Commonwealth Bank — бөлшек, премиум, бизнес және институционалдық банкинг салаларын қамтитын австралиялық қаржылық қызметтер компаниясы. Оның қызметтеріне қорларды басқару, зейнетақы қорларын басқару, сақтандыру, инвестициялау және акциялармен брокерлік операциялар да кіреді. 52 000-нан астам қызметкері және 800 000-нан астам акционері бар Commonwealth Bank клиенттеріне қаржысын басқаруға және көбейтуге көмектесуге арналған кең ауқымды қаржылық өнімдер мен қызметтер ұсынады.
Senior Legal Counsel, Employment Law — Sydney (On-site)
Advise Commonwealth Bank on complex Australian employment and workplace relations matters. Lead sensitive disputes, investigations, litigation, and regulatory risk management.
Сипаттама
- Deliver timely, high-quality advice on contentious and non-contentious employment and workplace relations matters
- Advise on performance and disciplinary issues, terminations, executive employment and remuneration, restructures, workplace change, and employee entitlements
- Guide workplace and whistleblower investigations, covering scope, procedural fairness, confidentiality, privilege, and consequence management
- Provide strategic counsel on employee disputes, discrimination, harassment, bullying, adverse action, grievances, and other sensitive issues
- Advise on enterprise agreements, industrial instruments, consultation duties, and collective workplace relations matters
- Manage and support employment litigation, claims, regulatory inquiries, and dispute resolution
- Engage and oversee external legal advisers when needed
- Track legislative, regulatory, and case law developments and advise on their implications
- Support the Group’s implementation of legal and regulatory changes
- Work with Human Resources and the business to develop practical, commercially focused solutions
- Advise senior stakeholders on legal and non-legal risks, available options, and recommended actions
- Contribute to legal risk management, governance, policies, guidance, training, and continuous improvement
- Support colleague development and help foster a collaborative legal team
Талаптар
- At least 8 years of post-qualification experience (PQE)
- At least 5 years of dedicated employment law practice
- Significant experience handling complex employment and workplace relations matters in a leading law firm or in-house legal team
- Admission to practise in Australia
- A current Australian practising certificate
- Extensive knowledge of Australian employment and workplace relations law
- Experience with employee disputes, enterprise agreements, discrimination, investigations, and compliance
- Ability to deliver clear, practical, commercially focused advice on complex and sensitive matters
- Sound judgement, including the ability to identify, assess, and communicate legal, regulatory, operational, and reputational risks
- Ability to take ownership, work independently, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Strong stakeholder engagement and communication abilities
- Ability to influence and build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders
- Experience in financial services, a regulated setting, or a large and complex organisation is desirable but not required
Артықшылықтар
- An accessible, inclusive, and respectful workplace
- Support and workplace adjustments for accessibility needs
- Career development support for current Commonwealth Bank Group employees
- A collaborative, inclusive, high-performing legal team environment