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 millions of customers.

About the Role

ANZ is embarking on an ambitious strategy to build a better bank for the future.  The Strategic Partnerships team seeks to leverage the capabilities of ANZ and its chosen partners to create an ecosystem of value-added products and services across the entire ANZ customer lifecycle. Join ANZ as we partner with great businesses and attempt to transform our customer experience using the latest platforms and technology to better support our customers’ financial wellbeing.  

As a Senior Lawyer in Corporate Legal, you will play a key role in providing practical legal advice and developing innovative solutions to business stakeholders. You will focus on assisting our Innovation, Partnerships and Design Portfolio to negotiate commercial agreements, alliances and other opportunities with ANZ’s strategic partners.

Banking is changing and we’re changing with it, giving our people great opportunities to try new things, learn and grow. Whatever your role at ANZ, you’ll be building your future, while helping to build ours.

Role Type:  Permanent, Full Time
Role Location:  Melbourne, VIC

What will your day look like?

• Providing commercial legal advice with a solutions-focussed approach.

• Negotiating and drafting documentation to execute complex partner transactions and novel partner relationships.

• Proactively helping stakeholders understand the legal and banking regulatory landscape and its impact on their transactions, projects, and initiatives.

• Working closely with privacy, data and technology lawyers across ANZ as well as other risk and enablement functions.

• Instruct and manage external law firms who provide additional assistance from time to time.

• Continuously evaluating and improving the way the legal services are delivered, including to continuously improve cost efficiency.

• Delivering actionable guidance and knowledge initiatives to the business to build capability and awareness of legal issues in partnerships.

What will you bring?

To grow and be successful in this role, you will ideally bring the following:

• Be admitted to practice in Victoria.

• Have 7+ years post-qualification experience with a law firm or equivalent in-house experience in a corporate or innovation environment (ideally with some financial services or technology experience).

• Have a commercial contracting focus with experience in drafting and negotiation.

• Be a practical problem solver and communicator, capable of working through complexity and unblocking issues.

• Strengths as a trusted adviser, capable of initiating, building and maintain effective relationships across a diverse range of stakeholders.

You’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.

To find out more about working at ANZ, visit https://www.anz.com.au/careers. You can apply for this role by visiting ANZ Careers and searching for reference number 92569.

Job Posting End Date

04/05/2025 , 11.59pm, (Melbourne Australia)