In-House Legal Counsel - Consumer Banking
Opportunity for a financial services lawyer with strong consumer and business banking experience and a commercial generalist skill set to join a bank with strong values and a purpose-led culture, as it enters an exciting new phase of growth and evolution.
About the Role
This is a high-impact role for an experienced lawyer ready to provide legal guidance across the full spectrum of banking and corporate operations. Reporting to the Chief Legal Officer and working within a respected and collaborative legal team, you will be instrumental in driving the organisation's compliance, governance and risk posture while enabling strategic and operational goals.
This role is ideal for a commercially minded lawyer with broad in-house financial services experience, ready to navigate enterprise-wide legal issues—from mergers and employment law to IP/IT procurement and company secretarial matters.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide clear, commercially focused legal advice across banking, corporate, and financial services matters
* Lead contract negotiation and management, including SLAs, supplier arrangements, finance agreements and corporate initiatives
* Navigate a complex regulatory landscape and ensure compliance with the Corporations Act, Banking Act and relevant ASIC/APRA regimes
* Support board and governance functions, including advice on director duties, conflicts of interest and statutory reporting
* Collaborate with business units on risk management and dispute resolution strategies
* Foster strong stakeholder engagement across senior leadership, regulators and external counsel
Requirements & Experience
* Admitted solicitor in NSW with at least 3–7 years' post-qualification experience in financial services, banking or corporate law
* Expertise in consumer and retail banking law, with an ability to manage a broad portfolio of legal issues (including employment, IP/IT procurement and governance)
* Proven stakeholder management skills and the ability to influence at executive and board level
* A collaborative, pragmatic and commercially minded approach to legal problem-solving
* Familiarity with customer-owned institutions will be well regarded
About Greenfields
Greenfields is a specialist In-House Legal, Company Secretary and Corporate Governance Executive Search & Recruitment firm. Partnering with a diverse portfolio of cross-sector clients including top ASX listed organisations, non-listed organisations, multinationals, small and medium size enterprises, and not-for-profits.
How to apply
Please send your resume in confidence to Aislyn Jennings, Executive Search Partner, at or call for a confidential discussion.
Greenfields will only accept documents in MS Word or PDF format. We do not accept or open external links to profiles or adverts. Only successful candidates will be contacted.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Legal
Industries
* Financial Services and Banking
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