Legal Counsel

Fluid Recruitment Limited; Wellington; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading New Zealand financial services organisation is seeking a proactive Legal Counsel to join their in-house legal team. This role blends strong legal knowledge with strategic business insight, providing a chance to shape business decisions and company growth while ensuring privacy compliance.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development

Competitive salary

Fully covered Southern Cross Health Insurance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years PQE required.
• Experience in privacy, contracts, or financial services highly desirable.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal guidance on commercial matters to enable business outcomes.
• Support privacy compliance and risk mitigation efforts.
• Assist with governance and board-related activities.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Legal guidance

Privacy compliance

Relationship Building

Risk mitigation

Job description

About the Opportunity

Our client, a leading New Zealand financial services organisation, is seeking a proactive and commercially savvy Legal Counsel to join their busy in-house legal team. This is an exciting chance for a legal professional who wants to blend strong legal knowledge with strategic business insight, contributing directly to the organisation's growth and success.

In this role, you'll partner closely with teams across the organisation to deliver clear, practical legal advice that supports innovation, marketing, and operational goals. You'll play a key part in shaping business decisions with confidence, while helping maintain privacy compliance and occasionally assisting with board governance matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing legal guidance on diverse commercial matters, focused on enabling business outcomes.
• Supporting strategic initiatives and identifying opportunities to improve legal and operational processes.
• Assisting with organisational privacy compliance and risk mitigation efforts.
• Supporting governance and board-related activities as required.
• Building strong internal relationships to become a trusted legal advisor.
• Promoting a risk-aware, business-aligned approach to decision-making.

About You

• Minimum of 4 years PQE
• Demonstrated commercial acumen with a proven ability to align legal advice with business priorities.
• Experience in privacy, contracts, or financial services sectors is highly desirable.
• Excellent communicator with strong relationship-building skills.
• A self-motivated, solution-oriented individual who thrives in collaborative settings.

Why Apply?

• Join a purpose-driven organisation making a real positive impact.
• Access to ongoing professional development to advance your legal and commercial expertise.
• Competitive salary and fully covered Southern Cross Health Insurance.

If you are interested in this opportunity and want to have a confidential discussion, please contact Katie on 027 532 1500 or [e-mail]

www.fluidrecruitment.co.nz