TSB is a New Zealand owned bank on a real mission – we want to help our customers get ahead and make their banking experience as easy as possible.
About the Role
We have an exciting new opportunity for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join the TSB legal team. Reporting to the Associate General Counsel (Customer and Product), as Senior Legal Counsel you will act as a key advisor and partner to the business, providing effective legal guidance and leadership across our organisation and external stakeholders.
As Senior Legal Counsel in the Legal (Customer and Product) team, you'll work closely and collaboratively with our business partners to help TSB to deliver our award-winning products to our customers, and to continue to provide top-tier customer service.
This is an ideal role for a Senior Legal Counsel looking for their next challenge in an environment where you seek autonomy and scope to make your mark in an organisation that delivers profit for purpose, whilst enjoying the benefits of good work/life balance.
Who are you?
As a member of a small but perfectly formed legal team you'll identify, understand, and advise on legal and compliance risks, and help ensure that our operations are compliant with relevant legislation. This includes advising on consumer law matters, fair trading, consumer credit, business banking, financial advice, financial conduct, AML and/or FATCA.
Other responsibilities include supporting our commercial and SME business, reviewing contracts, negotiating and drafting product terms, reviewing marketing material and ensuring the business is informed about changes to existing legislation (or proposed new legislation) impacting on the operations of the business.
Specifically, you will be responsible for:
Supporting the delivery of strategic and tactical legal initiatives
Providing legal advice, support, and direction to the wider organisation
Managing external legal relationships
Providing advice in the development of corporate policies and procedures
To succeed in this role, you will have:
Bachelor of Laws and a current NZ Practicing Certificate with 8+ years PQE in financial services (in-house legal experience desirable but not essential).
Experience with financial services and consumer credit regulation, fair trading, commercial / business banking, and/or AML laws would be beneficial.
Broad technical experience and a proven ability to adapt to a wide-ranging set of legal matters.
Exceptional communication skills and a proven ability to influence.
Proven problem-solving capabilities.
Who are we?
At TSB, we're small enough to really care about our customers but big enough to have great rates, innovative products, and digital solutions. We are looking for people to help us achieve our goal of being the easiest bank to deal with.
We aim to create remarkable experiences for our people, who in turn create remarkable experiences for our customers.
By working with us, you'll be a part of a profit for purpose organisation. We're 100% owned by Toi Foundation, a philanthropic trust, and our annual dividends contribute to Toi's transformational impact in our community.
We believe that we all bring something unique to our workplace and when we are encouraged to be ourselves, TSB is stronger for it. That's why we're committed to supporting your wellbeing, creating space for you to be your best self, both in and out of work, and enabling you to make a meaningful difference in our communities.
To find out more about life at TSB view our Careers page:
For a copy of the Job Description visit Senior-Legal-Counsel---Customer-and-Product---Position-Description-2024.pdf
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