Senior Legal Counsel

About the role

As Senior Legal Counsel, Business Bank, you will provide practical, commercial and timely legal advice across a broad range of banking and finance activities. Working within the Business Bank Legal team, you will support stakeholders across BOQ, BOQ Specialist, BOQ Finance and BOQ Financial Markets, helping the business make informed decisions while effectively managing legal and regulatory risk.

Your work will cover SME and corporate lending, deposit products, equipment and vendor finance, novated leasing, structured finance, foreign exchange products and distribution arrangements. You will advise on the development and amendment of lending and deposit product terms, negotiate bespoke contractual arrangements, and support the structuring, negotiation and settlement of transactions.

You will also provide legal guidance on regulatory implementation, customer remediation, mandatory breach reporting, marketing activities and strategic transformation initiatives. Managing multiple matters and projects at once, you will work closely with stakeholders across Distribution, Product, Credit, Operations, Risk, Compliance and Transformation, providing clear advice, constructive challenge and appropriate escalation when emerging risks are identified.

This is an opportunity to operate as a trusted adviser, lead complex transactions and contribute to projects focused on strengthening, simplifying, digitising and improving the Group’s operations.

About you

You are an experienced Australian legal practitioner with at least eight years’ post-admission experience and strong technical capability developed in private practice, in-house, or a combination of both. Experience within banking and finance will be highly regarded, particularly where you have advised on transactional business banking matters, SME business structures, loan facilities, equipment finance or vendor finance.

You bring a practical understanding of the legal and regulatory environment applying to business banking, supported by foundational knowledge of property, corporate and trust law. You are comfortable interpreting complex legislative and regulatory requirements and turning them into clear, commercially focused advice for a range of audiences.

You are known for your sound legal and commercial judgement, your ability to identify connections across products and business functions, and your confidence in providing constructive challenge or escalating risk when required. You build trust through practical solutions, communicate complex matters clearly and can lead significant transactions and projects with limited supervision.

You are also comfortable using approved AI and legal technology tools to support efficient ways of working, while independently verifying outputs and retaining accountability for the advice you provide.

About us

BOQ Group is a truly unique group of challenger brands with a purpose – to provide a genuine alternative to Australian financial services for customers and employees.

Our family of brands (Bank of Queensland (BOQ), ME Bank, Virgin Money Australia, BOQ Specialist), each come with their own defined customer audience and brand personality, but share one goal – to build social capital through banking. That’s creating trust with customers, exploring staff potential and believing that tiny gestures and big ideas can change the world for communities.

BOQ Group’s inclusive vision is to foster a workspace that values and leverages difference and creates new possibilities, a place where our people feel confident to bring their best selves to work every day. We embrace difference and believe that our workforce should reflect the customers and communities that we serve.

In 2023, we successfully implemented an innovative Reconciliation Plan, driving positive change and promoting inclusivity across BOQ Group.

Our perks

At BOQ Group, we are passionate about creating an exceptional work environment that nurtures both your professional and personal growth.

Our comprehensive benefits package is designed to enhance your well-being, provide financial security, and foster a sense of community and inclusion. Here are just some of the fantastic perks you can enjoy as part of our team:

• Flexible working arrangement - Balance your work and personal life with ease.

• Discounted financial products - Enjoy exclusive rates on our financial services across the Group.

• Salary sacrificing options - Maximise your take-home pay with our salary packaging options.

• Paid parental leave with no minimum requirements - Spend quality time with your new family member without any worries.

• Purchase additional annual leave - Need more time off? You can buy extra leave days.

• Discounted private health insurance plan - Take care of your health with our special rates.

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) - Access confidential support for personal and professional challenges for you and your family

• Access to employee network groups - Connect with peers through our First Nations Reconciliation, LGBTQIA+, Multicultural, Gender, Early Careers, and accessibility groups.

• Pride in Diversity membership: We are proud members of Pride in Diversity and actively participate in the Australian Workplace Equality Index.

We are committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued and supported. Join us and be part of a company that truly cares about its people and community!

How to apply

To apply for this role, follow the links.

BOQ Group is committed to diversity and an inclusive workforce. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People are encouraged to apply.

We celebrate, value and include people of all backgrounds, gender and expressions, sexualities, cultures, bodies and abilities. When you apply, you are welcome to tell us the pronouns you use and please let us know any reasonable adjustments you may need during the interview process.

If you are successful for a role with BOQ Group, it is a condition of employment that background screening is completed to ensure that the Bank complies with its obligations under the Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing Act. These checks may include, but are not limited to identity, verification, reference checks, criminal background checks, immigration checks, verification of academic qualifications, bankruptcy checks.

Please no agency applications.