Head of General Insurance Legal

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Our vision is to make Lloyds Banking Group the best bank for customers. As the UK's largest retail and commercial bank, we have a footprint that touches nearly every community and household in the UK. That gives us a big responsibility to support the UK economy, and to put customers at the heart of everything we do. To achieve this, we also need to be the best bank for our colleagues and our communities - and we have a clear strategy in place to make this a reality. We are building on our many strengths: iconic brands, strong heritages and great people. To unlock the great potential in our business, we are becoming more efficient, more transparent, and more responsive to customers. Already the UK's largest community investor, we are giving even more back. Above all, we are putting customers first.

Through our brands, our Group has a relationship with just about every household and community in the UK. We underpin the lives of millions of individuals and businesses, and play a key role in helping to create a thriving UK economy. The Group has a presence in almost every community across the UK, which gives you the unique opportunity to make a real difference to millions of people. We aim to make a positive contribution in our communities. If that appeals to you, get in touch.

As the Head of General Insurance Legal you will develop, lead and manage a legal team responsible for the delivery of a range of high quality legal advice and assistance in order to deliver the business needs of Lloyds Banking Group - General Insurance and other relevant areas within Insurance and the wider Group. General Insurance is a group of regulated general insurance legal entities. The principal brands are Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland and products are sold through intermediaries and direct.

You will work effectively with senior management and executives across various Insurance and other Group functions and proactively challenge, advise and influence senior management and executives on a wide range of legal issues with particular emphasis on supporting the general insurance business within Insurance. You will advise on such matters as the negotiation of external and intra group SLAs, distribution and underwriting agreements, significant insurance product issues and large value claim related disputes, in order to protect and develop General Insurance, Insurance Division and the overall interests of the Group.

Your key accountabilities include leading, managing and controlling the provision of all legal services to General Insurance while contributing to the strategic direction of the business and wider Legal community. You will act as a trusted advisor, engaging key senior stakeholders to influence and advise on key business decisions including participation in Boards, Committees and other Fora.

Leading on Legal input into projects supporting General Insurance or the wider business is key, as is managing appropriate resource to meet business needs. You will build and maintain a high performing team to ensure colleagues are led and developed effectively and embed the Lloyds Banking Group culture and vision through visible leadership. Developing and ensuring the implementation of medium term operational plans specific to supporting your own area is imperitive - taking into account the wider business, legal/ governance and regulatory context.

You will have the opportunity to make recommendations relating to the organisational design to ensure it is fit for purpose and lead advice to business areas and your team on corporate governance and legal risk management, using the relevant risk management policy framework. You will proactively build, develop and maintain external and internal network and relationships to provide appropriate professional advice to achieve the Group's objectives - leading on the reporting and escalation of legal or governance issues and change recommendations within own/ supported area, recommending solutions as required.

To be successful in the role you will hold strong influencing skills, with the ability to deliver sound, practical and clear advice to colleagues (including at executive level) across the business and you will be a qualified solicitor or barrister/ advocate. In-house and/ or private practice experience within the Insurance sector is required (in house experience should be gained within a general insurer), as is Legal experience in general insurance contractual work, product development, claims and regulatory advisory. Knowledge of consumer credit law would be an advantage.

Experience in managing a team of lawyers and delivering complex projects within a legal context is key as is the proven ability at managing a legal department covering a diverse range of work in a large insurance group.

Growing our people is a priority for us, so we will offer you a rewarding environment where you can choose the career that suits you. Here you will find opportunities to grow your career whilst supporting the Group to achieve a purpose you can be really proud of.

If this role sounds of interest and you've the technical and personal skills we're seeking then we'd like to hear from you.

In return we offer a competitive package, an on target discretionary performance-related bonus, 4% of your salary paid to you in flex cash, car allowance, 30 days holiday (plus bank holidays) private health cover, share schemes and a generous pension contribution along with colleague products and discounts.

The role can be based in our Leeds / London / Bristol / Edinburgh office.