Lawyer – Regulatory (Data Protection and Financial Services)

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What We'll Bring:

We Are TransUnion:
TransUnion is a major credit reference agency, and we offer specialist services in fraud, identity and risk management, automated decisioning and demographics. We support organisations across a variety of sectors including finance, retail, telecommunications, utilities, gaming, government and insurance.

What You'll Bring:

We’re looking for a Lawyer – Regulatory (Data Protection and Financial Services) to join our growing Legal team. 

Day to Day You’ll Be:

Core Duties / Responsibilities:

• Providing legal advice to the business in respect of product development activity, enterprise change and the use of data assets in a manner that complies with licence terms, legislation, industry codes and policy. 
• Providing legal and regulatory horizon-scanning for consumption by 1st and 2nd line teams across the business, as well as undertaking detailed risk assessments of significant regulatory changes.  
• Supporting Government Relations with engagement with external stakeholders, including responding to consultations and ad hoc queries from regulators and trade associations. 
• Managing consumer litigation matters relating to the TransUnion UK business, including managing the instruction of external legal advisers, and supporting the Data Protection Officer with ICO consumer complaints and complex consumer queries.
• Advise the business on how its data assets can be used compliantly as part of data insight service development and operational change processes, often in response to innovative and mould-breaking proposals (both business to business and business to consumer).
• Obtain and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the contracts, legislation, industry codes and policy that regulate the use of data assets by TransUnion.
• Support the creation of regular horizon scanning content for consumption by a wide range of internal stakeholders and support those stakeholders with detailed risk assessments on key developments. 
• Support the work of the Data Protection Officer in maintaining appropriate up to date privacy notices and reviewing DPIAs.
• Act as the Data Protection Officer’s representative at internal and external data oversight committees and during engagement with regulators, clients and consumers.
• Support the assessment and resolution of business incidents, including regulatory notification obligations. 
• Undertake detailed assessments of new regulatory and legislative developments and their impact on TU’s business and prepare and provide training to other Legal, Risk and Compliance colleagues and the wider business on these developments.
• Provide ad-hoc assistance to the Data Governance Office, product development and operational teams with complex data protection or other legal queries relating to the compliant management of TransUnion’s data assets and products.
• Understand and follow internal processes but also proactively drive and respond to process innovation within UK Legal and the wider business

Essential Skills & Experience:

• Licensed legal practitioner.
• Experience of working in or advising the legal function of an information services company and/or regulated financial services business. 
• Detailed understanding of UK data privacy law (including UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018) and the FCA regulatory regime.
• Aptitude and appetite to:
• (I) obtain expert level knowledge of TransUnion’s wider regulator universe
• (II) obtain an appropriate level of technical and commercial understanding - of TU’s products and services to be able to assess and advise on data related risks and opportunities; and tenaciously investigate complex and novel challenges posed by the business and provide commercial solutions. 
• Capability and experience of working collaboratively in a fast-paced, highly commercial environment.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact with a variety of technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels, both internal and external to TransUnion
• Strong planning, organisational, and time management skills to manage and lead multiple priorities, manage multiple stakeholder expectations and work to deadlines with multiple deliverables

Desirable Skills & Experience:

• Effective in communicating verbally and in writing, with consideration to the intended audience
• Methodical, thorough and diligent, with strong attention to detail and strong documentation writing and presentation skills

Impact You'll Make:

What’s In It For you?
At TransUnion you will be joining a friendly, forward thinking global business.
As well as an excellent salary and bonus scheme or commission scheme (if joining our sales teams) our benefits package comes with:

• 26 days’ annual leave + bank holidays (increasing with service)
• Global paid wellness days off + a bonus day off to celebrate your birthday
• A generous contributory pension scheme + access to the TransUnion Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Private health care + a variety of physical, mental and financial fitness wellbeing programmes such as access to mindfulness tools
• Access to our diversity forums and communities so you can get involved in causes close to your heart

TransUnion – a place to grow: 
If there’s something on the list of essential / desirable skills that you can’t quite tick off, don’t let that put you off applying. We are open to exploring training and development opportunities for the right candidate to ensure you are successful.
We know imposter syndrome is real, lets confront it so we can continue to grow and thrive together.

Flexibility at TU:
We recognise that our people need the freedom to balance their day-to-day lives with their work. This is why we’ve set out to create inclusive and flexible policies and practices for you to accommodate all your responsibilities and needs: children, family and beyond. If the role is advertised as full time, don’t let this stop you from applying. Let us know if you’re looking for a part time or flexible working arrangement and we can discuss this with you.

Additional support:
At TransUnion, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace where all individual’s talents and perspectives are valued. When you apply for a position with us, you’re not just joining a team, you’re becoming part of a community that celebrates differences and embraces equality. We understand that everyone has different needs, which is why we offer a range of reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process. Please let us know if you require any reasonable adjustments to help you through the application process or to attend an interview with us by contacting [email protected]

Interview & Hiring Process:
Most of our recruitment processes are virtual, so you’ll get to know our hiring managers and teams over the phone and through video. If we need you to attend a physical in person interview your recruiter will inform you of this.

We do not accept any unsolicited CV’s from recruitment agencies.  If you are a recruitment agency on our PSL our talent team will contact you directly should we require any assistance.

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This is a hybrid position and involves regular performance of job responsibilities virtually as well as in-person at an assigned TU office location for a minimum of two days a week.

TransUnion Job Title

Sr Counsel, Legal