Address- Working within a hybrid model with work from home flexibility.
- Leverage your previous commercial agreements, including procurement, partnership and technology agreements and supporting M&A experience.
- 12-month contract role, flexible location Brisbane or Sydney.
We are seeking a Senior Lawyer to join our Corporate Legal Advisory team. The successful candidate will support a broad range of areas within Suncorp and provides legal advice on M&A (and divestment) activity, head office advisory, investments, group capital activities, real estate and general commercial agreements including outsourcing, procurement, technology and partnering.
This is a role where you can positively contribute towards providing commercially astute legal and strategic advice to our key internal clients and focus on results instead of billables. Our preference is to fill this role with a Senior Lawyer of 6+ years’ experience, with applicants of 6+ years of relevant experience also welcome to apply.
What you’ll do
Reporting to the Manager, Legal, your key accountabilities will include:
- Act as a point of technical escalation for the majority of matters in your functional areas.
- Actively identify matters which have the potential to significantly impact the Group’s interests and ensure appropriate escalation of such matters.
- Provide, and supervise the provision of, expert legal advice to your functional areas which protects the interests of the Group, its Directors and Officers and that is consistent with the relevant Risk Appetite statement.
- Actively promote a ‘one team’ approach across the Legal & Secretariat function.
- Operate autonomously with minimal supervision.
- Provide supervision and oversight of lawyers in the Corporate Advisory team on technical matters to develop and grow capability and minimise risk.
- Being fiscally responsible including through appropriate management (and minimisation) of external legal spend.
- Operate within relevant approved Risk Appetite Statement/s including complying with all laws, regulations and policies.
What you’ll bring
- Tertiary qualifications in Law – Mandatory.
- Current Practicing Certificate – Mandatory.
- Admission as a Solicitor or Barrister in any Australian Court – Mandatory.
- Relevant legal experience at a lawyer level – Mandatory.
- Minimum 6+ years previous relevant legal experience - Mandatory
- Of which, minimum 3+ years financial services experience - Mandatory
- Experience in a major law firm and/or as in-house counsel, preferably in an insurance environment – Desired
- Strong drafting, advisory and negotiation experience with software/technology and commercial supply agreements – Desired
- Experience advising on professional indemnity claims and/or regulatory issues – Highly regarded.
- Ability to provide high quality legal services.
- Ability to handle complexity and uncertainty.
- Strong customer service and relationship management focus.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
What we can offer
- Flexible working arrangements with the possibility of part time for the right applicant and the ability to work from home 2-3 days per week.
- Collaborative and strategically focussed work environment, being part of a team that prides itself on the vibrancy of our discussions to resolve technical legal and commercial issues.
- Discounts and offers on a range of retail favourite stores as well as banking and insurance products.
- A range of flexible working and leave options, including 20 weeks paid parental leave with no waiting period, domestic violence leave and unlimited emergency services leave.
- Invest in your brighter future with ongoing career development programs.
- Give back to our communities with payroll giving, donation matching and paid volunteer leave.
- We offer support and various programs for our people: Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Health & Wellbeing, Study Support, Employee Referral Program, Facilities for nursing mothers, Company share options, Social club, Years of Service Recognition.
About Suncorp Group
We’re proud to be a part of the Suncorp Group family alongside some of Australia’s most trusted and diverse names in insurance. Together, we share a drive to make the complex simple and bring our customers peace of mind when it matters most while helping to evolve and innovate the ways we can serve our community every day. That comes with all kinds of exciting opportunities for you to grow your own career. Whether you’re guiding people through life’s biggest moments or providing them with support in times they need it most, you’ll be driven forward by our shared customer obsession and supported at every step of the journey.
For over 100 years Suncorp Group has been driven by our guiding purpose to build futures and protect what matters. To ensure we deliver on that purpose, we’ve made a commitment, built on trust, empowerment, and flexibility to help our people unlock their full potential and unleash their best and brightest selves. With the backing and support of some of the most trusted names in insurance, the Suncorp Group family provides our people with every opportunity to grow their career as they make a meaningful difference for our customers and our communities. We’re excited about what we can achieve together, working every day to be better, do more and realise the future we want to see just beyond the horizon.
The health and safety of our people, customers and communities is our number one priority. This means that we require all of our new employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Please speak to us if you have any questions about this based on your individual circumstances.
If this opportunity sounds like the challenge you have been looking for, please apply online today.
Advertised: 27 Sep 2022 AUS Eastern Standard Time
Applications close: 11 Oct 2022 AUS Eastern Daylight Time
