What You Will Do

As Head Corporate Centre and Regulatory

• Act as legal expert in the areas of laws and regulations which are non-specific to the BUs: M&A, Litigation, IT, Anti-trust (CoE).
• Manage the CoE legal and regulatory risks in the BUs in coordination with the BU legal teams.
• Manage the CF legal entities, incl. corporate and regulatory filings, according to the framework set by the Governance team.
• Provide Group and non-Business Unit specific regulatory advice.
• Establish legal and regulatory standards and processes to ensure a globally coordinated and efficient handling of CoE and regulatory matters, to track and coordinate the implementation of new regulations which are of key relevance to SIX Group legal entities.
• Maintain an overview of key communications with regulators and national banks and prepare, accompany and follow-up on regulatory meetings to ensure the Group is consistent in its communication to regulators and national banks.
  Participate in the review process of consultations led by the Public Affairs’ team.
• Adopt the Legal & Regulatory function (the Function) standards and processes.
• Manage an international team legal professionals.
• Achieve budget objectives

As member of the LLT

• Actively participate in the management of SIX Group’s material legal and regulatory risks and initiatives and in the setting, monitoring and continuous enhancement of SIX Group legal and regulatory framework.
• Work collaboratively with the members of the LLT to implement the Function’s strategy and key initiatives.
• Act as a role model of SIX Values and the values of the legal profession and in particular: independence, impartiality and integrity. Coach others.
• Demonstrate strong leadership skills.
• Promote the Function internally and externally, including by representing SIX in external events.

What You Bring

• You are a qualified lawyer, ideally UK or EU qualified, with at least 15 years of experience in financial services and you started your career in a law firm, ideally in M&A. Non-qualified lawyers and Compliance professionals will not be considered.
• You have experience in managing international teams of legal professionals.
• You have experience in establishing standards and processes, you are very familiar with Sharepoint and promote LegalTech.
• You have a strong command of Microsoft Office suite, can prepare Power Point presentations to an executive and board standard, you can draft complex legal analyses in English, and have excellent drafting skills.
• You are recognized as a leader, with strong collaborative skills, an eye for details and pragmatism. You value simplicity over complexity. You value discretion and efficiency.
• You can act as a change agent, demonstrate courage and a sense of urgency.
• You are fluent in English. German and Spanish are a plus.