Senior Risk & Compliance Advisor

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About the role and team

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Risk and Compliance Advisor to join our national Legal Excellence & Risk team.

The primary focus of this role is to review contracts and manage operational risk, and to support the Risk Manager, the General Counsel (GC) and the Legal Excellence & Risk (LER) team with the implementation of the firm’s legal excellence and risk management framework.

You will be responsible for :

• assisting to identify, describe and estimate the risks (both new and existing) affecting the firm;
• reviewing compliance by legal teams with the firm’s legal excellence and risk management policies and procedures, including by conducting regular file audits and reporting back to firm management and the Risk Committee on the key results and themes;
• reviewing clients’ terms of engagement for external legal suppliers and other third party contracts;
• managing legal and operation issues relating to tenders including insurance related queries;
• assisting team members to manage the firm’s engagement agreements, including updating the appointment terms and providing or assisting with training as required;
• assisting with general day to day risk management activities, such as conflict assessment and management of the firm’s privacy obligations, the preparation and presentation of risk management and compliance training, policy creation, and the creation and maintenance of risk management registers;
• assisting with the conduct of privacy impact assessments and AI risk assessments;
• support the development and implementation of the firm’s AML / CTF program;
• assisting team members and the Information Security Manager to develop and maintain the firm’s cyber security risk management framework and assisting in managing the firm’s response to any cyber security incidents; and
• ensuring continuous review and improvement of operational risk policies and procedures.

About you

You will ideally have the following skills and experience :

• legal qualification and experience;
• knowledge of risk management processes and principles and experience with risk registers and liaising with senior management risk owners;
• risk management, compliance, AML or auditing qualification is desirable;
• experience in using document management system (eg iManage10);
• strong analytical and problem-solving skills;
• excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• highly organised, able to work under pressure to strict deadlines and maintain strong attention to detail;
• ability to show initiative and work independently, as well as part of a team; and
• ability to build strong working relationships with people at all levels.

About us

Hall & Wilcox is a leading independent Australian law firm. We deliver outstanding legal services to corporate, public sector and private clients, both Australian-based and those offshore doing business in Australia. Our purpose is to enable our clients, our people and our communities to thrive.

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Some of our recent awards and citations include :

• Best Australian Law Firm (>

$200m revenue) at the 2025 Client Choice Awards

• Ranked 7th in the Lawyers Weekly Top 25 Attraction Firms for 2024 and 2025
• Law Firm of the Year at the 2023 Lawyers Weekly Australian Law Awards
• Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA) Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (EOCGE) citation holder since 2018

We are known for having a great culture that is warm and welcoming, progressive, inclusive and supportive, and that is underpinned by our enduring values - known as Hallmarks.

We are also renowned for our Smarter Law approach. Smarter Law means we look beyond the status quo to think differently and find solutions. Smarter Law includes enabling technology, challenging business models, innovative pricing and creative resourcing.

We are a firm of the future. We offer our people interesting and challenging work, and access to great clients. To learn more about HW visit our website.

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At Hall & Wilcox, we are committed to creating and maintaining a workplace that actively seeks to include, welcome and value unique contributions of all people. We encourage applications from candidates of all cultural backgrounds (including First Nations), age, abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We are also committed to supporting candidates with disability so that every candidate is offered a fair, equitable and supportive recruitment experience. If you require any adjustments or support to complete your application, or if you have any questions, please contact Kim Chalmers, Senior Talent Acquisition Advisor,

• for a confidential discussion.

This vacancy is being managed directly by the HW Talent Acquisition / People & Culture team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require any assistance.

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