Paralegal

Volkswagen Financial Services (UK) is seeking a Paralegal to assist and support their Commercial Lawyers within the legal team. The role involves managing legal queries, providing guidance on legal processes, and drafting and reviewing agreements while ensuring compliance with regulations.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of day-to-day legal queries, ensuring instructions are complete, accurate, and delivered within agreed service levels
• Be a trusted advisor to the business, providing clear guidance on legal processes and best practice
• Deliver concise, commercially focused, risk-based legal advice with confidence and professionalism
• Draft, review and negotiate a range of low-risk agreements (including NDAs and funding documents), ensuring they are fit for purpose and legally robust
• Lead the end-to-end document execution process—from quality checks to signing and secure storage—ensuring everything is accurate and enforceable
• Champion quality by meticulously reviewing legal documents and maintaining high standards across all outputs
• Act honestly and with integrity, in accordance with the law and with regulatory requirements
• Drive continuous improvement by enhancing templates, processes and ways of working within Legal
• Build strong relationships across the business and with external counsel to proactively manage legal risk
• Empower teams by delivering engaging training on legal processes and practical guidance
• Support the smooth running of the Legal function through effective coordination and administrative excellence, including invoice management
• Prioritise and manage a varied workload with pace, accuracy and attention to detail
• Stay ahead of legal developments, maintaining up-to-date knowledge and continuously building expertise
• Collaborate with wider Volkswagen Group legal teams and ensure full compliance with internal policies and regulatory requirements

Skills

• You'll have a legal qualification (LLB or the GDL), UK Law degree or, equivalent experience as a paralegal or legal administrator either in-house or in private practise
• You'll have knowledge of the practical application of UK commercial law in a business and, balancing a diverse workload to tight deadlines and regulatory obligations
• You're passionate about delivering exceptional service and creating a seamless experience for the business
• Proactive, resilient and committed, and you have the drive to see tasks through to completion
• You thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, with the ability to learn quickly and adapt
• Experience of researching and collation of complex written information
• Highly organised with strong administrative skills and confidence using Microsoft Office tools
• Positive, enthusiastic and solution-focused, with the initiative to take ownership
• Excellent attention to detail, with a structured and methodical approach to work
• Strong communicator with the ability to present information clearly and professionally
• Flexible and calm under pressure, adapting easily to change and new ways of working
• Approachable and responsive, providing a high-quality service to internal and external stakeholders
• Trusted to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion

Benefits

• Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance)
• Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%). VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution.
• Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehiclesplus car insurance
• OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.
• Other benefits:From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers, access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions).
• Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover, so you can select the benefits that matter to you.
• You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career.
• We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

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