Senior Legal Associate - MSP

Senior Legal Associate – MSP

Join a global legal and compliance function where you will play a key role in supporting MSP and Second-Tier supplier operations across multiple jurisdictions. This opportunity offers the chance to combine commercial contracting, supplier compliance, stakeholder engagement, and team leadership while helping to ensure robust legal and regulatory standards are maintained throughout the global supply chain.

What You'll Be Doing

• Global Legal Support: Provide legal support to the MSP Legal function on MSP and Second-Tier supplier matters across multiple regions.
• Contract Drafting & Negotiation: Draft, review, and negotiate supplier agreements, amendments, letters of intent, and related commercial documents using approved templates and escalation procedures.
• Contract Requirement Analysis: Review executed client contracts to identify flow-down obligations, onboarding requirements, audit provisions, and supplier compliance obligations.
• Supplier Compliance Leadership: Lead compliance reviews covering licensing, insurance, tax, labour, immigration, data protection, sanctions, anti-bribery, and modern slavery requirements.
• Onboarding Decision Making: Approve or reject supplier onboarding applications based on established compliance criteria and risk assessments.
• Risk Assessment: Evaluate risks associated with subcontracting arrangements, invoicing agent models, and extended supply chain structures, providing recommendations to senior stakeholders.
• Programme Implementation Support: Contribute to new MSP implementations and programme enhancements through jurisdiction-specific legal reviews, process mapping, and governance documentation.
• Legal Research & Guidance: Research regulatory requirements across jurisdictions and maintain practical guidance notes, templates, and compliance checklists.
• Audit Advisory: Support compliance audit activities by providing legal interpretation, guidance, and remediation recommendations.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Supply Chain, PMO, Finance, Account Management, and regional legal teams on supplier onboarding and contracting matters.
• Supplier Engagement: Meet with prospective suppliers to explain legal, compliance, onboarding, and regulatory requirements relevant to their operating jurisdictions.
• Team Leadership: Allocate, supervise, review, mentor, and develop the work of Legal Executives to ensure high-quality output and professional growth.
• Documentation & Reporting: Maintain accurate records within document management and workflow systems and provide status updates to the business as required.
• Process Improvement: Identify compliance process gaps and support the development and implementation of operational improvements.
• Governance & Compliance: Ensure activities remain within delegated authority limits and established governance frameworks.
• Professional Standards: Uphold company code of conduct, health and safety requirements, and support business priorities as reasonably delegated.

Why NES Fircroft

• Global Exposure: Work on international supplier, compliance, and legal matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Meaningful Responsibility: Take ownership of supplier onboarding decisions, compliance assessments, and contract negotiations within delegated authority.
• Leadership Opportunity: Manage, mentor, and develop Legal Executives while contributing to team capability and performance.
• Professional Development: Broaden expertise in commercial contracting, MSP operations, compliance, and global legal research.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Engage with a broad range of internal stakeholders and external suppliers across the business.
• Continuous Improvement: Play an active role in shaping processes, governance frameworks, and compliance best practices.

What We're Looking For

• Legal Qualification: Law degree from an accredited law school.
• Relevant Experience: Internal candidates typically possess 24-36 months' experience as a Legal Associate – MSP, while external candidates should have 4+ years of relevant experience, ideally within an in-house legal environment.
• Commercial Contracting Expertise: Strong experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating commercial, supplier, or staffing agreements.
• Industry Knowledge: Working knowledge of MSP, contingent workforce, staffing, subcontracting, or supply-chain arrangements.
• Compliance Knowledge: Understanding of supplier due diligence requirements including employment, tax, immigration, data protection, anti-bribery, sanctions, and modern slavery considerations.
• Research Capability: Ability to analyse legal requirements across multiple jurisdictions and convert findings into clear practical guidance.
• Leadership Skills: Experience supervising, training, coaching, or mentoring junior team members.
• Stakeholder Management: Strong communication and relationship-building skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• Organisation & Prioritisation: Ability to manage competing priorities while delivering work within agreed service levels.
• Systems Proficiency: Competency using Microsoft Office applications, document management systems, and workflow tools.
• Professional Judgement: Strong integrity, sound decision-making capability, and awareness of escalation requirements.
• Continuous Learning Mindset: Commitment to maintaining legal knowledge and supporting ongoing process improvement.

Who Are We?
NES Fircroft is a leading global workforce solutions provider, supporting clients across a wide range of sectors through specialist recruitment, workforce management, and outsourced service solutions. Our teams work collaboratively across regions to deliver compliant, high-quality services while supporting business growth and operational excellence worldwide.

Accessibility & Inclusion
NES Fircroft is committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and are dedicated to providing a recruitment process that is accessible and supportive for all candidates. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we encourage you to let us know.

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