Senior Group Corporate Counsel, Payments

As Senior Group Corporate Counsel you will play a key role in supporting the Head of Legal and partnering with stakeholders across the business to provide trusted legal and regulatory advice. You will help shape commercial outcomes by managing complex legal matters drafting and negotiating a broad range of agreements and ensuring the organisation operates within a robust legal and compliance framework.

Acting as a strategic advisor you will work closely with business leaders external legal partners and key stakeholders to identify risks solve problems and deliver practical commercially focused legal solutions that support Cuscals growth.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a wide range of legal issues with the business
• Provision of expert legal advice and guidance to Cuscals business units and various subsidiaries in respect of all legal and regulatory matters and policies
• Liaising with Cuscals external legal providers including briefing of matters and advice and assisting in the general management of such resources
• Attending to drafting of deeds agreements and other legal documentation and advising on the most appropriate course of action
• Participation in contract negotiations (including major contracts) including formal negotiation development of strategy and tactical advice as and when required
• Manage external legal budgets
• Support business planning and forecasting processes.
• Provide guidance and advice to on compliance matters
• Assist the business units to achieve a compliance culture and consistent compliance with regulatory and legal frameworks

Qualifications :

• Experience providing financial services regulatory legal and compliance advice 
• Experience with the review and negotiation of commercial contracts in an in-house setting
• Comprehensive knowledge and application of relevant Acts legal and regulatory requirements and ethical standards within a financial services context 
• Proven track record of providing sound commercially based legal advice
• In-house experience in Financial Services or Banking Industry will be highly regarded 
• Experience in an ASX-listed company preferred 
• Conversant with financial services legal and regulatory environment
• Sound working knowledge of AML/CTF Corporations Act Chapter 7 APRA Prudential Standards Privacy and other relevant Codes.

Additional Information :

Why Cuscal 

At Cuscal youll find a strong successful company thats reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all.   

Here youll deliver ground-breaking work that has real impact - on Australias financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. Youll innovate alongside skilled smart connected teams. And youll build an impressive fulfilling career that continues to grow.   

Youll also enjoy a range of benefits including: 

• Work in a hybrid model that supports your lifestyle and goals 

• We celebrate success: Our IGNITE program recognises individual and team achievements. 

• Wellbeing focus: We support your physical mental and financial health with holistic initiatives and access to discounts via Cuscal Advantage.  

Join us and reimagine the future:

If this role excites you wed love to explore your potential and vision for the future. For further information about this role please contact Nicola Liney at

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable diverse and socially inclusive work environment and a positive barrier-free recruitment process. We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage people living with a disability LGBTQIA and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.   

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms. 

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time