Job Description:
As a senior legal counsel, you will be instrumental in driving the organization'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 relevant laws and regulations
* 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 7-10 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)
* Strong knowledge of financial services laws and regulations, including ASIC and APRA frameworks
* 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