BCB Group
Financial Analyst
DeFiMid
London6 days ago
BCB Group
We are seeking an ambitious, qualified Lawyer/Solicitor to join the BCB legal team. This is a versatile, high-impact role designed for an agile lawyer eager to build a career at the intersection of traditional finance and digital assets. You will start by supporting the core legal function and, as your expertise grows, evolve to handle increasingly complex matters across commercial agreements, product development, and multi-jurisdictional regulatory compliance.
The position can be based in London or France. We embrace a flexible, hybrid working model. To foster team culture and mentorship, you will be expected to join your colleagues in our London or Paris office at least once a week. This regular touchpoint ensures you have direct access to our leadership team and stay deeply integrated with the wider business.
i) individual responsibility as a business partner, providing direct legal support to increase operational execution capacity (including commercial contracts, due diligence support, dispute management, documentation support, AI supported initial legal analysis) ; and
ii) lead on revamping processes and tools to make Legal Function (meaning, people, processes, tools) more effective and scalable.
Contract review - business partnering directly with Banking & Partnerships, Trading and Sales teams
Ownership of MSA terms suite - business partnering across the business to ensure we capture required new changes
Partner with Product and Marketing on external communications reviews and know-how pages.
Lead on design and roll out of self serve and automation - optimising existing tools and ensuring BCB is on the front foot in deploying AI
Proactively considers design architecture to ensure existing and new tools are optimised (data, capture of knowledge and advice, playbooks, document repository)
Manages external Counsel relationships and operational engagement.
Manage corporate legal due diligence questions
Partnering with Complaints and business teams on commercial litigation and dispute management, Customer and FOS complaints
Gets involved where needed. We are a small team and proactive learning is a must - may include DORA, GDPR/Privacy, financial regulatory matters.
So, what are we looking for?
BCB Legal Counsel will be a bright, energetic self-starter who increases operational execution capacity and leads on increasing efficiency and effectiveness of the function. They are expected to operate independently in interactions with business stakeholders, although will not bring senior SME vertical expertise on day one - there will be responsibility on senior members of the team to provide mentoring and development (both technical SME and communication/ways of working).
Reports to the Head of Legal.
Qualified UK or EU lawyer with at least 1 year of PQE
Contract management
Self-starting approach - every member of the Legal team is a leader
Willingness to learn - what was good for yesterday, may not be optimal for today, and is unlikely to be acceptable for tomorrow. You push yourself and others for continuous improvement and evolution of processes and tools to maximise efficiency of the Legal Function.
Worked in-house for a start up or scale up
Experience of regulated financial services (preferably payments, e-money or digital assets)
French speaking (English fluency is a must)
Legal operations/tech experience, Juro a plus
So, what’s in it for you?
Our people are constantly striving to be the best through operational excellence. The professional development and learning opportunities create an agile, hardworking,
conscientious, and knowledgeable team.
The opportunities for personal growth are exponential. You grow as the business grows.
The roles and responsibilities are broad and ever-changing, and the dynamism of BCB
keeps you engaged and highly motivated.
At BCB, you don’t just work for your manager; they work for you too. We believe in
empowering individuals to create a culture of personal growth, together. We focus on
driving empowerment from the bottom up, up-skilling every individual at every level. This
means our team has a sense of commonality and belonging, driven by a shared belief in
our mission. We’re passionate about our business, our people, and providing 360-degree
support for success.
The chance to operate at the forefront of our industry
You can talk to anyone in the business as there are no barriers and everyone is
accessible
You will be collaborating with teams on a hybrid working arrangement
We value team success where every individual can grow and prosper
30 days annual leave each year, excluding bank holidays
4 wellbeing days per year to prioritise your mental health
1 company volunteering day per year
Strong benefits package including; Private Healthcare, Pension, Income
Protection (long-term absence), Life Insurance, Menopause Policy, and an enhanced Parental Leave policy
BCB Group is a leading provider of regulated payment and trading services in crypto and
fiat for the digital asset economy. We provide accounts, cryptocurrency and foreign
exchange market liquidity for some of the world’s largest, crypto-engaged businesses,
including crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, market makers, investment firms,
custodians, payment processors and wallet providers.
Our end-to-end suite of products are accessible through our Client Console UI and API.
We offer more than 40 fiat and cryptocurrencies, deep trading liquidity, 24/7 instant
payments through our instant settlements network, BLINC, and secure crypto services.
Our strong focus on compliance matches our technical and business expertise, and we
are regulated by some of the world’s most respected regulators. Authorised in the UK,
France and Switzerland, we place the utmost importance on our regulatory-first
institutional principles.
Our leadership team boasts years of relevant, high-level experience at globally-renowned
institutions. They combine finance, law, regulatory and technology skills in traditional and
crypto financial services with a deep understanding of the new digital asset economy.
Our mission is to create the trusted platform to pay, store, trade and earn fiat and digital
assets, globally 24/7
www.bcbgroup.com
Lawyer/Solicitor, UK or EU qualified lawyer, 1 year of PQE, Contract management, Self-starting, Leadership, Willingness to learn, In-house experience (start-up/scale-up), Regulated financial services experience, Payments, E-money, Digital assets, French speaking, English fluency, Legal operations experience, Legal tech experience, Hybrid working model
BCB Group
BCB Group
BCB Group