Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Associate to join Piper Alderman’s national Financial Services and Fintech practice working directly with Partners Joshua Annese and Shannon Adams to advise leading Australian financial institutions on complex banking and financial services regulatory matters. This is a genuine growth role with a clear pathway for responsibility, client exposure, and career progression.

Why this role?

• Be a part of a collaborative team: Work in a team that values day‑to‑day collaboration. You will work closely with Joshua and Shannon as well as the other lawyers in the team across our Sydney and Adelaide offices and the broader Financial Services and Fintech practice group and firm. This team values teamwork, a strong work ethic, and strong social connection.
• Continue to hone your technical expertise: This role will provide you with the work to continue to hone your existing financial services knowledge and skills in an area of law that is constantly changing and evolving. The ability to learn new concepts and apply them to complex scenarios will set you up for success.
• Contribute to the growth of the national practice: Play a key role in growing our Financial Services & FinTech footprint nationally.
• Work with industry-leading Partners: Join a firm recognised across Australia for excellence and industry leadership, with structured learning and development and on the job training from 2 industry leading Financial Services experts.

What you will do:

You will focus on the regulatory side of financial services and assist our clients with:

• APRA Prudential Standards
• Bank and credit union mergers and acquisitions
• Licensing (AFSL/ACL) requirements and obligations
• Policy, procedure and compliance framework development and review
• All aspects of financial product design, distribution, origination and management (including DDO, distribution arrangements, disclosure obligations and customer interactions)
• Compliance training and audits
• Breach reporting and remediation programs
• Industry codes such as Banking Code of Practice, Customer Owned Banking Code of Practice, and the new AFIA Finance Industry Code of Practice
• Payment systems and the ePayments Code
• Privacy, Credit Reporting and the Consumer Data Right
• AML/CTF
• Advertising and marketing reviews
• Regulator investigations and enforcement actions
• Complaints handling and AFCA EDR, and
• Various types of outsourcing and service provider arrangements.

About you, you have:

• 5+ years’ private practice experience in financial services regulation
• Solid working knowledge of the Corporations Act (Chapter 7), ASIC Act, NCCP Act, AML/CTF Act and Privacy Act
• An interest in banking, credit, and payments law
• Strong self-motivation
• Attention to detail
• A practical, client‑focused mindset and confidence interacting directly with senior stakeholders, and
• A collaborative approach and enthusiasm for mentoring junior lawyers and contributing to team culture.

This role will ideally suit someone based in Sydney or Adelaide. Melbourne or Brisbane based candidates may also be considered.

If you are seeking meaningful work, responsibility, and the chance to build your career around cutting‑edge financial services work, we would love to hear from you.

About Us

Piper Alderman is a premier commercial law firm with offices in Sydney, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Dawin, and Melbourne. We work with clients across Australia and internationally to achieve practical commercial outcomes, innovation in service delivery and deep engagement across multiple industries. Piper Alderman prides itself on being a collaborative law firm where high achieving ambitious team members can succeed in achieving their career goals whilst performing challenging and rewarding tasks.

At Piper Alderman we promote a culture of excellence, collaboration, and teamwork. We recognise and support individuals and invest in their continued professional development.

Our perks

We have a variety of employee benefits aimed at supporting our people including, but not limited to:

• A variety of health and wellbeing initiatives including our Thrive@PiperAlderman Wellbeing Program.
• Learning and development opportunities to support career growth including generous study support options.
• An attractive Parental Leave policy offering up to 26 weeks paid leave.
• Automatic acceptance into the group Salary Continuance insurance plan.
• Purchased annual leave options.
• A range of fun office and team events all year round so we make sure we are connecting socially as often as possible!
• A range of corporate discounts.
• Employee-led Diversity & Inclusion and Reconciliation Committees and the opportunity to participate in pro-bono work.

Apply today

Piper Alderman is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We aim to attract and retain the best people and provide an environment where those people can be their authentic selves. We value diversity of thought and experience and aim to ensure all our people are valued and respected. People from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Please submit an application by clicking the relevant link in this job advertisement. Please note, no applications will be accepted directly via email.

If you have questions or would like further information about this opportunity, please contact Olivia Zille on ozille@piperalderman.com.au