Deputy General Counsel - Contracts

Who Are We?  

Bottomline is on a mission to be the world’s leading business payments company, aligning our team to the common purpose of transforming the way businesses pay and get paid. 

It is a journey that goes around the world serving financial institutions and companies in more than 90 countries. Our offices across APAC are conveniently positioned to optimize our global reach. Sydney, Singapore, Bangalore, and Mumbai have state-of-the-art flexible workspaces, which truly reflect our energetic, innovative culture and mission to push the boundaries of the business payments space. 

Culture and Values  

We are one global team, who work with and for each other in a drive to delight customers through excellent execution, which fuels how we create and grow sustained business value for our customers, our team and all who partner with us. Our culture encourages people to be brave and curious, to drive to closure and to ensure our values and principles are lived out daily.  We excel at Bottomline because we are positive and passionate about building a #LifeAtBottomline 

Role

We are looking for a Deputy - General Counsel, Contracts to innovate, win, and grow with us!

How you will contribute:

•  Identify and assess legal risks associated with business activities and develop effective risk mitigation strategies.
• Manage and develop global Contracts organization and provide support on highly strategic or large, complex deals.
•  Draft, review, negotiate, and drive to resolution a broad range of agreements related to product sales and distribution, software licensing, marketing and advertising, privacy, procurement and other areas, as dictated by business needs.
•  Lead strategic planning, budget and expense management, operations, policies, and staffing for the Contracts organization.
•  Maintain a customer-centric focus and drive continuous improvements to Bottomline’s legal processes.

• Develop a strong rapport to collaborate with Bottomline’s leadership team and key stakeholders across the organization.
• Prepare draft contracts, endorsements, and other documents for clients and markets.

• Regularly review pipeline with sales leadership and Contracts organization to ensure early engagement and removal of any blockers against potential sales.
• Identify & analyze critical business issues & apply legal expertise to deliver solutions.
• Provide ideas and solutions to the General Counsel to improve the efficiency of the Contracts department and the Company.

• Manage budgets effectively including the use of external consultants.
• Conduct legal research into global laws and regulations applicable to the fintech and banking industry with the assistance of outside counsel.
• Collaborate with product and business development teams to achieve company-wide projects and goals.
• Manage additional legal requests from all areas of the business and effectively advise on legal concepts and legal risk with an eye towards the strategic goals of business leaders.
  
  

What will make you successful:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree, member in good standing of at least one state bar association

• 20+ years of progressive legal experience in a corporate and/or law firm setting
•  Proven track record in complex commercial transactions, contracts and other areas of law described above
• Experience working on cross-jurisdictional matters and with a global legal team
• Regulatory experience in the financial services industry desired
• Solutions-oriented strategic thinker with sound judgment and the ability to provide practical advice by balancing business needs with legal risks
•  Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, adept at building partnerships and working collaboratively across teams to meet shared objectives
•  Strong leadership skills and ability to effectively communicate complex legal matters to executives and non-legal stakeholders
•  Ability to multi-task, working on own legal matters while advising/consulting colleagues on multiple projects and issues on matters they are handling and performing general managerial tasks
•  Exceptional negotiation skills and the ability to resolve complex legal matters

• Proven success of working with sales leaders to manage and negotiate strategic and complex sales deals.
• Proven ability to make complex commercial risk-based decisions quickly and effectively.
• Ability to identify, analyze and form their own opinion on various legal issues and matters
• Strong attention to detail and high-lev