Senior Lawyer, Financial Services

Role

This is an exciting opportunity for a qualified Senior Lawyer to join our organisation in Sydney.

In this role, you will closely support the Regional Legal Head of Western Union Business Solutions (WUBS) in the Asia Pacific region (APAC) and provide general legal support to stakeholders in APAC.

The primary responsibilities of this role will include: reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial agreements with business partners and service providers, reviewing and drafting customer-facing documentation, researching and monitoring laws in coordination with local external counsel, advising on local regulatory requirements relating to payments, foreign exchange and FX derivatives, and providing general legal support to senior attorneys and internal clients with respect to corporate commercial matters.

Qualifications, Knowledge Skills

The ideal candidate will have tertiary qualifications with 5 - 7 years post admission experience, and have a strong understanding of economic concepts, the foreign exchange market and its products.  Knowledge of the international payments marketplace, financial services legislation and regulation, and general corporate/commercial law is desired as is experience in a high pressure sales/service environment.  You will also have strong communication skills, analytical capacity with innovatove problem-solving skills and a high degree of professionalism.  In-house legal experience is essential.

The successful candidate will have access to great employee benefits, dynamic and innovative company culture/work environment and fantastic incentives for high performers.

Why Join Us?  Sumple:

Be INSPIRED

DRIVEN to perform

Get CONNECTED

Be RESPONSIBLE for outcomes

Become a GAME-CHANGER

Company

Western Union Business solutions is a division of The Western Union Company, a NYSE-traded, Fortune 500 Company.  We enable companies of all sized ro send and receive corss-border payments and manage foreign exchange.  With deep expertise in moving funds around the globe, access to over 135 currencies, and a global financial network spanning more than 200 countries and territories, we help companies spend less time managing international financial transactions and more time growing their businesses. 

June 27, 2013 • Tags: , • Posted in: Financial

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