Mastercard
Financial Services
Counsel
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“Counsel at Mastercard. Skills: Consumer products, Payments, Regulatory compliance, Contract law. Support commercial initiatives. Provide regulatory support”
Industry & Context.
Identify and balance risk; Make practical decisions; Make timely decisions; Make solution-oriented decisions
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor of Laws or equivalent degree, Current Australian practicing certificate, Inhouse experience in a leading organisation or private practice, Proven track record in financial services, payments, regulatory compliance, contract negotiation and drafting, Experience covering multiple jurisdictions, Experience with multiple large projects, Experience with competing priorities
What You'll Do.
Support commercial initiatives
Provide regulatory support
Research changes in laws
Monitor changes in laws
Support product distribution
Review marketing materials
Provide strategic partnership advice
Drive innovation and growth
Support company secretarial matters
Advise compliance teams
Support compliance teams
Ensure regulatory compliance
Ensure licensing requirements
Advise on legal requirements
Advise on privacy law
Advise on trade practices
Advise on corporations law
Advise on companies law
Advise on anti-money laundering
Advise on counter-terrorism financing
Advise on product development
Advise on service development
Manage external counsel engagement
Advise on legislative developments
Provide commercial legal services
Provide timely legal services
Review distribution agreements
Negotiate distribution agreements
Review customer agreements
Negotiate customer agreements
Review agreements with third party issuers
Negotiate agreements with third party issuers
Review agreements with suppliers
Negotiate agreements with suppliers
Review agreements with vendors
Negotiate agreements with vendors
Review agreements with strategic alliance partners
Negotiate agreements with strategic alliance partners
Draft cardholder terms and conditions
Review cardholder terms and conditions
Draft marketing materials
Review marketing materials
Draft consumer-facing collateral
Review consumer-facing collateral
Draft Product Disclosure Statements
Review Product Disclosure Statements
Draft Financial Service Guides
Review Financial Service Guides
Review tender documents
Take appropriate courses of action
Provide legal information
Interpret legal information
Disseminate legal requirements
Advise on commercial projects
Assist on strategic projects
Assist on product development projects
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Legal team; Compliance teams; Regulatory affairs teams; Product teams; Sales teams; External counsel; Responsible management; Stakeholders; Business leaders; Other departments; Other stakeholders within Mastercard; Privacy team; IP team; Public Policy team; Litigation team; Anti-Trust team; Employment team; Global Consumer Solutions division
Communication Scope
Clear advice; Concise advice; Oral advice; Written advice
Full Job Description
**Our Purpose** _Mastercard powers economies and empowers people in 200 + countries and territories worldwide. Together with our customers, we’re helping build a sustainable economy where everyone can prosper. We support a wide range of digital payments choices, making transactions secure, simple, smart and accessible. Our technology and innovation, partnerships and networks combine to deliver a unique set of products and services that help people, businesses and governments realize their greatest potential._ **Title and Summary** ### Counsel ### Who is Mastercard? Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all. Mastercard’s Consumer Products & Processing division comprises a broad range of product led programs, including our consumer credit, debit, prepaid product and issuer solutions teams, our issuer processing and prepaid program management business lines. Overview As Legal Counsel – Consumer Products & Processing you will be a key member of the legal team supporting this division, with a particular focus on Mastercard Prepaid Management Services in the Asia Pacific region. Prepaid Management Services is a global prepaid card program services manager offering end-to-end program management services, including transaction processing, cardholder servicing, fraud monitoring, card and collateral design, card manufacture and card distribution. Prepaid card
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