Senior Legal Counsel, Product & Regulatory
* Full-time
* Cost Center Hierarchy: Legal
Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We’re the strategic payments partner for some of the best-known fast-moving brands globally, such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna, and many others. Purpose-built with performance and scalability in mind, our flexible cloud-based payments platform helps global enterprises launch new products and create experiences customers love.
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What you will be doing
Checkout.com is seeking a talented Senior Legal Counsel with a strong UK payments regulatory and product background to join our Legal team. The Senior Legal Counsel will be expected to advise on compliance with financial services and payments regulations, interact with regulators, and assist in the implementation of broader regulatory projects and product launches across the Checkout.com group.
As Senior Legal Counsel, you will work closely with all areas of the business in our offices around the globe. You will need to take a consultative and collaborative approach to solving complex legal and business issues in a fast-moving environment. The successful candidate should be able to handle multiple areas of responsibilities autonomously, demonstrating excellent critical judgment with a hands-on approach.
You will be joining an expanding legal team in one of Europe's most valuable fintechs. Checkout Legal's mission is to be a legal team that exceeds expectations by providing pragmatic and trusted advice and balancing risk management through high performance, innovation, collaboration, and integrity.
How you’ll make an impact
1. Partner with our Commercial, Product, Treasury, Financial Partnerships, and Compliance teams, acting as a real-time legal advisor to understand their needs and help find creative solutions to achieve business objectives.
2. Support relationships with regulators on license-related matters, including potential de novo applications.
3. Review payments product structures, flows, and terms to ensure compliance with legal requirements.
4. Advise on payments regulatory matters, including compliance with payments laws and related regulations across our different jurisdictions.
5. Advise on broader regulatory requirements applicable to financial institutions, including with respect to group regulatory change projects.
6. Advise the business on market expansion, researching and evaluating new territories and applying for new licenses or expanding the scope of existing licenses.
7. Advise key business functions on new regulatory developments impacting our operations, products, and contractual commitments.
Minimum Requirements
1. Qualified solicitor/lawyer (8+ years PQE) with strong post-qualification experience either in-house or in private practice.
2. Strong understanding of legal principles applicable to payments in the UK, including the payments ecosystem and payments regulatory and licensing strategy/execution, and to broader financial institutions.
3. Previous FinTech, start-up, payments, and/or financial institution experience is desirable but not essential.
4. Excellent time management skills and experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demands.
5. Ability to handle and deliver on numerous high-priority projects concurrently.
6. Comfort with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced culture.
7. A practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challenges.
8. Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed, flexing the approach as the matter requires.
9. Strong communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain complex legal issues clearly and concisely.
Checkout.com is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all members of society irrespective of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience, skills, and personality. We believe that employing a diverse workforce is the right thing to do and is central to our success.
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If you don't meet all the requirements but think you might still be right for the role, please apply anyway. We're always keen to speak to people who connect with our mission and values.
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