Head of Legal

**WFH 4 days, WFO 1 day
Are you ready to embark on a career that defies the norm and fearlessly pushes the boundaries of finance and technology? You’ve come to the right place. Our team embodies the meaning of audax - **courage**:

- and we're seeking bold individuals like yourself to join us in revolutionising the financial services industry.

Our mission is to help banks and financial institutions scale and modernise, giving our clients the opportunity to offer digital banking and Banking-as-a-Service. Together, let’s pave the path to a future where technology and finance converge seamlessly and be the change the industry needs.

**About audax**

audax Financial Technology, a subsidiary of Standard Chartered, is a comprehensive stack digital banking solutions provider empowering banks and financial institutions to scale and modernise at speed. audax Financial Technology has enabled new business models and revenue streams for Standard Chartered under the Standard Chartered nexus proposition, becoming the first international bank in Singapore to provide Banking-as-a-Service.

**audax is looking for a proactive solutions-focus **s **ed commercial lawyer with financial services experience, gained in either a law firm or with a financial institution, to join us as Head of Legal. You would ideally have experience handling a wide range of legal matters and are comfortable providing senior management complex, multi-jurisdictional legal guidance. The scope of work will include drafting and negotiating various legal documents, advising on product and commercial structuring, partnership arrangements, relevant regulatory matters, establishment and implementation of governance and compliance processes, and oversight of corporate secretarial services.
**What you will be doing:
**Strategy and Advisory**
- Overall responsibility for legal matters and managing audax’s legal requirements.
- Work in alliance with audax management team and SC Ventures Legal to ensure compliance by audax and its directors with (i) relevant regulatory requirements, (ii) privacy laws, (iii) outsourcing requirements and (iv) any other policies, standards, and guidelines applicable to audax.
- Provide general corporate, and commercial legal directions across the business, supporting its needs in Singapore and elsewhere as it expands into new territories.
- Drafting and negotiating a range of commercial agreements, including but not limited to software development, SaaS, data transfer, strategic partnerships, product-specific terms, and terms of use for audax’s platform.
- Work closely with stakeholders to structure and develop products and services constructs s from scratch, including reviewing and working through process flows and understanding complexities of the relevant products and technology and provide legal and regulatory insight and expertise on existing and developing business propositions.
- Advising on legal and regulatory matters (including licensing) associated with transactions, partnership and product structure, operations, and entry into new markets, including IP and data privacy/ protection.
- Lead the development and implementation of standardized legal workflows within audax including identifying key legal touchpoints within core business functions, mapping workflows and streamlined procedures for contract review, risk assessment, and legal document approvalsEngage, procure, and manage external counsel support as and when required.

**Risk Management and Governance**
- Execute the relevant aspects of the Legal policies through robust independent risk control and the provision of specialist advice and constructive challenge in a manner proportionate to the nature, scale, and complexity of audax’s business
- Ensure that legal risks are identified and mitigated, or are raised and risk-accepted by SC Ventures and appropriate legal templates are developed and used for dealings with third parties with adequate protections and remedies to address end-to-end product risks, and ensure that transactions with third parties are valid and enforceable under relevant laws
- Keep updated on relevant changes in law and regulations, shifting industry or market practices and litigation affecting audax.
- Participate in the Board Risk Committee and Enterprise Risk Committee and manage issues involving product related legal, regulatory, and reputational risks,
- Provide input for the design of related controls and control monitoring and reporting at the local subsidiary.Establish and maintain strong governance of services and products.

**Corporate Secretarial & Board Support**
- Coordinate and follow through the execution of all board resolution and minutes, including any underlying documents approved to be signed.
- Assisting the SC Ventures Company Secretary in the on-boarding and induction of INEDs and NEDs in relation to audax directors.
- Work with and lead the company secretarial function to file reports or events with the registr