Strategic Leadership: Lead the development and execution of the legal strategy, with a keen eye on enhancing insurance practices and contractual obligations.Legal Expertise: Provide expert guidance on insurance-related matters, including contracts, distribution agreements, and claims handling practices, ensuring alignment with local regulations.Regulatory Compliance: Stay ahead of regulatory changes and advise on compliance matters, playing a crucial role in navigating the intricacies of insurance regulations in Australia.Team Empowerment: Mentor and empower the legal team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and continuous development.Stakeholder Engagement: Manage relationships with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, ensuring alignment with the firm's legal objectives and strategic initiatives.Innovation and Growth: Drive innovation and growth within the legal function, exploring new opportunities and strategies to enhance the firm's competitive advantage in the market.Relevant Australia legal and regulatory experience providing effective commercial legal support within financial services, with a working knowledge of the broking, funds industry and market practises.Ability to exercise the highest ethical standards and prudent, risk-based business decision making.Ability to understand sophisticated legal requirements and create effective solutions.Demonstrated ability to lead and implement across a range of business areas and functions with differing issues, interests, and risks.Experience navigating governance and regulatory issues financial services firms encounter, and working closely with international, federal, or state regulators or enforcement agency is a plus.Ability to communicate and influence across the firm, locally and internationally.High personal responsibility in delivering sustainable outcomes.Australian qualified lawyer with current practising certificate.Qualities such as integrity, professionalism, leadership, judgement, initiative, follow-through, strong work ethic, reliability, strategic thinking, ability to execute flawlessly, ability to work independently, relationship skills and respect for others.Knowledge of legislative framework and regulatory regime that applies to the insurance and financial services industry.Confidence in decision-making and the ability to make good decisions based upon a mixture of analysis, experience, and judgement.Comfort with a high degree of responsibility and motivation to proactively lead project work while relying on resources outside of direct reporting relationships.