Corporate Counsel

Your Opportunity

As our Corporate Counsel, you will play a key role in providing timely, pragmatic legal advice across a broad range of strategic corporate and commercial matters. You’ll help safeguard Cuscal’s reputation by proactively identifying and managing legal risks, ensuring the organisation remains well‑positioned to make informed strategic decisions within an acceptable risk profile.

Success in this role relies on your ability to work closely with the business, building trusted and influential relationships with leaders and stakeholders across the organisation. You’ll act as a true business partner—supporting decision‑making, enabling growth, and ensuring Cuscal’s legal framework remains strong, future‑focused, and fit for purpose.

You'll also make an impact by:

• Working closely with and report to Senior Group Corporate Counsel  
• Proactively initiating proposals for legal operations, cost reductions and identify appropriate benchmarks for efficiency.  
• Providing legal advice and guidance across a broad range of areas 
• Advising Cuscal on its legal rights and obligations and identify legal solutions to eliminate or mitigate legal and regulatory risk 
• Ensuring that the Chief Legal & People Office and legal team are informed of new or proposed legislation on regulatory activity that may affect Cuscal’s operations and have oversight as necessary to ensure regulatory changes are fully embedded in the business.  
• Reviewing, drafting and negotiating vendor contracts and other commercial arrangements or safeguarding Cuscal’s interest.  
• Participating in developing company policies on legal issues. 

Qualifications

What you'll bring

You’ve got an eye for detail with strong communication skills and a real knack for building relationships. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are driven to contribute to a dynamic team. 

To succeed in this role, you’ll have:

• 5+ years experience as a corporate or commercial lawyer.
• Strong understanding of the financial services legislative and regulatory environment.
• Working knowledge of financial services regulation, payments, AML, NCCP, Privacy and other relevant codes and laws.  
• Ability to interpret complex regulatory frameworks and apply them in a commercial context.
• Exceptional communication skills and be detail orientated.
• Ability to meet deliverables despite ambiguity, think quickly under pressure, and remain calm when the pace shifts upwards. 

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have some of the following:

• Experience gained in a top‑tier private practice firm.
• Previous in‑house legal experience.
• Exposure to ADI or prudential regulatory requirements.
• A strong interest in financial services and payments, ideally with hands‑on experience in the sector.

Additional Information

Why Cuscal? 

At Cuscal, you’ll find a strong, successful company that’s reimagining the future. And our team is right there at the heart of it all.   

Here, you’ll deliver or support interesting, ground-breaking work that has real impact - on Australia’s financial services sector and the millions of customers it serves.  

You’ll innovate alongside skilled, smart, connected teams. 

And you’ll build an impressive, fulfilling career that continues to grow.   

You’ll also enjoy a range of benefits, including: 

• Recognition and growth: Celebrate achievements through IGNITE and grow with tailored development opportunities. 
• Wellbeing focus: Access initiatives supporting physical, mental, and financial health, plus discounts via ‘Cuscal Advantage.’ 
• Diversity and inclusion: Join a workplace that values different perspectives and flexible work arrangements. 

Join us and reimagine the future 

Ready to make an impact? Click APPLY to join Cuscal’s Group Risk & Compliance Transformation Program today. 

If you’re excited about this opportunity, we’d love to explore how you can contribute to our vision for the future. Screening and interviews may occur before the job ad closing date, so don’t wait - apply now. 

Cuscal is an equal opportunity employer committed to an equitable, diverse, and socially inclusive work environment and a positive, barrier-free recruitment process.  

We welcome applicants from an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, people living with a disability, LGBTQIA+ and people from culturally diverse backgrounds to explore career opportunities with Cuscal.   

Note: Cuscal does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or search firms.