Senior Legal Counsel – International Wealth and Personal Banking

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

At HSBC we exist with the purpose of Opening up a World of Opportunity. We use our unique expertise, capabilities, breadth and perspectives to provide opportunities for our customers and colleagues through global connectivity. We bring together the people, ideas and capital that nurture progress and growth, helping to create a better world – for our customers, our people, our investors, our communities and the planet we all share.

As an HSBC employee in Australia, you’ll have access to tailored professional development opportunities, competitive pay, an embedded flexible working culture and a range of employee benefits. These include market-leading subsidised private health cover, enhanced parental pay and support when returning to work, subsidised banking products and services, bonus leave days and wellness programmes including discounted gym memberships.

HSBC provides you with the opportunity to develop and apply a diverse range of legal skills across a range of businesses and functions in Australia and working within our global, regional and local management structure.  The Legal team plays an important role in providing comprehensive legal advice to senior management in Australia and regionally. The team also advises on, and is actively involved in, all business and operational strategies and initiatives, from legislative and regulatory matters to the setting of policies, standards and procedures for guarding against and reporting on legal risk and reputational management issues.

Taking on the role of Senior Legal Counsel, you will provide legal advice and guidance primarily to our International Wealth and Personal Banking business on issues arising under a wide range of laws and regulations including the Corporations Act, ASIC Act, Banking Code of Practice, ePayments Code and unfair contracts law, AFCA complaints, anti-hawking and Design and Distribution Obligations (DDO).

You will work in a collaborative high-performing in-house legal team, having direct contact with our internal stakeholders with autonomous carriage of your matters.

Responsibilities :

• Providing legal advice, guidance and support relating on wealth, private bank and retail banking products, including advising on issues arising under a wide range of laws and regulations such as the Banking Code of Practice, the Corporations Act, ASIC Act and unfair contracts laws.
• Involved with the reporting of legal risk internally at HSBC, as well as championing legal risk management in the Legal Team.
• Building strong stakeholder relationships achieved through acting as a trusted adviser, ensuring that commercially sensitive, pragmatic and practical legal support and advice is provided in a cost-effective manner.
• Ensuring that matters arising from legal issues are promptly identified to Legal management and assisting in the management of such issues.
• Initiating and implementing change, exploring the use of legal design and legal technology to continuously improve the service offered to our internal and external clients.
• Involvement and contribution to regulatory projects.
• Living organisational values through behaviour and performance outcomes.
• Contribution to the ongoing success of the legal team through sharing knowledge and ideas for continuous improvement.