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Global Senior Payments Counsel

AU: Melbourne: (260 Burwood Rd)💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-23 → 2026-09-30

Core

Senior legal counsel providing practical, commercial advice on payments and financial services regulation to support Xero's global business expansion.

Role type

Senior IC legal counsel (payments & financial services)

Builds

Regulatory guardrails for new payment participation models and embedded financial services capability

Domain

Financial services law, payments regulation, AML/CTF, sanctions

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

financial services regulatory expertise, payments law, AML/CTF and sanctions compliance, AFSL obligations knowledge, large-scale regulatory project management, direct regulator liaison, commercial acumen, plain English translation of legal detail

Preferred skills

experience advising global growth-focused technology businesses, autonomous work in fast-moving environments, cross-functional collaboration

Technologies

N/A

Responsibilities

Advise on global payments regulation and financial crime; Support AFSL obligations and risk management for Australian payments business; Guide expansion of payments capability into US and UK markets; Mentor junior legal team members

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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