General Counsel, Compliance, Risk & Audit Graduate Programme

You will join as part of the Investment
20/20 programme.

Title
:
General Counsel Graduate

Department: Rotates through General Counsel, Compliance, Risk and Audit

Location: London, EC4M 5AB

and will be required to work in Kingswood, Surrey

Duration
:
Permanent

We’ve been helping clients plan and invest for their futures for over 50 years. From more than 25 locations around the world, we provide investment services and retirement expertise to everyone from central banks to private individuals.

We’re known for acting with integrity and thinking for the long-term. And across our organisation, we foster a welcoming, caring and inclusive culture where people feel respected, trusted and able to be themselves.

Our Graduate Programme offers you the opportunity to develop your career within a global investment management business. You will gain exposure to experienced professionals across our General Counsel function and develop the technical, commercial and interpersonal skills needed to build a successful career in a dynamic and highly regulated industry.

The team you will be joining:

General Counsel operates as a trusted advisor to all parts of Fidelity International. Our job is to provide high-value advisory and assurance expertise through our specialist teams. We are aligned to the Fidelity business units, Asset Management, Distribution and FIL Platforms, as well as providing support at the Fidelity Group level, and to other Group Functions.

General Counsel comprises of Legal, Risk, Compliance and Tax, as well as Fidelity Foundations. Together with Internal Audit, we provide the second and third lines of defence, overseeing risk management, regulatory compliance and independent assurance activities across the business.

We’re looking for individuals who are interested in joining us on a rotational programme in our General Counsel business and seeking challenging and rewarding work.

What you’ll be doing:

We don’t expect you to come straight in and know everything about what we do.

As a graduate, and whatever you’re studying, we’ll help make sure you get the most out of your career with us.

You’ll have the opportunity to build a strong professional network with senior management across the organisation as you work on high profile change and transformation projects.

The General Counsel graduate scheme will include four six-month placements across a number of teams:

The Global Compliance function comprises Advisory and Monitoring teams that support Fidelity's businesses by providing practical advice and guidance on regulatory and conduct-related matters. We are supporting the Asset Management and Distribution businesses by providing practical advice and assistance on all relevant legal and regulatory matters as well as conduct rules.

The Asset Management and Distribution businesses focus on our core investment activities and expertise as well as our offers to professional clients and financial institutions. We effectively monitor investment activities of our portfolio managers and step in if investment limits are breached or portfolio managers require guidance. We engage regularly with our many financial regulators all over the world. We analyse new laws and regulations and help with their implementation.

As part of the Distribution Business, Fidelity’s Global Platform Solutions (GPS) provides a platform where retail clients and their advisors can invest their savings in funds and other securities. It also runs the pension schemes of big companies and public sector bodies. In practice, this means GPS interacts with hundreds of thousands of end clients – providing services to them, marketing, dealing with their queries and complaints, and handling difficult issues around vulnerable clients.

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