Job Description

Legal Counsel - Commercial Contracts

Hybrid working: we spend 2 days together a week, with this role based in our Manchester, Spinningfields office.

Help households save money, and become a member of our in-house legal team.

At

MONY Group

, we've spent the last 30 years making it easier for people to save on their household bills, growing beyond comparison to support multiple areas of daily spending. Today, we're a thriving, agile business unit with a big mission: deliver innovative partnerships backed by the scale and support of a wider Group infrastructure. Our work is fast-paced, collaborative, and constantly evolving - just like the team that powers it.


We're now looking for a dedicated

Legal Counsel specialising in Commercial Contracts

to join our dynamic legal team. If you're a commercially-minded solicitor or barrister with the ability to translate complex contracts into business-savvy outcomes, we want to hear from you!

What you'll be doing:

Draft the deals that drive our business:

from B2B partnerships to supplier agreements and affiliate marketing contracts, you'll draft, review and negotiate a wide variety of high-impact commercial agreements.

Be a key legal partner across the Group:

work closely with our procurement, commercial, and data protection teams to support innovation and deliver smart, compliant solutions.

Lead with knowledge:

take ownership of our contract training initiatives and ensure our precedents stay sharp, relevant, and ready for action.

Own our contract lifecycle:

keep things running efficiently through the management of our Docusign Contract Management System.

Tackle customer challenges with confidence:

advise on customer-facing legal issues and help resolve queries and complaints with clarity and care.

Get the best from external counsel:

manage external legal advisors and translate complex advice into practical, business-friendly guidance.

Make your mark across the business:

contribute to legal training, governance reporting, and key cross-functional projects that shape how we work and grow.

What you'll bring to the role:

You're a

UK-qualified solicitor or barrister

with strong experience in commercial contract drafting. You've got a proven

grasp of commercial law and data protection

and you know how to apply that knowledge in a practical, business-focused way. You're confident drafting and negotiating contracts that hold up to scrutiny and support commercial success. You're a

natural communicator

who can engage with colleagues at every level and make complex legal issues easy to understand. You're a

self-starter

who brings energy, initiative, and a positive attitude - but you also know the value of teamwork and collaboration. You're curious, commercially aware, and excited to

learn the business inside out

so you can make a real impact.

Nice-to-haves:

Experience working

in-house

and understanding how legal advice fits into the bigger business picture. Exposure to

marketing or technology contracts

Why join MONY Group?

At MONY Group, we don't just value your expertise; we value your ideas. You'll join a vibrant team that champions innovation, celebrates individuality, and shares a genuine passion for making a difference. We offer a culture where people feel empowered, supported, and inspired to go beyond.


Whether you're seeking your next challenge or a new environment where you can grow and shape the future of legal within a dynamic, digitally driven business - this could be your next move.

Ready to make a real impact?

Apply today and help us power the partnerships that help households save.


Our benefits include up to 30 days holiday, a bonus, enhanced parental leave, and tools that empower our supportive culture. You can find a full list here.


We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.


We're an inclusive, anti-racist and equal opportunity employer that values diversity. This means we respect and embrace differences in gender identity, race, ethnic origin, sexual expression and orientation, religion and faith, age, marital status, disability, neurodiversity, social background, education and way of thinking. We're a place where you can be you.


Our customers and users come from different backgrounds, as do our colleagues. We welcome applications from everyone, and particularly encourage women and Black, Asian and ethnic minority candidates to apply as we're actively building representation that's more closely reflective of the communities we serve. Our appointments are made on merit, following a robust and objective assessment process, and the candidate with the highest score is offered the role. If you're passionate about our purpose of helping households save money and excited about what you could accomplish here, we'd love to hear from you.


We understand that job adverts only say so much and you're likely to have a lot of questions. If you'd like to know anything before applying such as more on the location, salary, our parental leave policy etc, please just let us know and we'll be happy to help. You can contact the recruiter for this role, Tom at tom.wood@monygroup.com