Legal Counsel - Sydney, Australia - OFX

OFX Sydney, Australia

Found in: Talent AU C2 - 1 day ago

Full time

Description

Job Description

Purpose of your role

Join our Global Legal team as a Legal Counsel. In this critical role, you'll play a central part in managing vendor contracts, providing ASX company secretarial support, ensuring meticulous privacy compliance, and facilitating business expansion throughout the region.

This role leverages the advantages of OFX's hybrid work model. Come into the office with purpose for collaboration with your team, while also enjoying focused productivity from the comfort of your home.

What you do

Draft, review, and negotiate a spectrum of commercial contracts.
Provide legal counsel on diverse commercial, privacy, licensing, and regulatory issues.
Assist in Company Secretarial matters.
Review and approve marketing content across various platforms in APAC.
Draft and review partner/enterprise agreements in APAC.
Proactively identify, escalate, and advise on legal and regulatory risks.
Craft and review internal policies/procedures for consistency and compliance.
Collaborate with global Legal Team and business stakeholders on global initiatives.
Aid the global Legal Team in developing and streamlining processes for efficiency.

Qualifications

Law degree with superior academic credentials from a nationally-recognised law school.
Current practicing certificate in an Australian Jurisitction

Knowledge, skills, experience

PQE: 2 to 5 years.
Experience as a lawyer in a major law firm, with in-house experience being advantageous.
Familiarity with financial services is desirable.
Proficiency in legal research, drafting, and providing general commercial legal advice.
Excellent analytical, written, and oral communication skills, along with strong relationship-building abilities.
Demonstrated adaptability to learn new legal areas.
Possession of a commercial and pragmatic attitude.
Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills.
Ability to work independently and efficiently in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple tasks while maintaining high standards of detail.

Additional Information

What it's like working at OFX

We're OFXers because we want to make a difference. We see challenges as opportunities and we're not afraid to roll up our sleeves to get stuff done. We're committed to making things easier for our clients, pushing boundaries and continuing to move with the times so that we can continue to inspire confidence every day and through every transaction.

We operate as one team, cross-functionally and globally, to drive outcomes that deliver excellence for our customers. We're curious self-starters who love learning and sharing our knowledge with others. We embrace change and use our initiative and resilience to overcome challenges.

Always keep learning. We offer a wide range of learning and career development opportunities to help every OFXer build their capacity and career, with leadership training, secondments, internal mobility and access to a large library of online learning.
Make a difference. Through our Make a Difference program, we encourage OFXers to give back to causes and communities that are important to them. We celebrate this with an annual volunteer day, which OFXers can use together or individually, as well as matched giving and the opportunity to nominate charity of choice every quarter.
Reward and recognition. We recognise a job well done. OFXers are encouraged to celebrate their peers' effort, technical expertise or support through a range of global and regional channels and awards, including quarterly and annual awards, milestones and shout outs.
Showing our social side. Our Good Vibes employee-led committees around the globe organize events to help keep our employees engaged inside and outside the office. Whether it's a wellbeing activity, end of year celebration, or a monthly team get-together, our team wants you to feel welcome
Benefits that mean something. We offer a range of fantastic benefits, including, primary and secondary gender neutral carer parental leave (16 weeks) or birthday leave, you'll feel well-supported at OFX.
A great work environment. Enjoy work-life balance and flexibility with our hybrid work model, in an inclusive, diverse and non-hierarchal culture.

At OFX, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive and accessible workplace where we value, respect, and encourage our people to be their authentic selves. With an employee base as diverse as the clients we serve, we know that fostering an inclusive workplace is fundamental to our continued success. If you require accommodation for any portion of the recruitment and hiring process, please email us at

We encourage you to apply if this role aligns with your career aspirations.

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