Global Legal Associate – Fintech, Compliance

• Partner with Product and Engineering from discovery through launch on payments, payroll, and payout features
• Assess money-flow structures for licensing requirements, including money transmission, e-money, and payment services
• Translate regulatory requirements into clear, practical product requirements
• Draft and maintain product terms, payment terms, disclosures, and in-product legal text
• Draft, review, and help negotiate agreements with partner banks, payment providers, and FX partners
• Conduct legal reviews for launches in new markets and new payment features
• Make balanced risk assessments and propose compliant alternatives
• Support the development and daily operation of the payments compliance framework
• Support AML/CTF, KYC/KYB, and sanctions-screening activities
• Assess licensing and registration needs across markets
• Help draft and maintain policies, controls, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting
• Engage with regulators, auditors, financial institutions, and bank compliance teams
• Track regulatory changes in payments, data protection, and AI and assess product impact
• Train internal teams on compliance obligations and promote early risk escalation

• A law degree and qualification to practise in at least one jurisdiction
• 3–5 years of legal experience in payments or fintech, in-house or at a law firm with a strong payments practice
• Hands-on experience advising product teams
• Experience supporting at least one product or market launch from design to go-live
• Solid knowledge of payments regulation, including PSD2/EMD in the EU and UK and US money transmission rules
• Knowledge of AML/CTF requirements
• Experience working with banks or payment providers
• Experience negotiating agreements with banks or payment providers
• Ability to explain complex rules in plain language and give clear, practical advice
• Good risk judgment and comfort making decisions with incomplete information in a fast-moving environment
• Fluent written and spoken English
• Experience in payroll, EOR, HR tech, or global workforce platforms (nice to have)
• Experience with license applications or regulator engagement (nice to have)
• Knowledge of GDPR and AI regulation as applied to financial and HR products (nice to have)
• Experience building an early-stage compliance function (nice to have)

• Startup environment and opportunity to influence and grow rapidly
• Opportunity to help build a tech unicorn
• Growth opportunity in an AI-forward company
• Direct impact on revenue growth, customer support, and market differentiation
• Autonomy and accountability with minimal bureaucracy
• Opportunity to work for a market leader with customers including Microsoft and Mastercard
• Leadership visibility on strategic and business-critical projects
• Competitive compensation
• 100% remote work
• Collaboration with colleagues from top technology companies
• Respectful, kind, diverse, and inclusive culture
• Right to fail
• Opportunity to contribute to defining company culture