Do you thrive in a fast paced environment and are looking for an opportunity to spread your wings in a growing business … then keep reading, you may be the one we are looking for.

REQUIREMENTS

Here’s what we need from you:

• Legal/Law degree (essential)
• 3 years post-qualification experience in a legal or compliance role
• Previous financial services exposure or law firm exposure
• Experience in contract negotiation and review
• Proven experience of advising on legal changes and updates
• Be self-motivated and commercially minded
• Strong understanding of relevant legislation, including the Corporations Act, AML/CTF Act, Privacy Act, and financial services licensing regime
• Experience in consumer finance
• Experience in operational risk management
• Practical and creative approach to problem solving and risk mitigation
• Risk oriented with business focus
• Consumer credit industry (highly desirable)
• In-house legal counsel (desirable)

THE ROLE

This role is critical in ensuring our operations adhere to all relevant legal, regulatory, and compliance obligations in Australia, while supporting business goals with practical, commercial legal advice. As Legal and Compliance Manager, you will be responsible for three key areas of IPF Digital Australia’s business: legal, compliance and non-financial risk management and operations. You will provide support through a combination of legal advice, advice on all compliance matters and through operational set up and execution of compliance system using the IPF Digital framework, adapted for Australian regulatory needs. The Legal and Compliance Manager will have knowledge of in the following areas: consumer financing, customer protection, data protection, product development, regulatory requirements and communication, compliance routines and risk management.
The Legal and Compliance Manager will do this with flexibility, practicality, customer focus and a desire to continuously learn and improve IPF Digital’s processes.