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About the Role
Join Shift's in-house legal team for a dynamic, hands-on role where your work truly makes an impact. As Legal Counsel, you'll split your time between broad commercial contracts and advisory work, and our specialist recoveries practice covering collections, workouts, caveats, and debt recovery. The recoveries work is a niche skill set – and we’ll provide comprehensive training. Enjoy the benefits of working in a small, collaborative team with opportunities for continuous learning.
Responsibilities
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, including supplier and merchant contracts
- Manage collections, workout, caveat and debt recovery matters
- Support loan, security and trade finance documentation
- Advise on HR matters and AFCA complaints
- Give practical, timely legal advice across the business
Requirements
- 3 to 5 years’ PQE from a mid to top tier firm or financial services
- A current Australian practising certificate
- Strong drafting and negotiation skills
- Banking, lending or insolvency exposure highly regarded
- A commercial mindset and a willingness to learn a specialist area
Skills
- Commercial contracts
- Advisory work
- Recoveries practice
- Collections
- Workouts
- Caveats
- Debt recovery
- Drafting
- Negotiation
- Banking
- Lending
- Insolvency
Location
- North Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Flexible working environment
Experience Level
- 3 to 5 years’ PQE
Education Level
- A current Australian practising certificate
Benefits
- Comprehensive training in recoveries
- Opportunities for continuous learning
- Collaborative teams
- Flat structure
- Be involved in product and technology roadmap and business strategy sharing
- Flexible working environment
- Industry leading 26 weeks paid parental leave
- Purpose built spaces within our office
- Range of benefits supporting physical, psychological and financial wellbeing
- Day off on your birthday
- Excellent end of trip facilities
About the Company
- At Shift, we’re business specialists dedicated to helping Australian SMEs take control of their cashflow, streamline trade terms and choose the right financial products.
- We believe Australian businesses are the driving force behind our economy and are core to our communities.
- Our business expertise, focus on relationships, and market-leading technology is at the core of everything we do.
- We’ve helped solve the credit and payment pain points for more than 30,000 businesses, providing over $6 billion in aggregate funding.
- Our unique approach to product innovation combined with our collaborative culture means you can build your career in a supportive environment.
- You’ll be joining a diverse team of over 300 people who are always looking to deliver better outcomes for Australian businesses.