Vice President - Legal Support Lead (Commercial Cards, Cash and Liquidity) - Hybrid

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We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Vice President - Legal Support Lead (Commercial Cards, Cash, and Liquidity) - Hybrid (Internal Job Title: Legal Support Lead Officer - C13)based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future.  For instance:

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The Legal Support Lead Officer is a senior level role, responsible for providing legal support to the business teams in various APAC jurisdictions re. Commercial Cards, Cash, Liquidity, Trade, and Investor Services.  This is also a support function (not a country counsel or product role), where focus is on hiring a suitable candidate with specific and detailed exposure to agreements and negotiation of said agreements re. Commercial Cards business.  The overall objective of this role is to provide support to the Legal Team. There will be substantial exposure to ideation, drafting, negotiating for all aforesaid five products/ lines of business. Such exposure (or more) will also depend on the ability of candidate to shoulder said responsibility.   Selected candidate may also be guiding junior officers within the team, thereby giving substantial leadership opportunity as well that may be expanded depending on the candidate review of contributions by senior management.  

Responsibilities:

• Assisting Product Legal in periodic review, and where required, standardization of templates (agreements etc.).  Liaising with country counsel of given jurisdiction for incorporating said jurisdiction specific points in the legal documentation for relevant product.
• Assisting business in review and resolution of legal queries pertaining to any of these 5 products (N.B.: Primary focus shall remain on Commercial Cards).
• Responsible for legal support activities related to legal operations, litigation, settlements, or negotiation and contract administration etc..
• Manage the execution, review, processing and tracking of legal documentation and records, executes transactions and completes varied work requests from multiple sources that may be complex in character and have tight deadlines.  Record keeping re. approvals given to business and other departments will also form an integral part of this role.
• Single handedly help local business or country counsel negotiate agreements with clients.
• Participate in legal programs and projects to achieve coordinated and efficient process improvements and legal support solutions. Liaise with other control/ functional businesses in support of initiatives pertaining to products within scope (see job description above).
• Interact with senior leaders, internal and external peers to gather information and works closely with the team’s management to determine legal solutions.  Make PPTs/ Excel presentations and present them to senior management (business/ legal) for explaining any given issue.
• Undertake periodic knowledge sessions (on specific topics) for business or legal colleagues for any of the aforesaid products (particularly for Comm. Cards).
• Remain updated and current with regulatory changes (new regulations etc.), internal policy changes and developments in the law for aforesaid Products.
• Conduct independent research, investigations and analysis, applying institutional knowledge and knowledge of laws, rules and regulations, to support in the identification of legal solutions situations or to formulate an approach or strategy.
• Apply in-depth understanding of how associated risks differ depending on product and documentation as envisaged in relevant jurisdiction(s) and provides advice to Risk and Business.
• Assess risk (incl. reputational risk) when business decisions are being made. Help business arrive at a fair outcome for clients.
• Adhering to firm’s Policy, apply sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices. Escalating issues in a timely and professional manner, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• 8 - 10 years of relevant experience (on business or legal side), preferably with some experience working in an in-house legal role within financial services.
• Must possess excellent oratory, interpersonal, and project management skills, as well as the ability to interact and communicate effectively with senior management formally.
• Must have excellent working knowledge of English and Malay language (written and spoken).   Ability to read, write, and speak Mandarin/ Cantonese may be helpful.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook.
• In-depth knowledge of legal customs and practices re. Commercial Cards.  Knowledge and understanding of the financial services industry.
• Ability to manage complex documentation with organization and detail.

Education:

• Bachelors/ University degree, Masters’ degree preferred.   Someone with Bachelors / Masters in Law may be preferred even if currently working within a business team.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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• Person undertaking this role will be required to review standard commercial card agreements, negotiate said agreements and assist business in review of executed deal agreements. Additionally, the candidate will also have to work on standard or negotiated contracts for Liquidity, Cash, Trade, and/or Security Service Agreements.
• N.B.: The primary requirement shall be for managing Commercial Cards and Cash documentation and negotiation for the same.

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