Overview

Come join our amazing team of leaders, learners and world-class legal professionals. We’re part of an amazing organization bringing financial services offerings to market to power prosperity for our customers all over the world! We’re seeking a Corporate Counsel to support Banking Services while providing guidance to our organization as it exponentially grows its banking/financial services offerings. The ideal candidate will have a depth of commercial/transactional experience within the financial services/financial technology sector, ability to support and collaborate with a diversity of stakeholders, strong team mentality and be driven to grow professionally and personally.

What you'll bring

California Bar membership preferred with no disciplinary history (other state bar membership may be considered)
10+ years of major law firm or large corporation in-house experience
Financial Services or fintech experience preferred: exposure to mobile wallets, online banking, electronic payments, virtual currency, prepaid cards, credit/debit cards, regulatory rulemaking, and/or outsourcing agreements
Able to draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of contracts and transaction documents
Experience with third-party service agreements
Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, analytical, and strategic planning skills
Willingness to work in a fast-paced, challenging environment
Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a diverse workload
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
Excellent organizational, time management, and follow-up skills

How you will lead

Draft, review, and negotiate agreements and transaction documents, particularly with respect to bank partnership transactions, payments and money service partnerships, innovative financial service alliances, and other third-party service agreements
Liaise with internal stakeholders for input on privacy, data sharing, data security, regulatory and marketing considerations while developing and drafting form contracts for routine transactions – all while minimizing company and customer risk
Maintain an understanding of regulatory impact in partnering with financial institutions and ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
Supporting all internal business units by providing efficient and effective legal counsel
General transactional/commercial support for other business lines with contract drafting, review and negotiation
Undertake project work from time to time to support larger initiatives within the team or organization supporting company goals/objectives
Additional responsibilities as may be assigned as needed
Work with Legal, Compliance and business teams to implement regulatory changes that impact customer facing products, services, and marketing efforts
Be tech-savvy and fintech-forward, identifying tools that could aid in the commercial legal support tasks – all to improve processes and efficiencies.
Provide mentoring and cross-training of colleagues to undertake commercial legal work supporting banking services