Legal Counsel
Great opportunity to join an award-winning in-house legal team
Summary about this job
Generalists - In-house
Company: National Australia Bank
Location: Melbourne
Work type: Full Time
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Phone: +61-7-5538-1380
Fax: +61-2-2130-3301
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Detail information about job Legal Counsel. Terms and conditions vacancy
- Opportunity to drive best practices in the industry
- Interact with wide range of industry stakeholders
- Work in a strong customer-focused environment
At NAB, we believe success comes from our people. We're committed to supporting your talent and skills through your career, as you help us build a culture that affects positive change for our customers - and for the community too.
This role is part of the Consumer Legal team that is responsible for providing legal support across the ‘product lifecycle’ - developing, building, marketing and distributing of consumer products (including credit products and insurance). Supporting a variety of business units, including our broker partnerships, the team is a valued partner to the business, pro-actively managing legal risk within a changing regulatory environment.
The Legal Counsel is accountable for providing high quality legal advice, ensuring the organisation operates within prescribed legal limits and community expectations, and appropriately manages its risk, in the development and implementation of products and services.
To be successful in this role, you will:
- Be a lawyer with a minimum of 3 + years PQE with knowledge of Australian Consumer Finance law, including National Consumer Credit Code
- Be admitted to practice as a Barrister or Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria, with a current practicing certificate
- Have experience in financial services regulation, particularly AFSL and Australian Credit Licence obligations, as well as regulation and licensing of credit representatives
- Be practical and commercially astute with a strong customer focus
If you are ready to take the next step in your career, we are keen to hear from you!
We embrace diversity of thought, style and working arrangement to ensure our workforce is representative of the community that we service. Have a chat to us about how our support of workplace flexibility can work for you.
To be eligible to apply, you must have Australian or New Zealand citizenship or permanent residency status.
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