About Us

At ANZ, we're shaping a world where people and communities thrive, driven by a common goal: to improve the financial wellbeing and sustainability of our millions of customers.

About the Role

As a Senior Lawyer in the ANZ Institutional Legal Group, you will provide legal advice and support to a specific part of the ANZ business within a designated geographic area. You will be expected to proactively and independently offer the necessary legal support, including handling complex matters and transactions for senior stakeholders. Additionally, you will collaborate with senior risk, compliance, and enablement partners to ensure comprehensive support for the business.

In this role, you will be responsible for offering general legal advice on day-to-day operations with a proactive approach, resolving complex legal, regulatory, or customer issues, and assisting in the assessment and implementation of regulatory changes, strategic initiatives, and growth opportunities.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Type:  11 Month Opportunity, Full Time
Role Location:  Sydney or Melbourne

What will your day look like?

• Provide technically excellent, strategic and solutions orientated legal and regulatory advice to legal, risk and business stakeholders, helping to ensure the right outcomes are achieved.

• Communicate clearly and effectively.

• Develop and demonstrate a strong understanding of the supported business, including its strategic agenda and initiatives.

• Proven ability to build strong relationships with the business.

• Contribute positively to the timely and efficient delivery of products and services to customers by the business, helping achieve business, regulator and customer objectives.

• Contribute to maintaining a well-managed business by identifying, raising and managing legal and regulatory risks and issues.

• Support the business and its operations and risk partners to understand the legal and regulatory landscape, global trends and risks in the execution of their strategic plans, helping to implement changes as appropriate.

• Collaborate across ILG, contributing towards the provision of seamless service to the supported business.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• More than 10 years post-qualification experience as a lawyer (either as an in-house counsel and/or in private practice) with strong technical legal expertise in banking and finance law and proven ability to exercise excellent judgement in the identification and management of legal risk

• Strong understanding of the supported business, including the products distributed by the business and its customers

• Ability to deliver timely legal advice in a way that helps the business achieve its commercial objectives whilst understanding legal risk

• A well-developed risk radar and confidence to speak-up and escalate risks appropriately

You’re not expected to have 100% of these skills. At ANZ a growth mindset is at the heart of our culture, so if you have most of these things in your toolbox, we’d love to hear from you.

So why join us?

From the moment you join ANZ, you'll be doing meaningful work that will shape a world where people and communities thrive.

But it's not just our customers who'll feel your impact. you'll feel it too. Because at ANZ, you'll have the resources, opportunities, and support you need to take the next big step in your career.

We're a diverse bunch at ANZ in different roles, different locations, doing different things. That's why we have a range of flexible working arrangements, so our people can 'make work, work for them'. We also provide a range of benefits including access to health and wellbeing services and discounts on selected products and services from ANZ and more.

At ANZ, you'll be part of an organisation where the different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our people are celebrated. That's because we're committed to building a workplace that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve. We welcome applications from everyone and encourage you to talk to us about any adjustments you may require to our recruitment process or the role itself. If you are a candidate with a disability or access requirement, let us know how we can provide you with additional support.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 93835.

Job Posting End Date

14/05/2025 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)