Provides legal and regulatory counsel for mortgage and HELOC products, consumer credit, lending, debt collection, privacy, and solar financing. Advises business units, manages outside counsel, supports compliance with applicable laws and policies, and handles related product, litigation, complaint, and examination matters.
About GoodLeap:
GoodLeap is a technology company delivering best-in-class financing and software products for sustainable solutions, from solar panels and batteries to energy-efficient HVAC, heat pumps, roofing, windows, and more. Over 1 million homeowners have benefited from our simple, fast, and frictionless technology that makes the adoption of these products more affordable, accessible, and easier to understand. Thousands of professionals deploying home efficiency and solar solutions rely on GoodLeap’s proprietary, AI-powered applications and developer tools to drive more transparent customer communication, deeper business intelligence, and streamlined payment and operations. Our platform has led to more than $27 billion in financing for sustainable solutions since 2018.
GoodLeap is also proud to support our award-winning nonprofit, GivePower, which is building and deploying life-saving water and clean electricity systems, changing the lives of more than 1.6 million people across Africa, Asia, and South America.
Responsible for providing direct legal support to mortgage/HELOC products and business units as Senior Counsel member of Legal Compliance team. Works with outside Counsel and in-house legal and paralegal team members. Provides advice on legal issues and supports all sectors of the business with regards to mortgage, consumer credit and related products and services.
Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Manage and work on legal, regulatory, and product issues related to mortgage/HELOC financial products and business units, including managing and working with outside counsel and other business units.
- Provide advice and support legal, regulatory, and product issues related to debt collection, privacy, consumer credit compliance, lending and solar financing. Ensures compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and Company policies and procedures.
- Perform other tasks as assigned from time to time by the company.
Required Skills, Knowledge and Abilities:
- Competence as a lawyer; ability to manage heavy workload in a high-pressure environment.
- Good communication (oral and written) and interpersonal skills within and across departments and externally; must be proactive in providing counsel to clients.
- Sound judgment: ability to clearly make reasoned recommendations; ability to cross think and determine who should be kept informed.
- Self-starter with good business sense and a sense of urgency, honesty, and fairness.
- Good team player, calm under pressure.
- Self-confident and inspires confidence from clients.
- Must have a JD degree from an accredited law school.
- Candidate must have experience advising mortgage lenders, financial institutions or fintechs on legal and regulatory consumer credit lending issues, specifically credit cards.
- Prefer candidate with experience handling mortgage/HELOC products, legal issues, litigation and consumer complaints, and examinations.
- Committed to being a legal business partner to internal clients.
Compensation: $150,000 - $200,000 per year
Additional Information Regarding Job Duties and Job Descriptions:
Job duties include additional responsibilities as assigned by one's supervisor or other managers related to the position/department. This job description is meant to describe the general nature and level of work being performed; it is not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and other skills required for the position. The Company reserves the right at any time with or without notice to alter or change job responsibilities, reassign or transfer job position or assign additional job responsibilities, subject to applicable law. The Company shall provide reasonable accommodations of known disabilities to enable a qualified applicant or employee to apply for employment, perform the essential functions of the job, or enjoy the benefits and privileges of employment as required by the law.
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GoodLeap San Francisco, California, USA Office
500 2nd St, San Francisco, CA, United States, 94107
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