Job Description
Challenger Limited is an ASX-listed investment management firm managing $***** billion in assets (as at 31 December ****).Life with us is fast moving and always exciting. Together we're driving to deliver our vision to provide our customers with financial security for a better retirement.
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We achieve this goal by providing a work workplace where people from diverse backgrounds, with a range of skills and experiences can contribute and succeed.
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Senior Legal Counsel –RetirementProduct
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Sydney | Permanent | Full-time (part-time considered)
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Looking for genuine variety in your next Senior Legal Counsel role? This position offers broad legal advisory support across multiple business lines - retirement income, insurance and investment management - with a mix of BAU and project work.
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With 5–10+ years PQE, you'll have real scope to take ownership of matters and grow the role well beyond a standard advisory seat, on a platform built for that kind of development.
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Based in our Sydney CBD office (5 Martin Place),you'llenjoy hybrid working - 3 days in office, 2 from home.
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About the role
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This is a senior legal advisory role providing broad support across Challenger's retirement income,
insurance,superannuationand
investment management businesses - spanning product development, strategic partnerships,
regulatoryadviceand
commercial transactions.
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You'lljoin a small, high-performing Legal, Product team as Senior Legal Counsel, with the Life Product team as your primary client.It'sa genuinely varied role: real exposure to everything happening on the product side, ownership of your own matters, and scope to grow in a diverse, challenging seat.
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Reporting to the Head of Legal, Product,you'llwork on a mix of BAU advisory and project work in a collegiate, autonomous team - with close ties to stakeholders across Product,
Distribution,Investments
andRisk and Compliance.
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Whatyou'llbe doing
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This is an opportunity to join a respected legal team that values technical excellence,
commercialacumenand
a collaborative spirit.
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Providelegal advice on the design, development, distribution and ongoing management of retirement income, annuity, life
insurance,superannuationand
investment products
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Advise on current product initiatives,
strategicpartnershipsand
commercial opportunities, including retirement income solutions developed with superannuation funds,platformsand institutional clients
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Advise on financial services regulation including the Corporations Act, Life Insurance Act, Insurance Contracts Act, SIS legislation, APRA
prudentialstandardsand
ASIC requirements-andmonitoremerging regulatory developments
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Advise on distribution and marketing matters, including PDS, adviser and platform relationships, licensing, DDO and disclosure obligations
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Draft, negotiate and advise on a broad range of commercial arrangements, including strategic partnerships, distribution,
technology,outsourcingand
investment management agreements
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Support legal risk management and governance, including regulatory interactions, breach and incident management, and enhancement of legal frameworks and policies
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Build robust relationships with senior business stakeholders across Product,
Distribution,Investments,Risk
and Compliance, acting as a trusted adviser
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Whatyou'llbring
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Approximately 5–10 years PQE, gained in a leading law firm and/or in-house legalfunction, with experience in Life Insurance, Australian Superannuation Legislation, and APRA regulatory requirements, along with knowledge of annuities or other income stream products.
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Strong working knowledge of the Corporations Act, including directors' duties, related
partytransactionsand
trust law.
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Demonstrated experience managing legal risk within a corporate or investment environment.
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Bachelor of Laws (or equivalent) and a current Australian practising certificate.
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Why Challenger
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You'lljoin a supportive, close-knit legal team where autonomy is balanced with genuine collaboration, working on meaningful retirement income solutions for Australians. We offer
competitiveremunerationand
a range of employee benefits.
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We support your growth and development, offer flexibility, and value the unique contributions people bring.
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We provide access to a range of exclusive employee benefits that will support you both personally and professionally and a hybrid work environment including.
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Discretionary bonus scheme.
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Employee share plan.
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Eighteen weeks paid leave for all new parents.
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Flexibility on when, and how, parental leave is taken.
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Challenger Day – one extra day off every year in recognition of the effort our people make.
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Subsidised on-site café and fantastic central location a stone's throw from Martin Place Metro
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Additionalsupport leave (fertility treatment leave, gender affirmationleave).
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Extra superannuation contributions.
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Access to Fitness Passport
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Challenger's employee value proposition guides how we work: Grow and realise your potential, supporting each other, stronger together and making things happen. Our culture encourages curiosity, considered thinking and meaningful contribution, with opportunities to build a broad and rewarding career.
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We are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive and respectful workplace where people of all backgrounds, identities and ways of thinking can thrive, and promoting flexible working to support work-life balance.
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Challenger is proud to be a Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality, a Family Friendly Workplace and recognised as a Bronze Employer in the Australian Workplace Equality Index (AWEI), the national benchmark for LGBTQ+ workplace inclusion.
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📌 Senior Legal Counsel - Retirement Product (New South Wales)
🏢 Challenger
📍 New South Wales