Legal & Technical Manager

We’re hiring! Jersey Finance has a part-time vacancy (21 hours) for a Legal & Technical Manager.

To apply, please submit your CV and a short covering letter supporting your application to Allannah Camsell, Senior Operations Manager, allannah.camsell@jerseyfinance.je

Jersey is one of the world’s leading international finance centres. Its forward-thinking approach, robust regulatory framework and political and economic stability have kept the jurisdiction at the forefront of global finance for more than 60 years. Attracting the brightest talent and with an impressive range of products and services, Jersey gives an unparalleled welcome to businesses and investors alike.

Jersey Finance is run as a not-for-profit organisation formed in 2001 to represent and promote Jersey as an international financial centre of excellence. We are funded by members of Jersey’s finance industry and the Government of Jersey. Our mission is to enable and champion a resilient, relevant and relationship-focused financial and related professional services sector. We have a presence in Jersey, Dubai, New York, Hong Kong SAR, London, Johannesburg, Shanghai and Singapore.

We work with key stakeholders such as finance industry professionals to provide tools and resources that create opportunities for the successful promotion of their individual organisations, products and services.

We also work closely with the Government of Jersey and the regulator, the Jersey Financial Services Commission, to ensure that the best interests of the finance industry are effectively represented, in terms of legislation, regulation and other key areas of innovation that can enhance our jurisdictional product and services offering.

We are a central point of contact for journalists and anyone connected with the finance industry, both locally and internationally, providing positive and transparent news, views and insights on Jersey Finance’s role and the added value that Jersey as an international finance centre can bring to economies around the world.

The role, which is part time (21 hours per week), has a high profile within the financial services industry, demanding an individual with excellent administrative, communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.  In addition, they will need to have a solid understanding of key legislative and regulatory frameworks and their impact on the financial services sector.  The post holder should have relevant experience in a legal or professional role, preferably with a background in professional services.

The post holder will need to be able to operate as part of a highly focused team dealing with a wide range of issues to ensure Jersey’s finance industry continues to develop and thrive through the efforts of this representative body.

The successful candidate will be involved in matters across the entire financial services spectrum, developing close working relationships with key figures in industry, government and the regulator, both benefitting from their insight and having the opportunity to influence decision-makers on matters of legislative and regulatory policy.

As part of the Legal & Technical Team, support the Senior Legal & Technical Manager in the following areas:

• Acting as a focal point for communication between industry, regulator and Government, including attendance at trade association meetings, Government meetings, functions and training events.
• Establish a close working relationship with Jersey Finance members, working groups, Trade Associations and other key stakeholders, to ensure that a regular exchange of information is maintained so that the needs of the sector are understood and may be properly represented.
• Assisting Government and regulator in the preparation and dissemination of public and restricted consultations and encouraging and documenting industry responses and engagement with those consultations.
• Preparing and delivering legislative, regulatory and market updates and technical briefings (both written and verbal).
• Coordinating and chairing Jersey Finance Working Groups, focused on legislative amendment, and representing industry in subsequent discussions with policy makers, law draftsmen and Ministers.
• Conducting focused research on relevant legislative and regulatory issues and preparing high quality reports for internal and external use.
• Respond to requests for information and research regional issues of which Jersey Finance’s overseas representatives have been made aware.
• As needed monitor developments in other jurisdictions on legislative and regulatory matters affecting the financial services industry.

• An individual with a professional qualification and experience in a relevant legal or professional role, preferably with experience in dealing with matters affecting the financial services industry.
• The ability to assimilate complex issues and articulate these in an appropriate fashion to different audiences.
• Strong organisational and administrative skills with the ability to manage complex projects within predetermined timescales dealing with multiple stakeholders.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate clearly and accurately to various stakeholders in both written and verbal forms.
• A strong team player but capable of working on own initiative.