Senior Corporate Counsel

Welcome to TAL. As a leading life insurer, we’ve been protecting Australians for over 150 years. Backed by Daiichi Life, we're driven by big ambitions and empower to create better products and services.

Together with our Partners, we’re helping millions of Australians live a life filled with choices, options, and freedoms. See the direct impact you make delivering support and financial security with care and expertise. Grow beyond expectations with diverse roles, global connections, and exclusive learning opportunities.

Work with passionate, bright and capable colleagues. Feel inspired by supportive leaders. Collaborate with heart, where flexibility, wellbeing and inclusivity is valued. Together, we're reimagining insurance.

So, bring a curious mind and an ambition to help us become the progressive, digitally enabled leading insurer.

This role provides critical legal guidance to TAL’s Group Life and Retirement businesses, ensuring our decisions, products and partnerships operate with rigour, integrity and compliance. By applying sound judgment across complex financial services, regulatory and corporate matters, you help protect TAL’s legal position while enabling the organisation to deliver secure, reliable outcomes for our customers. It’s a meaningful opportunity for a senior lawyer to shape enterprise‑wide initiatives, mitigate risk and contribute to the responsible stewardship of products and services that support the long‑term financial wellbeing of millions of Australians.

• Advise on life insurance products, policy documents and key agreements to enable compliant, commercially sound business outcomes.
• Guide marketing and disclosure materials to ensure accuracy, clarity and alignment with legal and regulatory obligations.
• Interpret complex financial services legislation to support informed, risk‑aware decisions across the business.
• Identify emerging regulatory developments to proactively position TAL for compliance and strategic advantage.
• Oversee breach reporting and remediation advice to maintain transparency, integrity and constructive regulator engagement.
• Must be admitted as a solicitor in Australia.
• 7+ years' legal experience in financial services
• Ability to apply strong technical judgement across life insurance, superannuation and related regulatory frameworks.
• Communicate clearly and constructively, translating complex legal issues into practical guidance.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues and partners to achieve shared outcomes.
• Bring a proactive, customer‑focused mindset, contributing to a culture of integrity, care and continuous improvement.

• An Inclusive Employer – Recognised as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency and Bronze Tier Status within the Australian Workplace Equality Index  
• Diversity Champions – Member of Diversity Council Australia, Australian Disability Network, Pride in Diversity and Champions of Change  
• Reconciliation Advocates – Read our [Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan]( 
• We welcome applications from people with diverse experiences, perspectives and backgrounds including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, caregivers, individuals living with disabilities, people from culturally diverse backgrounds and the LGBTIQ+ community.  
• Need adjustments during the recruitment process? Let our team know by getting in touch with us [here.](mailto:View email address on decentrajobs.com)—we’re here to support you. 

You’re always accountable for your actions. You never give up. You strive to find the best outcomes for customers and partners. And you value working together to find the best solutions for problems.

As part of the recruitment process, there are several checks which may be conducted to demonstrate your eligibility for a role at TAL including Criminal History, Bankruptcy, Entitlement to Work, Regulatory and Reference Checks.

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Everyone at TAL has a responsibility to do the right thing and is accountable for the way they conduct themselves. Our expectations are that you follow the principles set out in our Code of Conduct when you come to work every day. Risk management is everyone’s responsibility.