Senior Associate, Financial Services Documentation

With a legacy as a pioneer in the ALSP market, Factor leads the next evolution in legal services through AI-integrated contracting. Factor is the market leader in Integrated Law™, combining the expertise of Traditional Law, the efficiency of New Law, and the close business integration of In-house legal to deliver complex legal work at scale.

Factor works alongside corporate legal departments to solve for the ever-increasing demands and complexity of transactional legal work. Our "do while transforming, transform while doing" approach combines specialist expertise, AI-powered solutions, and business process knowledge to deliver better performance, better business and legal outcomes, and a transformed contracting experience.

Our clients span Fortune 500 companies including global banks, major pharmaceutical companies and large technology firms. We believe that the more diverse our team becomes — in backgrounds, skills, experiences, and perspectives — the higher our creative potential as a company. We are dedicated to growing a diverse, inclusive company where individuals of all backgrounds thrive.

We are comprised of more than 300 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America – Join us!

THE ROLE: We’re looking for an experienced Negotiator to join a new project team. You will be responsible for reviewing agreements and handling escalations. We’re currently working through a large volume of contracts for a banking client, and we’re looking for someone who has experience negotiating end capital market documentation, specifically ISDA, CSA and Repo agreement types. If you believe in being a team player, can collaborate and communicate well with technical and non-technical audiences while bringing a result-driven, focused, high energy, confident, curious, and most of all fun sense of self, then this is the place for you.

Specifically, the Negotiator will: Manage client-facing deliverables to the highest standards of quality Identify risks and issues and develop appropriate mitigation plans Pro-actively manage and monitor execution of deliverables and status Assist with the management of the projects critical path, dependencies, and contingencies Ensure the project stakeholders' expectations are understood and managed Oversee the adherence to all Factor’s Methodologies and quality assurance processes Review large volume of contracts efficiently and accurately, working closely with the team to achieve a high-quality output Read complex agreements, including financial services documents with meticulous attention to detail, while analyzing and extracting key information Lead and train contract review teams, implementing best practice Communicate with clients, maintaining excellent communication skills and a professional and warm approach Effectively and efficiently operate in a deadline driven environment, with high attention to detail, in order to meet client expectations Contribute to building Factor’s proprietary Intellectual Property in the rapidly changing Managed Contracts Services business area Be comfortable in a fast-paced environment with a high degree of autonomy and accountability Be an outstanding team player and embody and live our core values to foster our unique culture

QUALIFICATIONS:

You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same.

In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:

Essential Criteria:

Undergraduate degree

Independent experience of drafting and negotiating end-to-end ISDA, CSA and Repo agreements necessary

Client facing experience within a Professional Services firm and a strong focus on client needs

Meticulous attention to detail

Strong time management, judgment, decision-making and problem solving skills

Thrives in both individual and collaborative team environments

High-impact communication and presentation skills

Proficiency with the Microsoft Office suite (including PowerPoint and Excel. MS Project experience highly advantageous)

Organizational fit for the Factor culture - exhibiting the core values of Authenticity, Accountability, Adaptability and Stewardship

Legally eligible to work in the country in which the role is located

Desirable Criteria:

Prime Brokerage experience

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