Job Description

What you'll do

Responsibilities (how we will measure success)

- You'll take ownership of legal work and legal risk management across the business, delivering practical, commercially focused legal support.
- You'll provide timely, sound legal advice to senior management and business teams, helping them navigate legal and regulatory matters.
- You'll serve as a key member of the Australia and New Zealand business, collaborating closely with global legal teams across APAC, the US, the UK, Ireland, the Crown Dependencies, and Continental Europe.
- You'll partner with the wider Group Legal team on global initiatives, sharing best practices and contributing to the development of consistent legal frameworks and processes.
- You'll report to the Senior Legal Counsel, APAC, with secondary reporting to the Australian Managing Director, while supporting strategic business objectives in either a full time or part-time (3 days per week) capacity.

Tasks (what does the role do on a day-to-day basis)

- Review, negotiate and draft commercial contracts, including fund or loan administration agreement, trust services agreement, employment agreement.
- Identify, monitor, research and resolve issues relating to commercial contracts and liaising with internal stakeholders, clients and law firms.
- Monitor and handle potential legal disputes.
- Handle corporate secretarial and governance matters, including preparing Board papers and coordinating Board meetings.
- Handle legal integration of AMAL with IQ EQ, including developing agreement templates, data privacy, legal policies, inter-company outsourcing and vendor engagement.
- Under the direction of the Company Secretary, provide support to the Company Secretary in the discharge of statutory, regulatory and corporate governance obligations,



such as provide legal advice on corporate, regulatory and governance matters; assist with the preparation and review of board and committee papers, resolutions and minutes; support compliance with applicable laws, regulations and governance standards; and liaise with external advisers and regulators as required.
- Set up legal team’s structure and processes, such as filings, database.

Key competencies for position and level (see Group Competency model)

- Possess relevant legal skills and experience
- Plans, aligns and being productive
- Being resilient
- Manages conflict
- Communicates effectively
- Builds effective teams
- Ensures accountability
- Optimises work processes
- Manages complexity

Key behaviours we expect to see

- Accuracy
- Approachability
- Team working
- Attention to detail
- Collaboration
- Relationship building
- Proactivity

What We Offer

- Comprehensive remuneration and pension: motivating financial packages based upon market rates for your role and is proportionate to your qualifications, level of experiences and skills profile
- Wellbeing & Engagement: Enjoy additional social benefits including a CHESS club, EAP support, and fitness program. Through regular business and team updates, morning teas, and fortnightly huddles, we create clarity on priorities and expectations, fostering strong engagement, connection, and a positive team culture
- Annual leave: our employees are entitled to 20 days paid leave plus all statutory public holidays
- Work alongside talented teammates across the region, collaborating both in person and remotely in a truly diverse team.
- Flexible working: we recognise the value of working flexibly and want to ensure all employees enjoy an excellent work-life blend. As such, we are open to conversations with employees related to setting up flexible working arrangements

📌 Legal Counsel, ANZ (Haymarket)
🏢 IQ-EQ
📍 Haymarket