Operations Manager driving operational excellence for the Global Risk & Legal division at IJM. Leading strategic planning, project management, and change initiatives to protect vulnerable people.
About the role
- Corporate Counsel responsible for legal guidance on contracts, compliance, and mergers for PayJoy. Ensuring legality and protection of interests during international expansion projects.
Responsibilities
- Develop and implement the company's legal strategy to support expansion in a country(ies), participating in the company’s international expansion and ensuring alignment with the global legal and compliance program.
- Provide legal services and guidance to the organization, including in matters related to product advisory, Intellectual Property protection, managing and negotiating a wide range of business contracts, labour law, company law and corporate governance, privacy, KYC/AML/Sanctions, amongst others.
- Oversee compliance with regulatory requirements, including data protection, local legislation and corporate governance. Develop and implement legal and compliance frameworks harmonized with the company’s global compliance infrastructure.
- Provide strategic advice, legal risk assessments and mitigation strategies to the business leadership and the management team. In collaboration with the executive management, manage various complex legal projects.
- Liaise with and manage relationships with external law firms across multiple jurisdictions.
- Lead dispute resolution, litigation management, and regulatory investigations when necessary.
- Support corporate structuring and any M&A activities as the company scales.
- Develop and review legal and compliance policies and procedures.
- As the business expands, hire, lead and train an effective internal L&C team.
- Contribute to the global legal department’s knowledge-sharing, policy development, and strategic initiatives, acting as a regional leader aligned with a global mandate.
Requirements
- Bachelor of Laws degree and Master ’s degree in commerce, Business Administration, Management, Law or related field.
- Admitted Legal Practitioner, minimum of 10 years of experience, with strong preference for in-house legal experience building a legal team and partnering with the business through hypergrowth or business transformation periods.
- Minimum of 5 years of relevant senior management experience, leading a function, interacting with and providing advisory to executive management.
- Strong financial services industry experience.
- Exposure to working with or within fast-growing startups and international business environments. Prior experience in a startup / tech environment is preferred.
- Excellent leadership and management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with both legal and non-legal stakeholders.
- Proven ability to operate in a cross-border, matrixed reporting environment.
- Proven ability to analyse and solve complex legal issues.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Strong writing skills and high attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and meet timelines.
Benefits
- 100% Company-funded health insurance for employees and immediate family members
- Life insurance
- Dental plan
- Phone finance, Headphone, home office equipment and wellness perks.
- Individual retirement plan 3%
- 20 days of vacations
- $2,000 USD annual Co-working Travel perk
- $2,000 USD annual Professional Development perk
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