Sky
Legal Counsel - Compliance 63154
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Job Description
As a team, we pursue the highest standards and demonstrate commitment, integrity, and judgement. We exist to add real value by sustainably providing the highest quality business-focused legal expertise that keeps Sky competitive. Through our work, we help to bring better content and innovation to all of our customers, better connecting them to more of what they love. Our vision is to create the Legal team of the future, together – operating at the heart of Sky, famous for adding value.
What You'll Do
As a member of Group Ethics & Compliance, you will:
- Assist in providing legal advice and guidance on corporate compliance laws and regulations, including but not limited to those governing financial crime.
- Assist with business projects and transactions with a compliance impact, supporting senior team members to identify solutions which mitigate legal risk for Sky while maintaining commercial flexibility.
- Support the conduct of risk assessments, assisting Group Ethics & Compliance to ensure appropriate alignment and oversight.
- Contribute to Group-wide compliance initiatives, including supporting the implementation of frameworks for the effective operation of Sky’s Group compliance activities.
- Support the delivery of an effective compliance training programme, including promoting compliance tone at the top, heighten awareness among employees, and align and educate staff regarding current and emerging risks and trends.
- When required, assist with integrity investigations, working with Group Risk and the People team, ensuring effective reporting to executive management and enterprise stakeholders in relation to integrity investigations.
What You'll Bring
- UK legal qualification or equivalent relevant experience (minimum 3 years PQE) with experience of advising on corporate compliance, including financial crimes and business conduct/ethics issues, whether in private practice, in-house or a combination.
- Developing ability to collaborate, problem-solve, and contribute to solutions for complex legal issues in a complex multi-national business or highly regulated sector.
- Excellent influencing skills with experience of managing stakeholders with varying priorities in different territories, in a collaborative, positive, and proactive manner.
- An ability to work in a fast-paced commercial environment demonstrating flexibility/adaptability to manage a workload comprising multiple wide-ranging matters and conflicting deadlines.
- Strong influencing, interpersonal, and communication (written and verbal) skills, with an ability to adapt communication style to a variety of stakeholders across the business.
- Ability to manage own workstreams in an agile and commercial way, developing your skills while delivering outcomes-focused solutions.
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Rewards
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- Sky Stream, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
How You’ll Work
We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. The hybrid working expectations for this role are 3 days in the office per week.
Where You'll Work – Osterley
Sky operates on a ‘hybrid’ model, with our headquarters based in Osterley, London. Our Osterley campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Alternatively, you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Chiswick Park, Gunnersbury, Acton Town, and Ealing Broadway tube stations. There’s also plenty of parking, bike shelters, and showers.
On campus, you’ll find six subsidized restaurants and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidized gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed, and even get pampered at our beauty salon.
Inclusion
Recognized as an ‘Inclusive Top 50 Employer’ and a ‘Times Top 50 Employer for Women’, we’re working hard to ensure we’re a truly inclusive place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV. We’re more focused on who you are and the potential you’ll bring to Sky. We also know that everyone has a life outside work, so we're happy to discuss flexible working.
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Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
Who We Are
We’re Sky, a leading media and entertainment company who connect millions with entertainment, sports, news, and arts through innovative products and services. Working with us means you’ll be bringing the joy of a better experience to more people, every day. All so we can do better and deliver better for our customers, colleagues, and society.
We’re an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We're a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need as early as you can.
Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.
To be eligible for this role, you are required to have the appropriate right to work in the UK. Please be aware Sky does not offer sponsorship for this position.
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