Senior Manager Legal & Regulatory - Financial Services

Job description

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll 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. At EY , we’re not just another professional services firm. We’re the only major player with a dedicated Financial Services practice (EY FSO) across EMEIA. We have over 16,000 professionals working together to shape the future of Banking, Insurance, Wealth & Asset Management, Payment Institutions and FinTech. Our comprehensive services and deep market knowledge enable our consultants to understand and meet our client’s needs effectively. Within EY, Our Financial Services Legal & Regulatory team blends legal and regulatory expertise with business insights to advise top-tier financial institutions. We work on high-impact projects, tackling the evolving legal and regulatory challenges in banking, insurance, asset management, payment services, etc. The Opportunity EY Legal & Regulatory is looking for ambitious and talented legal and regulatory Senior Managers who accumulated 8 to 10 years of relevant experience in financial regulatory topics, combined with the right level of entrepreneurial and managerial skills. If you're excited about being able to help further shape and scale a dynamic, cross-disciplinary team at the heart of regulatory change, this is the opportunity for you! Our Legal & Regulatory practice for financial services is growing fast, and our team deals with the most diverse legal and regulatory matters. We have a large client-base and we offer our services to a significant number of top financial institutions, both in Belgium and abroad. If you're ready to take on the challenge of helping manage and lead this team, we look forward to meeting you! Key Responsibilities As a Senior Manager Legal & Regulatory, you will work closely with clients to help them navigate complex new and existing regulations, ensuring compliance while driving business success. You will manage the team to provide strategic legal and regulatory advice, drive regulatory implementation projects, and collaborate with financial institutions' C-level, compliance and legal teams. Additionally, as you’ll take ownership and responsibility of projects and client accounts, you will play a pivotal role – both in managing engagements and in contributing to our go-to-market strategies, translating client challenges into clear, strategic outcomes. As a Senior Manager you’ll also play a vital role in the expansion of our business. Your role will include managing client accounts, business development, and helping shape the future of EY’s Legal & Regulatory services. You’ll be able to leverage your colleagues knowledge, expertise and resources in building a solid business and become a trusted advisor for our clients. Are you someone who thrives on variety – working with different clients, topics and types of projects – and who enjoys balancing substantive legal and regulatory work with managerial responsibilities and an entrepreneurial mindset, focusing on client relationship building, opportunity spotting and supporting go-to-market efforts? If so, this role could be the perfect match for you! Skills and Attributes for Success (Belgian) Master's degree in Law Professional experience (between 8 – 10 years), either within a consultancy firm, law firm or financial institution. Solid knowledge of financial. Ability to perform in-depth and creative analysis to be able to find pragmatic solutions for our client’s challenges. Outstanding client stakeholder management skills and ability to build and expand client relationships. Perfect oral and written knowledge of Dutch and/or French, with an excellent knowledge of English. The right level of managerial and commercial skills. Strong team spirit, balanced by a healthy sense of autonomy. What working at EY Offers You will be part of a leading global professional services firm. Working for a top-tier clientele, both national and international and shaping industry regulations You will be part of the EY family where everyone is willing to offer support and senior management is very accessible. A competitive package , including benefits, adapted to your level of experience Working together with a dynamic, close-knit team combining young talent and experienced professionals, but also with your colleagues from other departments and offices You will get extensive trainings on technical matters, as well as soft skills and project management, and you will have access to new technologies and innovative equipment. We are proud of our flexible working arrangements, and we will support you to build a successful career and deliver excellent client service, without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing profession might require part-time working at client site and business traveling at times, we are committed to helping you achieve a lifestyle balance. Are you ready to shape your future with confidence? Apply now and become part of EY's Legal & Regulatory team! To help create an equitable and inclusive experience during the recruitment process, please inform us as soon as possible about any disability-related adjustments or accommodations you may need. EY | Building a better working world EY is building a better working world by creating new value for clients, people, society and the planet, while building trust in capital markets. 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.