Req ID: 77557
Department: Legal Institutional Australia Coverage
Division: Legal & Corporate Governance
Location: Melbourne
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 customers. Our Institutional bank helps our largest customers move trade and capital around the region, providing our people with great opportunities to build their technical expertise and their careers.
About the Role To provide legal support to ANZ's Institutional Division by providing business-oriented advice and solutions. The role sits within the Corporate Banking & Institutional Legal Group Services (ilgS) team which supports the Corporate Banking business and the Institutional business globally on higher volume lower risk matters. The successful candidate will also support credit, risk, compliance, and enablement partners of supported business areas.
Role Type: Permanent, Full Time
Location: Melbourne or Sydney
What will your day look like? Drafting documents – drafting, amending, and negotiating facility documents and documents relevant to customer accounts, including consent letters and other notices.Advising on documents – advising on ANZ's rights and obligations under facility documents, including letter of offer documentation, facility agreements, securities and guarantees.Reviewing documents – reviewing documents to facilitate the provision of banking and financial services, including non-disclosure agreements, authority documents and support letters.Providing legal advice – providing high quality, strategic, commercially relevant, and timely advice on legal and regulatory issues and risks arising in connection with transactions and business operations and providing advice on mitigants.Liaising with external counsel – instructing external counsel or assisting the business to instruct external counsel with a view to ensuring delivery of cost-effective and high-quality legal services.Strategic objectives – participating in internal projects and assisting the business to achieve their strategic objectives.Templates and guides – developing and maintaining legal documentation, templates, guides, and checklists.In addition, the responsibilities will include building and maintaining excellent relationships across the legal team, the business and other stakeholders and contributing positively to the timely and efficient delivery of products and services to customers and helping to achieve business and customer objectives.
What will you bring? To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:
At least 2 years' post qualification legal experience from either:a top tier Australian law firm (or equivalent foreign law firm) with experience in banking and finance law; and/oran authorised deposit-taking institution or listed financial institution.Demonstrated transactional banking and finance skillsDemonstrated experience in the provision of technically excellent, strategic and solutions orientated legal adviceProven ability to exercise excellent judgement in the identification and management of risksExcellent written and verbal communication skills and good attention to detailDemonstrated capacity to work under pressure and in a changing environment in an accurate, calm and timely manner with the ability to reprioritise work to meet changing demandsStrong interpersonal skills with the confidence to liaise and collaborate effectively with business and other stakeholdersStrong team ethic and growth mindsetYou'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.
You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 77557.
Job Posting End Date: 14/10/2024, 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)
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