and other transactional projects.
Requirements
- In-house employment lawyer with experience in employment laws and regulations in England and across the EMEA region.
- Strong post-qualification experience.
- Ability to manage responsibilities across multiple jurisdictions and time zones, handling a high volume of work and clients in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to communicate clearly and persuasively, both verbally and in writing, adapting to various audiences.
- Ability to succeed in a global, matrixed organization.
- Well-grounded in principles of common law, employment law, and contract law.
- Proficient in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Skills
- Employment law
- Regulatory law
- M&A
- Data privacy
- Contract law
- Common law
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
Location
- London
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Vice President or Senior Vice President
- Strong post qualification experience
Education Level
- Law degree
Benefits
- Private healthcare for you and your family
- Annual health screen
- Competitive pension plan
- Life assurance
- Group income protection cover
- 26 weeks paid maternity leave
- 16 weeks paid paternity leave
- Inclusive family leave arrangements
- 20 days of back-up childcare per annum
- Access to school holiday clubs
- 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
- Wellbeing account
- Travel insurance
- Critical illness cover
- Cycle to work scheme
- Flex fund for benefits
- Emotional wellbeing helpline
- Virtual GP services
- Access to the Peppy App
- Access to Wellhub (gyms, exercise classes, wellbeing apps including Headspace and Calm)
- Charitable payroll giving with bank match
- Volunteering opportunities
About the Company
- At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities, and shareholders every day.
- One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
- Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
- Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
- We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.