Corporate Counsel

Your Opportunity

As our Corporate Counsel you will play a key role in providing timely pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of strategic corporate and commercial matters. Youll help safeguard Cuscals reputation by proactively identifying and managing legal risks ensuring the organisation remains wellpositioned to make informed strategic decisions within an acceptable risk profile.

Success in this role relies on your ability to work closely with the business building trusted and influential relationships with leaders and stakeholders across the organisation. Youll act as a true business partnersupporting decisionmaking enabling growth and ensuring Cuscals legal framework remains strong futurefocused and fit for purpose.

Youll also make an impact by:

• Working closely with and report to Senior Group Corporate Counsel  
• Proactively initiating proposals for legal operations cost reductions and identify appropriate benchmarks for efficiency.  
• Providing legal advice and guidance across a broad range of areas 
• Advising Cuscal on its legal rights and obligations and identify legal solutions to eliminate or mitigate legal and regulatory risk 
• Ensuring that the Chief Legal & People Office and legal team are informed of new or proposed legislation on regulatory activity that may affect Cuscals operations and have oversight as necessary to ensure regulatory changes are fully embedded in the business.  
• Reviewing drafting and negotiating vendor contracts and other commercial arrangements or safeguarding Cuscals interest.  
• Participating in developing company policies on legal issues. 

Qualifications :

What youll bring

Youve got an eye for detail with strong communication skills and a real knack for building relationships. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are driven to contribute to a dynamic team. 

To succeed in this role youll have:

• 5 years experience as a corporate or commercial lawyer.
• Strong understanding of the financial services legislative and regulatory environment.
• Working knowledge of financial services regulation payments AML NCCP Privacy and other relevant codes and laws.  
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them in a commercial context.
• Exceptional communication skills and be detail orientated.
• Ability to meet deliverables despite ambiguity think quickly under pressure and remain calm when the pace shifts upwards. 

Youll stand out from the crowd if you have some of the following:

• Experience gained in a toptier private practice firm.
• Previous inhouse legal experience.
• Exposure to ADI or prudential regulatory requirements.
• A strong interest in financial services and payments ideally with handson experience in the sector.

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 or support interesting 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: 

• Recognition and growth: Celebrate achievements through IGNITE and grow with tailored development opportunities. 
• Wellbeing focus: Access initiatives supporting physical mental and financial health plus discounts via Cuscal Advantage. 
• Diversity and inclusion: Join a workplace that values different perspectives and flexible work arrangements. 

Join us and reimagine the future 

Ready to make an impact Click APPLY to join Cuscals Group Risk & Compliance Transformation Program today. 

If youre excited about this opportunity wed love to explore how you can contribute to our vision for the future. Screening and interviews may occur before the job ad closing date so dont wait - apply now. 

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. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time