Paralegal Permanent London

London - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 22 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

At EY were all in to shape your future with confidence.

Well help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

Join EY and help to build a better working world.

Paralegal (London): Job Description

Background

EY is a global network of professional services firms engaged in consulting transaction assurance and tax services with member firms in over 150 countries worldwide. The UK firm of Ernst & Young LLP has over 900 partners and 20000 employees.

The UK Legal team is well established and highly regarded. Led by our General Counsel Lisa Cameron we comprise 33 lawyers supported by 4 paralegals. The UK Legal team also forms part of a Global legal function.

The Opportunity

We have a vacancy for a paralegal to support the GCO team. The paralegal will be an integral part of the UK Legal Team providing day to day assistance supporting that team. This will include general administrative support the creation of and circulation of detailed minutes agendas and associated meeting documentation organisation of meetings follow up in respect of open and actioned items to assist the smooth running of various projects and live matters as well as supporting the management of various systems used by the team (from invoices/costs and internal compliance checks to document management).

There will also be the opportunity to support the legal team in other areas including both contentious/regulatory and commercial matters legal research and drafting tracking of legal developments and management of know-how.

The role includes a varied and demanding workload and we are looking for someone to support our EY All in Strategy by showing curiosity intelligence and energy.

Please note that this vacancy is a paralegal role and willnot lead to a training contract or count towards qualifying work experience (QWE) for the purposes of SQE qualification.

Essential requirements for the role

Law degree or non-law degree ideally followed by successful completion of law conversion course.
Previous UK experience as a paralegal.
Strong personal communication skills including oral/written communication capable of dealing with wide range of people
Good drafting skill and attention to detail.
Strong team player who is both committed and flexible.
Strong organisation planning and project management skills.
Ability to take responsibility and ownership of tasks and within reason to be proactive.
Proficient IT skills including Microsoft office (especially Outlook Word Excel and PowerPoint).
Ability to prioritise problem-solve and show good time management skills.
Able to work with autonomy.

Ideally youll also have

Successful completion of the LPC BPTC or SQE1/SQE2
The ability to keep calm in a crisis and to cope well with conflicting deadlines.
The ability to deal with problems in a practical and common-sense way with limited supervision.
Thrive on no two days being the same due to a varied workload.

What we look for

Strong organisation planning and project management skills.
Someone who can be proactive and who will build relationships based on trust and confidence.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive remuneration package and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs covering holidays health and well-being insurance savings and a wide range of discounts offers and promotions. Plus we offer:

Support coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around.
Opportunities to develop new skills.

About EY

As a global leader in assurance tax transaction and advisory services were using the finance products expertise and systems weve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join however long you stay the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people well make our ambition to be the best employer a reality.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

Apply now.

EY Building a better working world

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Enabled by data AI and advanced technology EY teams help clients shape the future with confidence and develop answers for the most pressing issues of today and tomorrow.

EY teams work across a full spectrum of services in assurance consulting tax strategy and transactions. Fueled by sector insights a globally connected multi-disciplinary network and diverse ecosystem partners EY teams can provide services in more than 150 countries and territories.

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