General Counsel, International - UK, Ireland, Canada

We Dream. We Design. We Deliver.

Join hummgroup, one of Australasia’s most successful and enduring non-bank financial services institutions. We specialise in fast, easy finance with a market-leading range of business asset finance, credit cards and point of sale payment plan solutions designed around the core needs of today’s businesses and retail consumers. Come join our team and be a part of our next chapter of innovation and growth.

The Role

We are seeking a General Counsel to lead legal and regulatory matters across our UK, Ireland and Canada businesses.

This is a senior, standalone role operating at executive level, reporting to the CEO (International), with a functional line to Group Legal.

The role is central to how legal and regulatory requirements are interpreted and applied in practice across a regulated, product-led consumer finance business.

This is not a purely operational role — it requires GC-level judgement, ownership and decision-making authority.

What's so exciting about this role?

This is a high-impact General Counsel role within a regulated, product-driven business. The successful candidate will act as the central decision-maker for legal and regulatory matters, operating within a lean and distributed model, and will play a key role in enabling business growth while managing risk effectively.

What Does An Average Day Look Like?

No day is average at humm but here’s an idea of what you can expect to do in this role:

• Legal & Regulatory Leadership

• Act as principal legal advisor to the CEO and International leadership team
• Interpret and apply regulatory requirements across products, distribution models and customer journeys
• Provide clear, commercially focused advice on legal and regulatory risk
• Support Board-level decision-making and governance
• Consumer Credit & Regulatory Expertise
• Lead legal oversight of retail finance / instalment lending products
• Advise on:
  • financial promotions
  • introducer / distribution models
  • product structuring
• Ensure compliance with applicable UK and Irish consumer credit frameworks
• Commercial & Strategic Structuring
• Lead legal input into complex commercial arrangements and partnerships
• Advise on risk allocation, liability and contractual protections
• Support development of new products and platform integrations
• Data Protection (Strategic Oversight)
• Provide strategic oversight of the data protection framework
• Support internal DPO and Compliance
• Advise on high-risk matters (e.g. breaches, cross-border transfers)
• Corporate Governance (Oversight)
• Retain oversight of governance framework and Board processes
• Work with Legal Counsel and external CoSec providers on delivery
• Cross-Functional Leadership
• Act as a key integrator across:
  • Compliance
  • Product & Technology
  • Finance / Treasury
  • HR
  • Group functions
• Ensure legal requirements are embedded effectively across the business

Who will thrive in this role?

You are customer obsessed and want to make a difference in their lives. You thrive in a fast-paced environment and are not afraid to challenge the status quo. You are a visionary leader who will roll up your sleeves to get things done.

We’re also looking for someone who brings:

• Senior qualified lawyer (in NI (or E&W) and RoI) with significant post-qualification experience in any of these jurisdictions
• Proven experience operating at General Counsel or equivalent senior level
• Strong background in financial services regulation (consumer credit experience highly desirable)
• Experience advising on product structuring and distribution models
• Experience operating in lean or growth-stage environments

Critical Success Attributes (Essential)

Given the nature of the business and operating model, the successful candidate must demonstrate:

• Strong Regulatory Judgement; an ability to make independent regulatory calls in ambiguous situations
• Commercial Pragmatism; be able to enable business growth while managing risk appropriately
• Comfort in a Lean, Distributed Model; able to operate effectively without large teams or infrastructure, comfortable working across a model where execution is distributed
• Ownership & Decision-Making Mindset; takes accountability for decisions, comfortable being the final decision-maker on legal and regulatory matters
• Cross-Functional Integration; able to work seamlessly across Legal, Compliance, Product, HR, Finance and Group
• Senior Presence with Hands-On Capability; confident operating at CEO and Board level
• Ability to Operate in Ambiguity; comfortable in evolving structures and imperfect environments, able to provide clarity where frameworks are still developing.

Working at hummgroup

We embrace flexible working arrangements, ensuring a genuine work-life balance and a fun, vibrant inclusive culture that embraces diverse perspectives and values the unique contributions of each of our team through our behaviours Leadership - Accountability - Collaboration - Commerciality. 

We invite candidates of all gender expressions, ethnicities, ages, and other culturally diverse groups to apply.  We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a positive, barrier-free recruitment process and welcoming and supportive environment where all our people can thrive.

If this sounds like the opportunity, you have been looking for then apply today!