Director of Legal

Summary

Join Flex, a rapidly growing fintech company building a finance super app for business owners, as their Director of Legal. You will lead legal and regulatory efforts, ensuring compliance and leveraging regulatory knowledge as a competitive advantage. This role requires a proactive approach, developing innovative solutions and working closely with product and engineering teams. The ideal candidate possesses extensive experience in financial services law, particularly with credit cards and payments, and a strong understanding of relevant regulations. Flex offers a fully remote work environment, competitive compensation, and benefits, including 401k, life insurance, PTO, and comprehensive health coverage. The company boasts a strong founding team and significant funding, creating a dynamic and exciting work environment.

Requirements

• 6+ years of experience as in-house, startup, or financial services counsel
• Law Degree from an accredited law school
• Bar admission in good standing in at least one US state or jurisdiction
• You absolutely must have experience with credit cards
• Familiarity with payment products
• Working knowledge of BSA/AML/OFAC/KYC, Fair Lending/ECOA, Reg B, TILA/Reg Z
• Dynamic multi-tasker who can juggle multiple priorities and complexities with ease
• Comfort working across various business units and levels
• Innovative problem solver
• Awesome communication skills, both written and verbal
• Knack for solving complex regulatory issues
• Distrust of the status quo
• For this role, you absolutely must have a law degree and be an attorney in good standing practicing law in a US jurisdiction

Responsibilities

• Solve Problems
• Be Our Legal SME
• Develop Innovative Regulatory Solutions

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on knowledge working with credit cards and payments products
• Subject matter expertise in several regulatory areas, like MSB/MTL rules, card rules (both consumer and commercial preferable), and all of the attendant things that go along with credit products like BSA/AML/KYC, Adverse Action/Reg B, TILA/Reg Z

Benefits

• Remote work w/ semi-annual offsites in exotic locations
• Excellent compensation and benefits (401k, life insur., PTO, paid medical, dental, vision, etc)