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Salary: GBP 116,000 - 139,200 / annual
GoCardless, a Mollie company, is a global leader in bank payments processing over US$130bn annually across 30+ countries. The company serves over 100,000 businesses with Direct Debit, real-time payments, and open banking solutions, complemented by AI-powered fraud reduction and payment success tools.
As Legal Counsel with 2-3 years of post-qualification experience (PQE), you will join a busy legal team advising across multiple business functions. This is not a siloed role—you will take a consultative, collaborative approach, working closely with teams across the organization on diverse legal matters.
Key responsibilities include:
- Reviewing and negotiating customer, partnership, and supplier contracts with pragmatic, commercial advice
- Contributing to legal projects, such as rolling out new contract templates
- Building and maintaining self-help tools, playbooks, and guides for the legal team and wider business
- Driving process improvement on high-volume work, including iterating contracting automation and contract management workflows
- Being prepared to handle any legal issue that arises
The Legal Function at GoCardless is redefining how financial services companies approach legal risk. Rather than constraining the business, the team empowers it to achieve its goals. The function prioritizes automation and efficiency, believing that real risk mitigation comes from smart processes, not headcount.
You will be part of a forward-thinking legal team at the forefront of GoCardless' global expansion, often encountering novel challenges that require innovative solutions.
Desired background and skills:
- Private practice training and/or in-house experience in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to work independently and apply knowledge across a wide range of legal and quasi-legal areas
- Experience in technology or a keen interest in tech
- Quick learner who grasps new legal concepts and applies common sense
- Comfortable challenging ways of working and asking "why"
- Self-starter, proactive, willing to roll up sleeves
- Experience with Legal AI tools
- Excellent communication skills; ability to translate complex legal language into clear English
- Passion for technology, tools, and exploring how they drive efficiency and customer experience
- Strong project management and operational efficiency mindset
- Collaborative, approachable, and thrives in a fun, fast-growing, challenging environment
Bonus qualifications:
- Spanish language skills
- Knowledge of FCA requirements or payment services
- Experience selling and supporting SaaS solutions
