Reach Legal Consultant | Financial Services - Compliance Lawyer | Sydney

Job Title Reach Legal Consultant | Financial Services - Compliance Lawyer | Sydney Location Sydney Description

The Opportunity

Join a leading financial services organisation in a role that will strengthen your legal career.

• Duration: 3-6 months
• Arrangement: Full time (hybrid)
• Location: Sydney

About You

You are an experienced financial services compliance lawyer with 4-6 years' experience, bringing a strong track record from private practice or in-house roles within large organisations.

Your Experience & Expertise:

• Demonstrated experience providing legal and compliance support within a regulated financial services, banking or corporate environment
• Strong understanding of compliance obligations frameworks, regulatory change programmes and risk management practices
• Experience drafting, reviewing and maintaining obligations registers, compliance frameworks, policies, standards and associated governance documentation
• Experience working closely with risk, compliance, legal and business stakeholders to support the implementation of regulatory and compliance initiatives
• Ability to provide practical advice on legal, compliance and governance matters within a complex organisational environment
• Experience supporting project and transformation initiatives with multiple workstreams, stakeholders and competing priorities
• Understanding of financial services regulatory frameworks and obligations management processes would be highly regarded
• In-house banking, financial services or regulatory compliance experience would be advantageous
• Ability to manage a varied workload and contribute across multiple legal, compliance and project-related activities as business needs evolve

Attributes:

• Flexible and adaptable, with the ability to work across a broad range of legal, compliance and transformation activities
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to quickly understand complex regulatory requirements
• Pragmatic and solutions-focused with a strong commitment to delivering practical outcomes
• Comfortable working in a project and transformation environment with evolving priorities and deliverables
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to build strong relationships across risk, compliance, legal and business teams
• Resilient and adaptable, with the ability to manage change and ambiguity effectively
• Sound judgement and decision-making skills when assessing legal, regulatory and compliance risks

Requirements:

• Current Australian practising certificate
• Right to live and work in Australia

About Reach

Reach is the flexible legal resourcing platform of Ashurst Perkins Coie, a global law firm with more than 3,500 legal professionals across 52 offices. Sitting within Advance, the firm's NewLaw division, we place lawyers and professionals where they're needed most — whether our clients need to meet a surge in demand, cover leave, bridge a recruitment gap, or bring in specialist expertise.

Why join Reach?

Reach gives you the flexibility to build a career that fits your life — not the other way around. We work with talented consultants across a broad range of specialties, matching the right people with the right opportunities.

Here's what you can expect as a Reach consultant:

• Flexibility and choice — control over how, when, and where you work, on terms that suit your life.
• A genuine partnership — a dedicated Reach team who will get to know you and actively champion your career goals.
• The backing of a global firm — the resources, reputation, and culture of Ashurst Perkins Coie, including access to clients doing market-leading work and a refreshingly open and inclusive community.

Interested?

Ready to find out more? Apply now or get in touch with Fiona Craig, our Senior Talent Manager, at fiona.craig@ashurstperkins.com — we'd love to hear from you.

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