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About the Role
Provide trusted legal, regulatory, and governance advice to enable the insurance and advice business to achieve its strategic goals while protecting customers and reputation. Play a key part in supporting retail life insurance and corporate teams, influencing business outcomes, managing risk, and supporting innovation in a digitally focused organization.
Responsibilities
- Provide clear, commercially focused legal advice on business initiatives and decisions
- Identify and manage legal, regulatory and governance risks across the business
- Draft, review and negotiate a range of commercial contracts and agreements
- Support complaints handling, disputes resolution and regulatory interactions
- Contribute to compliance frameworks and governance processes
- Stay across legislative and regulatory changes and share insights with stakeholders
Requirements
- A law degree and a current practising certificate in New South Wales
- Extensive post-qualification experience in financial services law, ideally covering life insurance and financial advice
- Strong knowledge of Australian financial services regulation and industry practices
- Experience drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and managing legal risk
- The ability to analyse complex issues and communicate advice in a clear, simple way
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills across all levels of an organisation
Skills
- Legal advice
- Regulatory advice
- Governance advice
- Commercial contracts
- Risk management
- Stakeholder management
- Communication
Location
- Australia
Work Type
- 12-month fixed term contract
- Hybrid working arrangement (3 days in office, 2 days remote)
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Law degree
- Current practising certificate in New South Wales
Benefits
- 5 weeks of annual leave (Z leave initiative)
- 15 days of personal/carer’s leave
- Family Care (parental leave)
- AUD$500 wellbeing payment per year
- AUD$295 new starter e-voucher for work-from-home setup
- Award-winning training programs
- Global mobility opportunities
- State-of-the-art Green Star rated offices
- Tree planted for every new employee
About the Company
- Forbes 2024 ‘World’s Best Employers’
- Fortune’s ‘World’s Most Admired Companies’ for 2025
- Leader in the insurance industry
- Values-driven global organisation experiencing real growth and transformation
- Committed to making a tangible difference and taking continuous steps towards a sustainable future
- WGEA accredited
- Family Inclusive Workplace certified
- Gold AWEI Employer
- Pride in Diversity member
Equal Opportunity
- Zurich is an equal opportunity employer.
- Committed to ensuring that our recruitment process is fair and accessible for all candidates.
- If you require any special accommodations to participate in our recruitment process, please let us know at the time of your application.