Codex

Role Description Codex's product offering and financial partnership network is expanding rapidly — new payment providers, banking partners, and liquidity providers globally. The legal work that underpins those relationships needs to move at the same pace as the business. This role exists to make that happen. You'll own the legal workstream for financial partnerships end-to-end: - Reviewing and negotiating FP contracts - Managing due diligence requests - Advising on the regulatory implications of new products, corridors, and partner structures You'll work closely with the Head of Legal and report into the legal function, with tight day-to-day collaboration with the Financial Partnerships, Product, and Compliance teams. This is a senior individual contributor role for someone who has done this work before and can operate with a high degree of autonomy. Qualifications - Qualified lawyer with 8 – 10 years of experience, ideally combining a first-tier law firm foundation with in-house experience at a fintech payments company - Deep expertise in financial partnership contracts and payments regulation — this is a domain specialist role, not a generalist one - Comfortable operating autonomously: you can pick up a complex contract, identify the issues, and drive it to execution without needing significant direction - Commercially aware — you understand that legal is an enabler of the business, not a gate, and you give advice accordingly - Meticulous and detail-oriented, with the communication skills to translate complex legal positions into clear guidance for non-lawyers - Based in APAC or a time zone that overlaps meaningfully with the team Requirements - Review, negotiate, and execute commercial agreements with financial partners — payment providers, banking counterparties, liquidity providers, and PSPs - Own the contract lifecycle end-to-end: preparing markups, tracking open issues, coordinating with counterparties, and driving to execution without losing momentum - Maintain and update standard form FP agreements as the regulatory and commercial environment evolves - Advise the Financial Partnerships and Sales teams on commercial terms, entity routing, and deal structuring across multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction arrangements - Manage inbound legal and regulatory due diligence requests from financial partners — collating documentation, preparing regulatory status summaries, and coordinating with Compliance on AML/CFT-related queries - Prepare and maintain legal memos, licensing summaries, and corporate documentation packages for partners requiring clarity on Codex's regulatory status and entity structure - Ensure Codex's outbound KYB documentation to financial partners is accurate, current, and responsive - Analyse the regulatory implications of new products, payment corridors, and client segments before they go live — identifying licensing requirements, restrictions, and structural considerations across relevant jurisdictions - Advise Product and Engineering on the legal constraints that affect feature design, entity routing, and market entry sequencing - Monitor regulatory developments across key jurisdictions (APAC, LATAM, EMEA) and brief the legal and business teams on material changes Nice to Have - Experience across multiple APAC and other regions and familiarity with the regulatory frameworks governing cross-border payments and digital assets in the region - Exposure to stablecoin or digital asset regulation - Prior experience as a solo or early legal hire at a fast-growing fintech

Role Description This is a hands-on founding role: you will personally run clients through onboarding while building the systems, workflows, and automation that allow the function to scale. Codex is growing its client base rapidly — fintechs, PSPs, and institutional clients. Your job is to own the onboarding process end-to-end today, and architect what it looks like at 10x volume tomorrow. You'll report directly to the CEO and work closely with Sales, Compliance, and Engineering. Responsibilities - Client Onboarding Execution - Own the KYB process from initiation to completion — ensuring collection of corporate documentation, managing RFIs, coordinating with Compliance on risk determinations, and ensuring clients are cleared and activated as fast as possible. - Serve as the primary operational point of contact for clients through onboarding by setting expectations, chasing outstanding items, and keeping deals moving without losing the relationship. - Work with each new financial partner to understand their onboarding requirements and figure out the right process from scratch, adapting quickly as requirements evolve. - Coordinate with Trading Operations on account activation once KYB is complete. - Process Design & Automation - Document and systematise the current manual onboarding process — identifying what's repeatable, what's fragile, and where the biggest bottlenecks are. - Build the strategic roadmap for transitioning from manual to automated KYB — sequencing what gets automated first, what requires human judgement, and what the target state looks like. - Work directly with Engineering to spec and prioritise automation — you'll need to understand the problem deeply enough to translate it into product requirements. - Design and maintain onboarding workflows, checklists, and documentation standards that allow the function to scale to multiple staff members. - Cross-functional Coordination - Partner with Sales to ensure onboarding timelines are set correctly and deals don't stall after signing. - Work closely with Compliance to stay current on KYB policy, risk appetite changes, and new documentation requirements as Codex expands into new markets. - Feed client feedback on onboarding friction directly into the product and engineering roadmap. Qualifications - 5 to 10 years of hands-on experience in client onboarding, KYB, or operations at a fintech, PSP, neobank, or payments company. - Strong familiarity with corporate KYB including entity structures, UBOs, documentation standards across multiple jurisdictions. - Experience owning one-to-many onboarding processes and improving them over time. - Experience working with Engineering teams on automation and tooling. - Strong written communication skills. You are clear, precise, and professional with clients and internal teams alike. - Detail-oriented but pragmatic — you'll drive the manual work that's needed today without losing sight of the automated future you're building toward. Nice to Have - Experience in the stablecoin or crypto payments space. - Familiarity with cross-border payment rails and the compliance requirements that vary by corridor. - Prior experience as the first or founding member of an onboarding function at an early-stage company.