Managing Counsel, Financial Crime Legal

at  NAB

Managing Counsel, Financial Crime Legal
Job number: 797885
Primary position location: VIC- Melbourne CBD
Category: Banking & Financial Services
Work type: Permanent Full time

Closing at: Feb 7 2025 at 23:55 AEDT

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ABOUT THE ROLE

You make NAB. You get it done for our customers and our communities. You’re laying the foundations for NAB’s future success. With a winning environment, together we’ll grow, excel for our customers and feel proud to work at NAB.
We have a permanent full-time opportunity to join the Financial Crime Legal team as a Managing Counsel. Reporting to the Practice Group Head, Regulatory Advisory and ESG, you will provide, and oversee the provision of, financial crime legal services to stakeholders across NAB. You will also be part of the Practice Group Leadership Team. Although a majority of the Financial Crime Legal team’s work is focused on anti-money laundering/ counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) law, the team also provides advice regarding sanctions and anti-bribery/ corruption laws. Additionally, we advise on associated regulatory engagement and other risks.
You will be responsible for overseeing the work of three Senior Legal Counsels and two Legal Counsels with the three Senior Legal Counsels reporting directly to you.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Leading three Senior Legal Counsels by modelling NAB’s Service Behaviours, bringing a customer-centric approach to your work, providing effective and regular coaching, and identifying development needs
• Providing and overseeing the provision of financial crime legal services by three Senior Legal Counsels and two Legal Counsels (the Legal Counsels report to a different People Leader). This includes the provision of subject matter expertise and legal advice on AML/CTF, sanctions and anti-bribery laws and associated regulatory issues to NAB Group
• Advising on updates to NAB Group policy and procedure in relation to financial crime, including the NAB Group AML/CTF Program
• Supporting initiatives aimed to ensure that the Financial Crime domain is simple, fast, resilient and more customer focused, whilst meeting legal and regulatory requirements
• Proactively identifying legal, regulatory and reputational risks to the business
• Contributing effectively as a member of the Financial Crime Legal team and Regulatory Advisory & ESG Practice Group Leadership Team
• Be a role model, demonstrate NAB’s Service Behaviours and bring a customer-centric approach to your work