[Full Time] General Counsel at Method Financial (United States)
General Counsel
Method Financial United States
Date Posted: 14 Feb, 2023
Work Location: Austin, TX, United States
Salary Offered: $150000 — $190000 yearly
Job Type: Full Time
Experience Required: 6+ years
Remote Work: No
Stock Options: Yes
Vacancies: 1 available
About Method
Method Financial was founded in 2021 after our founders experienced first-hand the difficulties of embedding debt repayment into their app (GradJoy). They decided to build their own embedded banking service that allows developers to easily retrieve and pay any of their users' debts – including credit cards, student loans, car loans, and mortgages – all through a single API.
As a Top 10 Fintech Startup, we’re focused on providing the opportunity for ambitious and entrepreneurial individuals to have high levels of impact at the forefront of the fintech space. Continuous improvement, collaboration, and a clear mission bring us together in service of delivering the best products for our users.
The Impact
As General Counsel you will be a foundational member of our legal team, and own primary responsibility for ensuring that product teams are able to ship their products and features with sustainable legal risk in a highly regulated environment. You will support a number of significant cross-company initiatives, including developing our government affairs strategy with respect to open finance. You will also oversee a group of external contractors for compliance and legal initiatives.
What You’ll Do
- Oversee the legal matters of the business as a whole, including acting as the business’ legal representative. You will provide legal counsel on a broad range of legal issues, such as intellectual property and privacy law and you will help business stakeholders across the company navigate legal matters.
- Provide guidance on product related legal matters: Develop and operationalize creative and innovative risk-mitigating solutions for data protection, privacy, KYC and AML issues.
- Proactive engagement with regulators and policymakers, understanding of regulations and policies that impact the firm, including personal financial data rights and fair credit reporting act.
- Provide holistic legal support of complex financial arrangements at the intersection of fintech and traditional financial arrangements, including debt consolidation, payments, balance transfers, and other complex financial data and payment products.
- Oversee regulatory compliance.
- Provide legal support on corporate matters such as partnership agreements, employment, and intellectual property.
Who You Are
- You have 7+ years experience as a practicing attorney, including at a fintech specific law firm or in-house experience.
- You have a J.D. degree and active membership in at least one US state bar.
- You have experience counseling and advising clients on risk mitigation strategies across technology product platforms.
- Demonstrated experience in regulatory compliance governance, oversight, systems, and controls.
- You are comfortable in a growing, highly collaborative, and fluid start-up environment.
Benefits
We believe people do their best work when they are healthy and happy. Our founding team is in Austin, TX, and Washington, DC, but we are a remote-flexible company.
- Competitive Salary + Equity
- Remote + Flexible Work Schedule (Full COVID-19 vaccination is required to work from our offices)
- $3,000 Home Office Stipend + Hardware
- Unlimited PTO
- Full Health Care
- Learning Stipend
- Paid Parental Leave
- Student loan repayment
What makes us Method: Being a minority-owned business, we firmly believe that diversity drives innovation. Our differences are what make us stronger. We‘re passionate about building a workplace that represents a variety of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives and does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.
Come join us!
There's no such thing as a 'perfect' candidate. We encourage you to apply even if you don't 100% match the exact candidate description!
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