Financial Mis-Selling Solicitor / Team Manager
Salary: £50,000 to £65,000 per annum, depending on experience
100% Remote | Full-time | Permanent
A specialist legal services business is expanding its consumer finance litigation team and is seeking an experienced Financial Mis-Selling Solicitor / Team Manager to join the business on a fully remote basis.
This is a senior position combining hands-on legal work with responsibility for leading, supporting and developing a team of solicitors, fee earners and paralegals.
The role will focus predominantly on financial mis-selling, motor finance and PCP claims, including matters relating to undisclosed commission arrangements and consumer credit.
The Role
You will manage your own caseload while taking responsibility for the day-to-day performance and development of the wider legal team.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Managing a caseload of financial mis-selling and consumer credit claims from instruction through to resolution
- Handling PCP and motor finance mis-selling claims
- Dealing with claims involving undisclosed commission and other financial arrangements
- Providing technical legal guidance and support to solicitors, fee earners and paralegals
- Reviewing case strategy, pleadings, correspondence and evidence
- Drafting and reviewing letters of claim, statements of case and litigation documentation
- Managing claims involving lenders, finance providers, brokers and dealerships
- Conducting settlement negotiations
- Managing matters progressing through the Financial Ombudsman Service and litigation
- Acting as a point of escalation for complex or technically challenging cases
- Monitoring case progression, quality, compliance and performance
- Coaching and mentoring members of the team
- Supporting performance management and workload allocation
- Identifying opportunities to improve processes, workflows and team performance
- Working with senior management on departmental strategy and growth
About You
You will be a qualified solicitor in England and Wales with strong litigation experience and a background in financial services, consumer credit or financial mis-selling.
Experience in the following areas would be particularly relevant:
- PCP and motor finance claims
- Motor finance mis-selling
- Consumer credit litigation
- Financial mis-selling
- Undisclosed commission claims
- FCA-regulated financial services disputes
- Financial Ombudsman Service complaints
- High-volume claimant litigation
- Consumer disputes involving lenders, brokers or finance providers
Previous experience of managing or supervising a legal team is highly desirable.
The business would also consider a strong senior solicitor who has acted as a technical lead, supervised junior colleagues or taken responsibility for team performance and is now looking to move into a formal management position.
What We’re Looking For
- Qualified Solicitor with a current practising certificate
- Strong litigation and case management experience
- Demonstrable experience within financial mis-selling, consumer credit or a closely related area
- Specific PCP or motor finance experience highly desirable
- Excellent drafting and analytical skills
- Strong understanding of litigation procedure
- Commercial and pragmatic approach to case management
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to manage your own caseload alongside leadership responsibilities
- Experience coaching and developing junior legal professionals
- Strong organisational and time-management skills
- Comfortable working autonomously in a 100% remote environment
- Strong understanding of regulatory, compliance and risk requirements
The Opportunity
This is an opportunity to join a growing specialist legal business at a senior level, combining fee-earning responsibility with genuine team leadership.
The successful candidate will play an important role in developing the department, improving processes and supporting the continued growth of the firm’s financial mis-selling practice.
The position is 100% remote, with no requirement to work from an office.
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