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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in payments regulation, compliance frameworks, and legal requirements, with a strong ability to translate complex regulatory language into actionable product requirements. Proven experience in engaging with regulators and financial institutions while supporting product launches and compliance training.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Law DegreePayments Regulation KnowledgeAML/CTF ComplianceNegotiation SkillsProduct Launch Experience
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Hard Skills
Legal Experience in PaymentsRegulatory AssessmentDrafting Legal AgreementsRisk AssessmentTransaction MonitoringRegulatory ReportingPolicy DevelopmentCompliance Framework SupportLicense Application ExperienceGDPR Knowledge
Soft Skills
Clear CommunicationRisk JudgmentDecision-Making
Industry Keywords
FintechMoney TransmissionE-MoneyPayment ServicesPSD2KYCKYBSanctions ScreeningHR TechGlobal Workforce Platforms
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- 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
Requirements
What you’ll need- 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)
Benefits
Comp & perks- 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