Senior Legal Counsel (Financial Crime Compliance), London
Responsibilities
Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for all of ByteDance's and TikTok's innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal and compliance guidance and support. The ByteDance and TikTok team are growing fast and is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable legal compliance lawyer to join us.
We are looking for an experienced financial crime compliance counsel based in London to join our Global Legal Compliance team as a key member to advise on AML, Fraud, and Sanctions related issues for the United Kingdom and European Union. This role will also work to strengthen ByteDance's compliance framework with respect to fraud prevention, working to safeguard the company from regulatory, financial, and reputational harm.
The ideal candidate is willing to work in a fast-paced, global environment with cross-functional teams in different time zones, and enjoys the challenges and opportunities of novel issues across a variety of jurisdictions with an open-minded mentality to tackle issues which we may not see before.
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- Lead regional counsel for the UK and EU advising on financial crime issues as it relates to AML, Fraud and Sanctions working closely with our global AML and Sanctions legal team.
- Lead and facilitate fraud governance forums, such as an internal Anti-Fraud Counsel, bringing together stakeholders from Legal, Risk, Audit, Finance, and Business functions.
- Support the enterprise-wide financial crime program advising on product risk assessments, control reviews, and policy updates with a UK/EU lens.
- Engage with business leaders across jurisdictions to embed financial crime including fraud risk considerations into operational and strategic decision making.
- Drive and collaborate with stakeholders to promote a culture of compliance and anti-financial crime awareness throughout the organisation.
- Design and deliver fraud risk and financial crime training sessions and awareness campaigns for business units, control functions, and senior leadership in the regions.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications
- Senior UK/EU qualified lawyer with proven combined legal and compliance experience at a reputable international law firm, in-house with a multi-national company.
- Strong knowledge of fraud, AML, and sanctions regulatory and compliance programs.
- Deep understanding of the substance and nuances of UK/EU laws in the AML, Fraud, and Sanctions areas, skilfully interpreting and applying legal concepts to effectively handle various legal matters, operate in grey area situations.
- Experience addressing complex legal matters, where warranted, exhibiting a high level of autonomy and responsibility; considers both business and legal implications of advice with a well-attuned understanding of risk.
- Strong oral and written communication skills; understands client needs, requirements, and key concerns; adapts communication style and approach to maximise impact across a range of audiences.
- Possess the highest standard of ethics and a positive attitude in learning and willing to pick up new knowledge and skills.
- Candidate must be able to demonstrate leadership skills in setting strategic goals, but also have a "roll up their sleeves" mentality in executing the work and maintains an appropriate degree of confidentiality.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating flexibility, commitment to teamwork, anticipates clients needs and delivers with timeliness, accurately sense the urgency and sensitivity to the situation.
- Ability to manage heavy workload volume and meet critical deadlines with little supervision.
- Proactively identifies problems or issues, takes lead in resolving issues, and makes recommendations for necessary process improvements.
- Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the business and industry and shows support for delivery of the product, services and initiatives of the organisation.
- Demonstrates creativity in finding solutions and uses good judgment in doing so.
- Demonstrates ability to influence and enlist support.
- Experience in the UK/EU market is a strong plus.
- Technology and/or fintech sector experience preferred.
Perks and Benefits
Health and Wellness
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- HSA
- Life Insurance
- Fitness Subsidies
- Short-Term Disability
- Long-Term Disability
- On-Site Gym
- Mental Health Benefits
- Virtual Fitness Classes
Parental Benefits
- Fertility Benefits
- Adoption Assistance Program
- Family Support Resources
Work Flexibility
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Opportunities
Office Life and Perks
- Casual Dress
- Snacks
- Pet-friendly Office
- Happy Hours
- Some Meals Provided
- Company Outings
- On-Site Cafeteria
- Holiday Events
Vacation and Time Off
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Personal/Sick Days
- Leave of Absence
Financial and Retirement
- 401(K) With Company Matching
- Performance Bonus
- Company Equity
Professional Development
- Promote From Within
- Access to Online Courses
- Leadership Training Program
- Associate or Rotational Training Program
- Mentor Program
Diversity and Inclusion
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Program
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG)
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