Lending Regulatory Counsel

Square is looking for a highly engaged candidate with a passion for all things consumer and commercial lending to join our legal organization.

You will, under the direction of the Global Lending Regulatory Counsel:

• Advise on multiple regulatory matters affecting Square's growing global business in Europe and other jurisdictions outside of the U.S in relation to business to business and business to consumer lending, including UK Consumer Credit licensure, EU rules on consumer credit, and Australian Credit licensure .
• Summarize and analyze impact of new applicable rules and regulations
• Identify risk areas and develop systems and procedures to manage and reduce them at a product-level and an enterprise-risk level
• Keep the business up to speed on how to offer remarkable product solutions to our customers that meet local regulatory requirements
• Identify, summarize, and analyze the impact of new and proposed applicable rules and regulations
• Represent Square with regulators and external partners on regulatory matters
• Own the licensing application and management function for existing and new non-U.S. jurisdictions
• Build working relationships with colleagues across multiple Square business and legal teams in Europe, the US and around the globe

Requirements

You Have:

• 6+ years experience at a law firm (with lending advisory experience), financial services regulatory agency, bank partnership experience or inhouse experience
• Experience with FinTech, lending and banking issues
• Experience handling regulatory matters and have prior relationships with relevant regulators.
• High degree of comfort and fluency with computers and technology, and understanding of how technology is applied to business and regulatory problems
• England & Wales qualified, or international equivalent legal qualification