Permanent, open to full time and part time (4 days)Sydney or Melbourne locationAgile/flexible working arrangements available How will I help? We have an exciting new role as a Lawyer, reporting to the Head of Customer Management Legal, you'll provide expert legal and strategic advice in managing and resolving disputes, both litigated and non-litigated. The role will directly report to Sydney; however, we are open for applicants to apply from Melbourne. What will you do? Work autonomously to advise on, negotiate and resolve a broad range of disputes and legal issue in ways that are practical, commercially focused, and consistent with the Westpac Group's objectives, risk tolerances and governance framework, and in accordance with the highest professional and ethical standards.Work with a variety of stakeholders to manage legal and commercial issues in accordance with Westpac's values and community expectations and in a way that promotes the interests and strategic objectives of the Westpac Group. Be comfortable working in a range of jurisdictions, courts, and tribunals.Actively engage in the management of outsourced litigation to ensure the efficient and timely delivery of outcomes. Identify and monitor existing and emerging legal risks emerging from disputes and litigation. Taking steps to prevent the occurrence of risk incidents and where an incident does occur, ensuring it is managed, escalated, and resolved appropriately. Ensure completion of mandatory training in line with legal, regulatory, and internal compliance requirements.What's in it for me? You'll play a significant part of the future of a business that has been around for 200 years. Our purpose is to create better futures together. So, we'll back you in the development of your career, internal career prospects, and flexible working. You'll also keep learning to grown, backed by a fantastic team of people with a can-do, supportive structure. Whatever shape your family takes, we offer generous paid and unpaid parental leave for your nominated primary and support carers. This includes leave to organise adoptions, surrogacy, and foster care arrangements. And we continue to pay your super contributions while you take all the time you need to get your new family settled. What do I need? You will have proven experience as a litigation lawyer, ideally covering the broad range of dispute resolution activities in the financial services sector. Some expertise in disputes involving bankruptcy and insolvency would be highly valued. You will have at least 5 years' PQE and have a strong understanding or specialisation in banking and finance disputes. Knowledge of AFCA processes and disputes and knowledge of responsible lending obligations, familiarity with mortgages and the consumer lending process is highly desirable. What is it like to work there? We aim to provide one big, supportive team to help us achieve our purpose of creating better futures together. As well as competitive remuneration and a great culture, joining the Westpac family means you will get some of the best banking, wealth, and insurance benefits in the market. We back our employees by helping them work towards industry-recognised qualifications, using online learning, training modules and career planning tools for you to grow with us. We will even pay you to do volunteer or community work. As an equal opportunity employer, we are proud to have created a culture and work environment that values diversity and flexibility – and champions inclusion. How do I apply? Start here. Just click on the APPLY button. At Westpac we are committed to providing a supportive culture and creating diverse, inclusive, and accessible workplaces, branches, products and services for our customers, employees, and community. This role is open to experienced candidates seeking a discussion around workplace flexibility. We invite candidates of all ages, genders, sexual orientation, cultural backgrounds, people with disability, neurodiverse individuals, and Indigenous Australians to apply. If you have questions about the recruitment process, please email ******. Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process? We can provide reasonable adjustments for individuals with disability and/or neurodiversity. If you require an adjustment to be made during the recruitment process at any stage, please call 1800 655 592 Option 2.3 or email ******
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