Senior Legal Counsel

Lendi Group; Sydney; Híbrido; AUD 180.000 - 240.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Hybrid working

Parental Leave 18–26 weeks

Loyalty Leave

Wellbeing programmes

Descripción de la vacante

Lendi Group is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to deliver commercially focused legal advice across mortgage broking, lending, franchising, technology and AI‑enabled initiatives. Reporting to the General Counsel, you’ll partner with senior leaders to navigate complex regulatory matters and drive practical, risk‑aware decisions.

This hands‑on role requires a strong business mindset, ability to influence senior stakeholders and to lead external counsel and budgets.

Formación

• 6+ years’ legal experience in regulated environments.
• Law degree and practising certificate.
• Ability to translate complex legal issues into practical advice.
• Experience drafting and negotiating commercial agreements.
• Proactive identification and management of risks while supporting commercial objectives.

Responsabilidades

• Provide commercially focused legal advice to senior leaders across the Group.
• Partner on strategic initiatives, products, regulatory changes and system improvements.
• Advise on AI governance and privacy, regulatory, contractual considerations.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Liaise with regulators and external counsel, manage legal budget and processes.

Conocimientos

Legal experience

Commercial judgement

Contract drafting

Regulatory risk management

Stakeholder influence

Team collaboration

Educación

Law degree

Practising certificate

Herramientas

Contract management systems

MS Office

Descripción del empleo

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Legal Counsel to join Lendi Group and provide commercially focused legal advice across our diverse and evolving business.

Reporting to the General Counsel, you’ll work across mortgage broking, lending, buyer’s agent services, franchising, technology, data and AI‑enabled initiatives. You’ll partner closely with senior leaders and teams across the Group, helping them navigate complex legal matters, manage risk and confidently bring new ideas to life.

This is a broad, hands‑on role for a commercially minded lawyer who enjoys variety, solving complex problems and finding practical ways forward in a fast‑moving environment.

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.

Qualifications

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.

Additional Information

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 programmes 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.

To learn more about life at Lendi Group check out our blog: https://www.lendi.com.au/inspire/category/life-at-lendi/