Senior Legal Counsel

Lendigroup1; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Wellbeing program

Parental leave

Loyalty leave

Wellness initiatives

Job summary

Lendi Group in Australia seeks an experienced in-house lawyer to advise senior leaders with clear, pragmatic and commercially focused guidance. You will support strategic initiatives, product development and regulatory change while shaping AI governance across legal, privacy and ethics considerations.

You will lead contracting by drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide range of commercial agreements, oversee external counsel, and manage regulatory risks to protect customers and the business.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of legal experience, ideally in financial services, lending, fintech or regulated environments.
• Law degree and current practising certificate.
• Strong commercial judgement translating complex issues into practical advice.
• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Ability to identify and manage legal and regulatory risks while supporting commercial objectives.
• Confident advising senior stakeholders on complex matters.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Provide clear, pragmatic, commercially focused legal advice to senior leaders.
• Partner on strategic initiatives, product development, regulatory changes and system improvements.
• Advise on design and governance of AI-enabled tools and processes with privacy and ethics in mind.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of agreements.
• Oversee external counsel, managing scope, quality and budget.
• Support regulatory matters across consumer credit, AML/CTF and related areas.
• Protect customer and business information and promote information governance.
• Improve Legal team's processes, templates and tools.

Skills

Commercial judgement

Legal drafting

Stakeholder management

Regulatory risk management

Strong communication

Attention to detail

Collaboration

Education

Law degree

Practising certificate

Job description

• Be a trusted legal partner: Provide clear, pragmatic and commercially focused advice to senior leaders and teams across the Group.
• Support strategic initiatives: Partner with the business on new products, projects, acquisitions, regulatory change and improvements to our systems and services.
• Shape responsible AI and innovation: Advise on the design and governance of AI-enabled tools and processes across legal, regulatory, contractual, privacy and ethical considerations.
• Lead commercial contracting: Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of supplier, technology, distribution, service and other commercial agreements.
• Navigate complex regulatory matters: Advise across consumer credit, AML/CTF, competition and consumer law, franchising, real estate licensing, corporate, employment, intellectual property and related regulatory matters.
• Support customer and regulatory matters: Provide legal guidance on complex customer complaints and support engagement with regulators, government agencies and industry bodies.
• Protect customer and business information: Advise on privacy, confidentiality and the appropriate management and use of customer information.
• Make legal support smarter: Help improve the Legal team's processes, templates and tools to make legal support more efficient and scalable.
• Manage external counsel: Oversee external legal providers, including scope, quality and budget, while identifying opportunities to reduce external legal spend.

What You'll Bring

• 6+ years' legal experience , ideally gained within financial services, lending, fintech, technology or another highly regulated environment.
• A law degree and current practising certificate .
• Strong commercial judgement with the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice.
• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Ability to proactively identify and manage legal and regulatory risks while supporting commercial objectives.
• Confidence advising and influencing senior stakeholders on complex or sensitive matters.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with excellent attention to detail.
• High levels of judgement, confidentiality and organisational discipline.
• A collaborative, solutions-focused approach and the ability to build trusted relationships across the business.

Nice to Have

• Experience within mortgage broking, lending, banking, fintech or financial services .
• Knowledge of the NCCP regulatory framework and Australian consumer credit regulation.
• Exposure to franchising, real estate, technology, privacy, AML/CTF or competition and consumer law.
• Experience advising on AI, data, digital products or emerging technology .
• Experience engaging with regulators or industry bodies such as ASIC, ACCC, AFCA or MFAA.
• Experience managing external counsel and legal budgets.

Lendi Group teams operate across Australia and the Philippines. Bringing together diverse expertise, innovative technology and a customer-first approach, our teams work seamlessly to simplify the property journey, helping Australians find, buy and own property with confidence.

We support our people in a variety of ways, but a few of the benefits that our people rave about include:

• A vibrant, relaxed, yet professional culture.
• Hybrid working arrangement designed to support work-life balance, while fostering meaningful connection and collaboration.
• A holistic wellbeing programs offering 24/7 support, including medical, mental health, and financial wellbeing services to enable our workforce to thrive at home and work.
• Generous paid Parental Leave: we celebrate our growing Lendi Group family with 18-26 weeks leave for primary carers and up to 4 weeks for secondary carers.
• An additional week's Loyalty Leave each year after reaching 3 years' service.
• Wellness initiatives with a strong focus on psychological safety.

We're committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community at Lendi Group. We believe that a team reflecting the world around us leads to greater innovation, stronger collaboration, and a more engaging workplace.

Our culture is guided by our 3 core values: We Are Stronger United; Act Like You Own It; and Keep Home Loans Human. Our values are part of our core DNA that helps Lendi Group attract, engage and evolve talent and build best-in-class products.

Feeling like you don't meet all the skills listed? That's ok; we are always on the lookout for different skills, experience, and qualities and so we'd still like to hear from you.