Job Description

Details

• 10+ years of major law firm or large corporation in-house experience, preferably working on financial services, fintech, payments, or related products
• 3+ years in contract drafting, negotiation and deal management for larger business transactions
• Experience with third-party service agreements
• Excellent organizational, time management, and follow-up skills
• Are a great deal lawyer–willing and able to roll up your sleeves and get into the details of major deals
• Have worked in, or closely with, one or more technology companies to structure complex financial services relationships
• Are a great communicator and solid project manager, able to effectively prioritize and advance a large number of deals happening simultaneously, often on tight deadlines. Solid understanding of banking operations, payment network rules and other financial services regulatory issues
• Extreme organization skills

How you will lead

• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements and transaction documents, particularly with respect to bank/fintech partnership transactions, payments, 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