Legal Officer

Funding Societies | Modalku is the largest SME digital finance platform in Southeast Asia. We are licensed and operating  in Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam, and backed by Sequoia India (Peak XV), Softbank Vision Fund, Khazanah and SMBC bank amongst many others. Funding Societies | Modalku provides business financing to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which is funded by individual and institutional investors, as well as payments solutions to SMEs and consumers.

Here at Funding Societies | Modalku we live by our core values GETFS:

• Grow Relentlessly: Strive to become our best, most authentic selves.
• Enable Teamwork, Disable Politics: Only by forging togetherness, we help each other succeed.
• Test Measure Act: Stay curious and reinvent ourselves, through innovation and experimentation.
• Focus on Impact: Create impact through bias for action and tangible results.
• Serve with Obsession: Build win-win relationships for the long-term by having a customer obsession.

What you will do:

• Conduct legal reviews of borrower documentation to ensure that there are no errors regarding the authority and capacity of the signatories.
• Prepare, draft, and review letters, agreements, and other related legal documents.
• Propose recommendations to resolve legal issues and/or mitigate legal risks.
• Coordinate with notaries regarding signing schedules, registration of security/collateral, and other matters related to credit agreements.

Requirements

What we are looking for:

• Minimum 2 years experience as legal officer/associate in financial services institution or bank
• Good knowledge of secured lending and engaging collateral
• Ability to work in dynamic fast-paced team environment
• Capable of working as both individual or a team player
• Self-motivated, with an ability to work under pressure and to manage multiple tasks
• Able to multitasking
• Meticulous and well-organized

Benefits

Other Benefits:

• Time off - We would love you to take time off to rest and rejuvenate. We offer flexible paid vacations as well as many other observed holidays by country. We also like to have our people take a day off for special days like birthdays and work anniversaries.
• Flexible working - We believe in giving back the control of work & life to our people. We trust our people and love to provide the space to accommodate each and everyone's working style and personal life.
• Medical benefits - We offer health insurance coverage for our employees and dependents. Our people focus on our mission knowing we have their backs for their loved ones too.
• Mental health and wellness - We understand that our team productivity is directly linked to our mental and physical health. Hence we organize org-wide fitness initiatives and engage partners to provide well-being coaching.
• Tech support - We provide a company laptop for our employees and the best possible support for the right equipment/tools to enable high productivity

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