Associate General Counsel

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About Visio Lending

Visio Lending is the nation’s leader in rental home financing. Founded in 2012 in Austin, Texas, Visio enables small- to medium- sized investors to grow their rental home, and vacation rental portfolios. Headquartered in fantastic Austin, Texas, since late 2015, Visio has financed more than $1 billion in Rental360 loans. With more than $400 million in capital onboard, a proven record of investment grade bond issuance on Wall Street, and an outstanding 100+ team, Visio is poised for continued success.

Why We Love Working at Visio:

We at Visio are passionate about working together towards our goals to continually push this company forward.  We innovate, collaborate, celebrate team successes, and recognize individual accomplishments.  At Visio Lending, you’ll work on meaningful initiatives that directly support real estate investors nationwide. We offer a collaborative culture, growth opportunities, and flexibility with remote or hybrid work options.

How to Apply?

To be considered for employment, please submit your application online.  While we appreciate all the interest we receive, only candidates selected for phone screening, or an interview will be contacted directly.  You will receive application status alerts via email so make sure your email address is accurate.

Note: Incomplete applications will not be considered.  Unanswered application questions or responses indicating “see resume” will be considered incomplete and you will be removed from consideration.

Visio Financial Services, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer

The Opportunity

Visio Lending is looking for a business-minded attorney to join its in-house legal team as Associate General Counsel. This is a senior, high-impact leadership role, supporting legal strategy across regulatory compliance, commercial contracts, capital markets, default servicing, litigation management, and corporate governance. Reporting to the Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel, the Associate General Counsel will serve as a trusted advisor to the executive team, partner closely with business leaders across Sales, Operations, Finance, Information Technology, Vendor Management and Human Resources, and oversee the Company's Default Servicing Paralegal, REO Property Manager and Compliance Analyst. The ideal candidate is an experienced lawyer with strong business judgment, who is energized by variety, eager to build, and has a real growth mindset.

What You'll Do

• Advise and counsel the business on federal and state laws and regulations impacting mortgage lending, financial services and employment--including ECOA, FCRA, FHA, BSA, HMDA, SCRA, consumer protection, anti-money laundering and data privacy, and proactively monitor legislative and regulatory developments to anticipate business impact
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including vendor contracts, master service agreements, and non-disclosure agreements, and advise internal stakeholders on contract terms, transactional risk and legal and business implications
• Support underwriting guideline updates, and advise on legal escalations and other matters subject to enhanced underwriting
• Provide legal support for the Company's technology initiatives, including implementation and use of new vendor systems, AI/ML and other proprietary technology solutions
• Direct the Company's default servicing, litigation, foreclosure, and bankruptcy strategy, including oversight of foreclosure and bankruptcy files to ensure timely, accurate resolution and trend reporting
• Manage third party servicer and outside counsel to ensure loan files are managed and resolved in accordance with applicable guidelines
• Oversee matters related to the preservation, listing, and disposition of REO (real estate owned) properties, and coordinate the foreclosure-to-REO handoff process
• Collaborate with the Capital Markets team on securitization transactions, whole loan sales, wareho