Senior Legal Counsel - Financial Services
- Exclusive to Ink. Financial Services. Melbourne CBD. Up to $250k Base ++
- Senior Legal Counsel-commercial contracting, regulatory advice & governance
- Board and leadership exposure from day one. 6 Month FTC - Likely extension
Join a growing Australian fintech in a senior, hands-on legal role with real influence across the business.
Reporting into the Executive team, you'll be the go-to legal partner across the business, providing practical, commercial advice on a broad range of matters.
Key responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate client, partner and supplier agreements, and maintain standard terms and templates
- Support sales and client teams through negotiations, renewals and tender responses
- Prepare contract variations to reflect new features, regulatory change and client requirements
- Provide practical advice on financial services regulation, AML/CTF, privacy, data protection and consumer law
- Help the business anticipate and respond to regulatory change, and reflect it in agreements and processes
- Provide legal input on new products and initiatives from an early stage
- Use external counsel selectively for specialist or high-stakes matters
- Support Board and governance processes, including meeting papers, minutes, registers and ASIC lodgements
About you
- Admitted Australian lawyer with a current practising certificate and solid post-admission experience
- Financial services legal background, either in-house or private practice
- Strong commercial contracting and negotiation skills
- A genuinely hands-on approach and comfort working at pace
- Experience in fintech, technology or a scaling business is highly regarded
- Governance or company secretarial exposure is a plus
Why apply?
- A small, high-performing team with genuine exposure across the whole business, not a siloed role
- Direct access to senior leadership and the chance to work on substantive, commercial matters
- Real autonomy and ownership of your work
- A front-row seat to significant regulatory change across financial services
- Collaborative and pragmatic culture
- Melbourne based with flexible working
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Senior Legal Counsel - Financial Services in Melbourne employer: Ink Recruitment
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