Lawyer or Senior Lawyer, Transactional Banking
4 weeks ago
Lawyer or Senior Lawyer, Transactional Banking (Government & Corporates)
Role summary: Provide strategic legal guidance to Westpac's Global Transaction Services (GTS) to support business growth, navigate regulatory and competitive landscape for payments products, and lead negotiations on a wide range of customer and commercial contracts.
What's the role?The Global Transaction Services (GTS) business at Westpac provides transactional banking and payments solutions to governments, large corporates and small business customers. GTS also manages Westpac's participation in various payment systems (New Payments Platform, BECS, SWIFT) and helps set the payments strategy for the Westpac group. In this role, you will provide strategic legal guidance to GTS to support business growth, help the business to navigate a shifting regulatory and competitive landscape for payments products and lead negotiations on a wide range of customer and commercial contracts. This is an opportunity to support an established business at a major bank that is passionate about customers and motivated to grow. The role will give you valuable insights into how money moves through our banking system, how companies of all sizes manage their banking needs and cutting-edge developments in payments technology.
What do I need?- 7+ years PQE
- Solid private practice and/or in-house experience in financial services, advising on banking products and regulatory obligations and issues
- Strong experience in commercial contract drafting and negotiation
- Energetic self-starter who shows initiative, is excellent at building strong relationships and is keen to grow and learn
- Some experience in advising on digital products and platforms and associated privacy and data issues – this is not critical but will be highly regarded
We're obsessed with becoming our customers' #1 banking partner for life and we're looking for people who are passionate about helping us achieve that goal. In return we're committed to making Westpac the best place to work in the country. Here are just a few of the ways we're already doing that:
- Special offers on banking products and discounts from top brands, including generous employee-only mortgage rates
- Flexible work arrangements to help you achieve a greater work/life balance, and a variety of leave options including Culture, Lifestyle and Wellbeing leave
- Tailored learning and development opportunities to help your grow your career within the bank
- Lots of opportunities to contribute to the community by getting involved in volunteering initiatives
- Employment type: Full-time
- Job function: Legal
- Industries: Banking, Financial Services, and Investment Banking
We're all about creating a supportive and inclusive community. We welcome everyone – no matter your age, gender, background, or abilities. We also provide additional support to welcome our veterans, Indigenous Australians and neurodiverse community. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, you can find out more information and additional contact details by visiting the People with Disability and/or needing Accessibility Requirements page on our website.
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