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PalmPay

Fintech platform enabling transfers, payments, credit

Legal and Compliance Officer

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Full-timePhilippinesNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Legal Management, Political Science, Business Administration, Accountancy, or a related field.
  • At least 2–3 years of experience in a legal, compliance, corporate secretarial, paralegal, administrative, or related role.
  • A basic understanding of legal and regulatory processes.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • The ability to prepare and maintain trackers and reports.
  • The ability to handle confidential and sensitive information appropriately.
  • The ability to work independently and know when matters require escalation to the Head of Legal & Compliance.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate legal requests from various departments and ensure proper routing and follow-up.
  • Maintain a tracker of contracts, legal requests, approvals, signatures, and outstanding action items.
  • Coordinate contract review and execution with relevant departments and authorized signatories.
  • Monitor contract status, renewal dates, expiration dates, and other important deadlines.
  • Coordinate with external counsel on legal matters, document requests, consultations, and case-related requirements.
  • Assist in preparing and organizing documents for legal review.
  • Maintain an organized and confidential filing system for contracts, legal documents, correspondence, and corporate records.
  • Schedule meetings and coordinate discussions involving Legal and other departments.
  • Follow up with concerned personnel on pending legal action items and deliverables.
  • Maintain a compliance calendar and tracker covering regulatory submissions, licenses, permits, reports, and other compliance requirements.
  • Monitor deadlines and follow up with responsible departments to ensure timely completion of compliance requirements.
  • Coordinate the collection and consolidation of documents and information required for regulatory submissions, audits, and compliance reviews.
  • Maintain records of regulatory filings, submissions, acknowledgments, and supporting documents.
  • Assist in monitoring compliance with company policies, procedures, and internal controls.
  • Track compliance issues, action plans, and remediation items until closure.
  • Assist in preparing compliance reports, presentations, and management updates.
  • Coordinate with relevant departments regarding implementation of compliance requirements.
  • Assist in organizing documents required by regulatory agencies, including the SEC, BSP, CIC, LGUs, and other applicable government agencies.
  • Maintain a database of corporate registrations, licenses, permits, certificates, and regulatory documents.
  • Assist in monitoring validity and renewal dates of licenses, permits, and registrations.
  • Assist in preparing documentary requirements for regulatory filings and applications.
  • Maintain an organized repository of corporate and compliance records.
  • Assist in the coordination and documentation of company policies, procedures, guidelines, and internal controls.
  • Track policy reviews, approvals, revisions, and implementation.
  • Maintain the master list and latest versions of Legal and Compliance policies and documents.
  • Coordinate with HR and other departments on the dissemination and implementation of policies.
  • Coordinate document requests relating to internal and external audits.
  • Assist in gathering and organizing documents and information requested by auditors or regulators.
  • Maintain audit and compliance request trackers.
  • Assist the Head of Legal & Compliance in monitoring responses and remediation of audit findings.
  • Maintain confidentiality of sensitive legal, employee, customer, and company information.
  • Prepare meeting agendas, minutes, action-item trackers, and follow-up reports.
  • Prepare basic reports, spreadsheets, presentations, and monitoring dashboards.
  • Manage calendars and schedules relating to Legal & Compliance activities.
  • Perform other administrative and coordination functions as assigned by the Head of Legal & Compliance.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in a law firm, financial services company, financing company, or regulated industry is an advantage.
  • Paralegal certification or relevant legal/compliance training is an advantage.

About the Company

PalmPay

Fintech platform enabling transfers, payments, credit

PalmPay is a fintech platform in Africa that provides digital financial services through a mobile app and a wide agent network. It lets users perform money transfers, pay bills, and access credit and insurance, aiming to make financial services easy to use and accessible even in remote areas. The service works by combining a mobile app with a network of over one million agents and merchants, plus partnerships with smartphone brands, to reach users who lack traditional banking. It uses technologies like artificial intelligence and big data analytics to tailor services and improve security for users. PalmPay differentiates itself with its expansive agent footprint, strong focus on financial inclusion, and strategic partnerships that scale across markets. Its goal is to become a financial superapp that covers a broad range of needs for its growing user base across Africa and into new markets.

Company size
1,001-5,000
Company stage
Series A
Total funding
$240M
Headquarters
Lagos, Nigeria
Founded
2018

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