Seen - Senior Regulatory Counsel, Credit Card (...

Description:

Are you looking for a friendly, fast-paced workplace with an emphasis on helping customers and empowering team members? A Digital-Finance Company is a thriving leader in the financial services industry, and our team members are the foundation of our success. A Digital-Finance Company knows that happy, empowered, and engaged team members are essential to innovation and business success- and our approach is working. Come join us!
Job Description:
Company Overview:
Seen Finance is a financial technology company working with partners to provide innovative financial products to customers who otherwise do not have access to mainstream financial products. Seen is committed to financial inclusion, delivering exceptional value and customer satisfaction to its customers.
Position Overview:

• Seen Finance is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Regulatory Counsel to join our team. The Regulatory Counsel will play a crucial role in ensuring that our operations comply with all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards. This position offers an exciting opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment at the intersection of finance, technology, and regulation.
• The Job…
• Provide our growing team with guidance on laws, regulations and regulatory developments associated with the consumer lending industry, with a particular emphasis on Credit Cards issued as part of a bank partnership program.
• Serve as primary legal and regulatory contact for the compliance, product, analytics, marketing and other teams, advising on issues related to the Credit Card program, as well as new products.
• Remain up-to-date on relevant consumer finance and consumer protection laws and regulations to ensure an ongoing ability to provide sound compliance advice.
• Assist with legal inventories, policies and procedures, applications and agreements and related documentation.
• Work closely with the audit and compliance teams to help them design effective tests and controls to ensure processes are being implemented.
• Provide ideas and insights into how the company can work within the law to create amazing product experiences for its customers.
• Be an enthusiastic generalist who can help with new and varied challenges as they arise, in teamwork with the rest of the legal group.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with the relevant state bar association with at least one state bar.
• 10+ years of combined, relevant regulatory experience in law firms, governmental agencies, and/or in-house legal departments, preferably in high-growth environments.
• Expertise in consumer finance and banking laws, particularly as applied to open end credit, and the regulatory aspects of product development and intermediation in the financial industry.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work constructively with a team.
• Fluency translating legal advice into actionable guidance for innovative product and business teams.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage projects effectively.
• Sound and practical business judgment, intellectual creativity, and problem-solving skills.
  

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