Primary Objective:

The General Counsel & Company Secretary will be responsible for providing high-quality and timely legal advice to support commercial agreements, commercial litigation (collections, recovery & insolvency), and securitisation funding agreements. You will oversee all legal, risk, company secretarial, compliance, and governance matters impacting the Moneytech Group. You will ensure regulatory compliance while supporting strategic initiatives and managing legal risk.

Responsibilities

Legal & Risk Management

- Provide legal advice and support on complex recovery and insolvency matters, including security enforcement, creditor claims and dealings with liquidators, administrators and receivers, and instruct and manage external lawyers where legal proceedings are required.
- Provide expert legal guidance on financial services regulations, including ASIC, APRA, AML/CTF Act, and PPSR requirements.
- Draft, review, and update customer loan documents as required.
- Manage the legal aspects of securitisation funding agreements with external legal counsel.
- Provide general legal advice and risk mitigation strategies.

Regulatory Compliance & Governance

- Monitor regulatory changes across all business units and ensure compliance.
- Maintain up-to-date Risk and Compliance Policy Documents in consultation with key stakeholders.
- Ensure adherence to responsible lending and anti-money laundering regulations.
- Act as the primary liaison with regulators such as ASIC and AUSTRAC.

Company Secretary Duties





- Undertake corporate secretarial duties, including board documentation, meeting minutes, and regulatory filings.
- Ensure compliance with corporate governance best practices.
- Manage the share register and relevant administrative requirements.

Qualifications, Experience, and Knowledge

- Admitted as a solicitor in the relevant jurisdiction.
- Minimum 10 years of legal experience, with at least 5 years in financial services lending.
- Hold an Unrestricted Practising Certificate.
- Tertiary qualifications in Banking/Finance Law (preferred)
- Expertise in funding and securitisation legal advice.
- Strong experience in lending contract review and drafting.
- In-depth knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Legislation.
- Demonstrated corporate and personal insolvency experience, including PPSR priority, preference claims and creditor recoveries.
- Strategic, solutions-focused problem solver.
- Excellent negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
- Solid attention to detail across high volumes of information.
- Team-focused and able to work independently.
- Proactive, commercially minded, and committed to providing exceptional service.

Key Relationships/Interactions

- Internally: Executive Leadership Team
- Externally: Legal Firms, Service Providers, Regulatory Bodies, Partners

Moneytech employees can expect to be supported, challenged, and proud to be part of a dynamic, technology-driven, and people-focused team.

📌 General Counsel & Company Secretary (Sydney)
🏢 Moneytech
📍 Sydney