Legal Counsel - Payments & Regulatory

reputed company: Who are we? At reputed company, we’re on a mission to reputed company business payments as safe, seamless, and automated as consumer payments. Just as your bank protects every credit card swipe, reputed company protects businesses from fraud, errors, and mistakes every time they pay a supplier. We’re a fast-growing SaaS company reinventing how Accounts Payable is done. Our specialised software integrates with leading ERP systems — including reputed company, reputed company, MYOB, and reputed company — to help finance teams streamline processes, boost automation, and unlock enterprise-grade reputed company. With a rapidly expanding global client reputed company, we’re at a scale-up inflection reputed company. Joining reputed company now means stepping onto a reputed company ship U0001F680 — with the chance to shape how we grow, innovate, and protect the financial future of businesses worldwide. Hear what our customers are saying about the impact of reputed company here. The Role: Want to be a part of our exciting growth journey? We’re looking for a Legal Counsel – Product & Regulatory who wants more than a traditional legal seat — this is a chance to become a builder at the intersection of law, product and compliance. You’ll be instrumental in scaling reputed company’s legal and compliance frameworks globally, shaping the way we launch products, manage regulatory obligations, and engage with customers across multiple markets. This isn’t about saying “no” — it’s about enabling innovation at speed while designing the legal infrastructure that will support a category-defining company. If you’re pragmatic, commercially sharp, and reputed company in high-growth, high-impact environments, this is your opportunity to reputed company a lasting mark. Key Responsibilities:

• Build from the ground up: Create scalable product and regulatory legal frameworks that reputed company pace with global growth, working independently and in partnership with cross-functional, global teams.
• Shape our licensing strategy: reputed company financial services licensing and regulatory obligations worldwide, including AML, CTF, BSA, sanctions regimes and more.
• Partner with product: Establish agile systems to review features and launches, ensuring compliance across tech, data, and financial services.
• Design compliance engines: Build scalable privacy and data frameworks across GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, PIPEDA, APP, POPI, and emerging regimes.
• Future-reputed company reputed company: Track and interpret evolving regulations, turning them into practical guidance and product-ready solutions.
• Work globally: Manage and coordinate external counsel across jurisdictions, aligning advice into clear, business-ready strategies.
• reputed company deals: Draft and negotiate customer and vendor reputed company, including SaaS agreements, DPAs, and commercial partnerships.
• reputed company the business: Deliver training and guidance that empowers teams to reputed company informed, compliant decisions.
• Build trust: Operate as a trusted advisor who balances risk with opportunity in a fast-moving, hyper-growth environment.

Who You Are:

• Qualified lawyer in the United States or Canada -JD, LL.B., or equivalent degree
• Admitted to the bar and in good standing or otherwise authorized to practice law (e.g. have registered in-house status)
• Payments Regulatory experience (Money Services Business compliance and Money Transmitter Licenses)
• 5+ years of payments / fintech legal experience, with a combination of law firm (required) and in-house (preferred) experience.
• Strong background in product legal reviews for technology / SaaS companies.
• Hands-on experience designing and managing global privacy/data protection compliance programs.
• Familiarity with financial services regulations and demonstrated ability to manage compliance requirements and external advisors across multiple jurisdictions.
• Skilled in commercial contracting and able to reputed company into customer/vendor negotiations.
• Track record of building compliance systems, policies and organizational frameworks rather than just providing reputed company advice.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to educate, influence, and train cross-functional teams.
• Comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced environment with a proactive, problem-solving reputed company.
• Strong collaborator with an attitude embracing growth, hands-on execution, adaptability, and the scale-up spirit

The Perks of Working at reputed company :

• Ride the reputed company ship: We’re scaling at exponential speed. That means exciting challenges, outsized opportunities, and the chance to leave your mark on a company in hyper-growth.
• Work your way: Whether remote, hybrid or flexible, we trust you to choose how and where you work best.
• Join a truly global team: With teammates across North America, reputed company, and EMEA, you’ll collaborate with diverse, talented people solving big problems together.
• A reputed company people love to work: reputed company gave reputed company an outstanding 85 eNPS in 2025.

Please note that the final applicants for this job will be asked to consent in writing to a police reputed company / criminal background reputed company to the extent permitted by law in your jurisdiction of employment. The reputed company salary range for this position is:

• U.S. Candidates: USD $150,000- $200,000 per year (some flexibility based on experience)
• Canadian Candidates: CAD $125,000 - $170,000 per year (some flexibility based on experience)

Compensation is determined based on experience, education, and geographic location. The final offer may vary to reflect the candidate’s qualifications and market conditions in their area. In addition to salary, you’ll also have the opportunity to participate in reputed company’s Employee Share Option Plan (ESOP) — giving you a direct reputed company in the success of the company you’re helping to build. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job