About Us
At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive. Our goal is to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.
About the Role
This role offers an opportunity to become a leading legal expert within ANZ on the Financial Accountability Regime (FAR). The role will work closely with senior stakeholders and provide strategic legal advice on exposure to and compliance with FAR, contributing to the creation of a FAR centre of expertise within Legal & Corporate Governance.
You will report to the Head of Legal, FAR Advisory. Your responsibilities will include providing legal advice on compliance by ANZ Group accountable entities (AEs) and accountable persons (APs) with their FAR obligations, designing and implementing FAR governance frameworks, breach reporting process and related regulatory engagement.
We are changing and evolving as a bank, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you'll be building your future, while helping to build ours.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Contribute to the FAR legal strategy: Work with the Head of Legal, FAR Advisory, to develop a strategic approach to managing legal risk in relation to FAR. This includes identifying potential breach issues, related regulatory engagement and the legal support model for ANZ Group AEs and APs.
2. Provide legal support to the FAR Governance team: Offer day-to-day legal support to the FAR Governance team, including legal advice on FAR Act requirements and interaction with other legal obligations.
3. Strategic legal support to APs and AEs: Provide legal advice on reasonable steps and other aspects of FAR obligations as needed, to support AEs and APs and their teams.
4. Legal advice on FAR breach management and reporting: Provide day-to-day legal advice on the identification, triage, investigation and reporting of any potential FAR breaches.
5. Continuous improvements: Stay up-to-date with changes in law or regulatory expectations and advise the FAR Governance team on changes to processes that are needed.
Requirements:
* Legally qualified, with strong legal experience in banking regulation and/or regulatory investigations.
* Excellent stakeholder management skills, with experience presenting to senior executives.
* Comfortable dealing with ambiguity and navigating complexity.
* Demonstrated experience of collaborating with cross-functional groups to set objectives and produce great outcomes with a talent for identifying commercial solutions.
* Strong organisational and execution skills and the ability to deliver great outcomes on time and within budget despite any competing priorities.
* Resilience and a fast-paced approach with a strong growth mindset.
Why Join Us?
From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.
You'll have the resources, opportunities and support you need to take the next big step in your career. We celebrate diversity and inclusion, and we welcome applications from everyone. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process or the role itself, please let us know how we can support you.