Senior Group Corporate Counsel, Payments

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Sydney; Híbrido; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid work model

IGNITE program

Wellbeing focus and Cuscal Advantage

Equal opportunity employer

Descripción de la vacante

Cuscal is seeking a Senior Group Corporate Counsel, Payments to partner with stakeholders and provide trusted legal and regulatory advice. You will help shape commercial outcomes by drafting, negotiating and advising on a broad range of agreements.

In this in-house role, you will manage complex legal matters, oversee external legal budgets, and ensure compliance with financial services laws and regulations while supporting growth in Australia.

Formación

• Experience advising on financial services regulation and compliance.
• In-house or financial services experience in contracts.
• ASX-listed company experience preferred; AML/CTF knowledge.

Responsabilidades

• Manage a wide range of legal issues with the business.
• Provide expert legal advice to Cuscal's business units and subsidiaries.
• Liaise with external legal providers and manage resources.

Conocimientos

Financial services compliance

In-house contract negotiation

Regulatory knowledge

Descripción del empleo

Senior Group Corporate Counsel, Payments

• Full-time

Forward with Cuscal

At Cuscal, our Commercial and Business teams are the backbone of our organisation. From supporting clients and driving growth to ensuring compliance, managing finances, and fostering a positive workplace culture, our people play a vital role in achieving our commercial objectives while staying true to our values.

If you’re looking for a role where your skills and ideas make a real impact, join us to help shape the future of payments in Australia.

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 Cuscal's growth.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a wide range of legal issues with the business
• Provision of expert legal advice and guidance to Cuscal's business units and various subsidiaries in respect of all legal and regulatory matters and policies
• Liaising with Cuscal's 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

• 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.

Why Cuscal?

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that’s reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all.

Here, you’ll deliver ground-breaking work that has real impact - on Australia’s financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves. You’ll innovate along side skilled, smart, connected teams. And you’ll build an impressive, fulfilling career that continues to grow.

You’ll 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:

For further information about this role please contact Nicola Liney at [e-mail]

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.