Assistant General Counsel, Fintech

The role

You will serve as the lead lawyer for the consumer fintech business, advising product, marketing, growth, finance, and compliance teams. You will own legal needs end to end, including earned wage access and credit-related products, across product advisory, litigation, regulatory, and privacy.

What you will do

• Advise product, marketing, growth, finance, and compliance teams on new features, app and website content, and customer-facing terms
• Manage licensing and registrations, including applications, renewals, license maintenance, regulatory examinations, and responses to regulator inquiries
• Support the expansion of the consumer fintech business, including new products
• Oversee litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters for the fintech business
• Direct outside counsel on strategy, scope, budget, and rate discipline
• Run a periodic review cadence across apps, websites, and public materials
• Refresh policies and procedures and set a recurring training calendar for employees
• Build the legal operations layer with AI including intake, playbooks, self-service templates, first-pass review, matter management, and reporting
• Cover legal needs across the whole company including shared services, employment, IP, corporate, financings, insurance, and state-level licensing

Required qualifications

• JD and active bar membership in good standing
• Approximately 7+ years of post-JD experience, combining law firm training with time in-house
• Substantial consumer fintech experience, ideally with earned wage access, bank partnerships, and credit products
• Working knowledge of the main laws governing earned wage access, credit products, and the wider range of fintech offerings, including TILA and Regulation Z, EFTA and Regulation E, FCRA, the Military L
• Experience managing licensing, regulatory examinations and inquiries, litigation, and arbitration at the state or federal level, including directing outside counsel
• Legal operations experience and genuine AI fluency
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Nice to have

• experience with data privacy, vendor oversight programs, or government affairs

Before you apply

• If we don't see something that immediately fits, we will keep your resume on file for future opportunities

About the company

Attain is built for consumers and companies to allow consumers to leverage their data in exchange for modern financial services. The platform allows consumers to access savings tools, earned wages and rewards without cost or hidden fees.