Senior Legal Counsel, Employment Legal
Core
Provide clear, timely, and high-quality legal advice on complex employment and workplace relations matters, including disputes, investigations, and litigation, while managing legal, regulatory, operational, and reputational risk for a large financial group.
Role type
Senior in-house legal counsel (employment law)
Builds
Practical, commercially focused legal solutions and risk management frameworks for the Group's business units and support functions.
Domain
Financial services / Australian employment and workplace relations law
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Australian employment law expertise, enterprise agreements, workplace investigations, litigation management, regulatory compliance, strategic risk assessment, autonomous ownership, stakeholder engagement
Preferred skills
Financial services experience, regulated environment experience, large complex organization experience
Technologies
None stated
Responsibilities
Advise on complex employment matters including performance processes, terminations, executive remuneration, and restructures; Lead workplace and whistleblower investigations; Manage employment litigation and dispute resolution; Monitor legislative and regulatory developments; Partner with HR and Business to deliver practical solutions; Contribute to legal risk management, governance, and policy development.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC