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Senior Legal Counsel

2 months ago


Melbourne, Victoria, Australia AFCA Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our team at AFCA. As a Senior Legal Counsel, you will play a key role in providing high-quality legal advice to the broader organisation, ensuring that our legal obligations are met, legal risks are managed, and our interests and reputation are protected.

Key Responsibilities
  1. Lead and Inspire a Team: Lead and inspire a small team of legal professionals to learn, develop, and grow, delivering effective outcomes that ensure the right solutions for our customers, stakeholders, and people.
  2. Provide Trusted Legal Advice: Provide direct, trusted legal advisor support to the Banking & Finance Lead Ombudsmen, Decision Makers, and Dispute Resolution Specialists.
  3. Manage Complex Matters: Manage complex escalated matters, including litigation risk, with a focus on managing reputational risk.
  4. Proactively Manage Legal Risk: Proactively manage legal risk by anticipating issues, identifying opportunities, and proposing solutions.
  5. Monitor and Communicate Changes: Proactively monitor and communicate changes in laws and regulations impacting AFCA's obligations.
  6. Contribute to Strategic Plans: Assist the Head of Legal in contributing to the development and implementation of AFCA's strategic, business, and operational plans.
  7. Provide Leadership and Coaching: Provide leadership, coaching, and development to team members, ensuring they are engaged and able to reach their potential.
  8. Comply with Company Policies: Understand and comply with all applicable company policies, procedures, systems, approach, and guidance documents, legislation, and AFCA rules and guidelines.
About You

To be successful in this role, you will need:

  1. Relevant Qualifications and Experience: Relevant tertiary qualifications in law and a current Australian practising certificate, with a minimum of 10 years PQE in a legal role within banking and finance.
  2. Significant Experience and Knowledge: Significant experience in and knowledge of customer-banker relationships, scams, ePayments Code, lending, corporate and financial service regulation, insolvency, and banking-related privacy issues.
  3. Strong Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Ability to make accountable and logical decisions, with strong interpersonal skills, excellent oral and written communication skills, and a strong attention to detail.
  4. Ability to Work Effectively: Ability to work effectively in a busy and fast-paced environment, with a customer service focus, and the ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.
What's on Offer

We offer a range of benefits, including:

  • Flexible Working Arrangements: Hybrid working from home and our state-of-the-art office and facilities designed for collaboration and wellbeing.
  • Progressive Leave Entitlements: Progressive and inclusive leave entitlements, including flexible public holiday leave, women's health leave, 18 weeks paid parental leave, early and advanced pregnancy loss leave, paid gender affirmation leave, extra personal leave, and paid time off over Christmas.
  • Not For Profit Salary Packaging Benefits: Not For Profit salary packaging benefits.
Life at AFCA

We are a people-centred organisation that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. We strive to create a workplace culture that is fair, inclusive, and accessible. If you are passionate about driving fairness in the financial sector and are looking for an organisation that values the human in all of us, we encourage you to apply.