Role OverviewCheckout.com is seeking a talented Legal Counsel with a strong banking and payments background to join our Legal team in Atlanta. As Legal Counsel, you will work closely with all areas of the business and take a collaborative approach to solving complex legal challenges. Reporting to the CEO of our North America banking operations, you will act as the primary legal support for our Georgia Merchant Acquiring Limited Purpose Bank (MALPB) charter. You will also 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 for projects across the Americas.The successful candidate will be able to handle a busy workload with minimal supervision, demonstrating excellent critical judgment, quick thinking and agility. This is a great opportunity to work on a broad range of projects across multiple jurisdictions, learn new areas of law and play a key role in supporting the company's rapid growth.You will be joining an expanding team; our mission is to be a legal team that exceeds expectations across the board, providing pragmatic and commercially focused advice, finding creative solutions to manage risk and becoming trusted advisers to our colleagues in the business.ResponsibilitiesThis role is based in Atlanta and sits within Checkout's Georgia banking operations, with a dotted line in to the regulatory vertical our Legal departmentSupport relationships with Georgia Department of Banking and Finance and US state and national regulators on license-related mattersReview payments product structures, flows and terms to ensure compliance with legal requirementsAdvise on payments regulatory matters, including compliance with payments laws and related regulations in the US and across the AmericasAdvise on broader regulatory requirements applicable to payment services providers, including with respect to group regulatory change projectsAdvise the business on market expansion, researching and evaluating new territories and applying for new licenses or expanding the scope of existing licensesAdvise key business functions on new regulatory developments impacting our operations, products and contractual commitmentsConduct research on various multi-jurisdictional legal issuesSupport the company's strategic projects and initiatives by providing creative, proactive and results-orientated adviceQualificationsJuris Doctor and membership in one state bar or equivalent4+ years of legal experienceStrong understanding of legal principles applicable to payments and financial institutions in the US, including the payments ecosystem and payments regulatory and licensing strategy/executionPrevious FinTech, payments, software, e-commerce and/or bank experience is desirable but not essentialExperience working in a start up or other fast-paced and dynamic environment is desirable but not essentialComfort with ambiguity, constant change, and a fast-paced cultureA practical, solutions-oriented focus to solving legal challengesExperience working internationally and on a variety of cross-border mattersExcellent time management skills and experience managing a diverse workload and competing stakeholder demandsAbility to work autonomously and collaboratively as needed, flexing the approach as the matter requiresStrong communication skills and the ability to articulate and explain complex legal issues clearly and conciselyEnthusiasm for new challenges and skilling up in different areas of lawFederal reserve, OCC & FDIC experience#J-18808-Ljbffr
