Head of Legal

Lead Hume Bank's legal function and provide trusted, commercially practical legal leadership across regulatory, strategic, operational and customer matters.

- Own Hume Bank's legal risk framework and legal governance practices
- Act as Privacy Officer and strategic adviser to the Board and Executive
- Lead legal strategy across regulatory engagement, licensing, disputes and material transactions
- Shape legal capability and oversee external counsel and legal spend
- Based in Albury or Geelong in a senior leadership role with significant enterprise influence

Why join us?

- Play a pivotal role in protecting and shaping the future of a growing customer-owned bank.
- Partner with the Board, Executive Team and Chief Risk Officer on matters that influence strategy, risk and member outcomes.
- Enjoy a flexible and supportive work environment at our Albury Head Office, with hybrid arrangements available.
- Be part of a values-led organisation where legal advice contributes directly to fair member outcomes and community trust.
- Lead a broad and diverse legal portfolio spanning governance, privacy, contracts, disputes, products and regulatory change.

About the role

Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, the Head of Legal provides enterprise-wide legal leadership that supports Hume Bank's strategy while protecting its members, licences and reputation. The role maintains the Bank's legal risk framework and ensures material legal, regulatory and contractual risks are identified, assessed, escalated and managed appropriately.

Working closely with the Board, Executive and business leaders, you will provide explicit, commercially practical advice across strategic initiatives, products, customer matters, disputes,



privacy, regulatory change, governance and material transactions. You will also act as Privacy Officer, oversee external legal providers and support sound decision-making across the organisation.

This is a rare opportunity to establish and lead the legal function at a customer-owned bank where your expertise will have a genuine impact on members, communities and the organisation's long-term success.

What you can expect

Reporting to the Chief Risk Officer, you will:

- Provide timely, practical legal advice to the Board, Executive and business teams across strategic, operational, customer and regulatory matters. [Hume
- Maintain Hume Bank's legal risk framework, controls, reporting and governance practices.
- Lead legal strategy for regulatory engagements, notices, reviews, enforcement matters and legislative change.
- Oversee legal aspects of AFSL and ACL governance and chair the Responsible Managers Forum.
- Act as Privacy Officer, providing oversight of privacy governance, data protection and incident response.
- Review and advise on material contracts, supplier arrangements, outsourcing agreements and strategic partnerships.
- Support legal aspects of products, disclosures, customer communications, complaints, disputes, remediation activities and AFCA matters.
- Oversee material litigation,



investigations, claims and external legal providers.
- Prepare management, Executive and Board reporting on legal risk, regulatory developments, privacy, disputes and legal matters
- Build legal capability across the organisation through practical guidance, education and support.

About you

To be successful in this role, you will bring:

- Tertiary qualifications in Law and a current unrestricted Australian practising certificate, or the ability to obtain one promptly.
- Significant senior legal experience, ideally within banking, customer-owned banking or regulated financial services.
- Demonstrated experience advising Boards, Executive teams and senior stakeholders on complex legal and regulatory issues.
- Strong knowledge of Australian banking and financial services law, consumer credit, privacy, commercial contracting and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience engaging with regulators including APRA, ASIC, AUSTRAC and dispute resolution bodies such as AFCA.
- Highly developed judgement, integrity and the ability to balance legal risk with commercial and member outcomes.
- Exceptional communication skills and the ability to translate complex legal issues into clear, practical advice.
- A collaborative approach and a passion for contributing to a purpose-driven organisation.

About Us

Hume Bank exists to create a secure tomorrow – by connecting people and community through fair and accessible banking.

We’re customer-owned, which means our profits go back into better banking – not shareholder returns. We’re proud of that. It’s what shapes how we show up for our members and for the

📌 Head of Legal (Albury)
🏢 Hume Bank
📍 Albury