Global Payments Counsel, Financial Services

regulatory frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Focused on commercial work, but also advises on a range of issues including financial services regulation (e.g. Consumer/merchant financing, purchase protection, etc), consumer protection, KYC, risk assessment/compliance related to the financial services businesses worldwide.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements with our various partners supporting the financial services businesses.
• Actively collaborate with a wide variety of internal stakeholders, including product, engineering, compliance, marketing, business development, and risk on a range of issues related to product development and commercialization of financial services products and services.
• Work closely with colleagues across the global legal team to advise on general issues in connection with the launch of projects or programs in the destination countries/regions.
• Help build scalable and effective processes for legal review and launch of new features and products.
• Stay up-to-date and serve as the subject matter expert of financial service regulations, including AML, KYC and KYB and other ancillary topics related to financial services.
• Participate as a proactive business partner for senior managers and build a trusted advisor relationship.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required. Please ensure resumes are submitted in English when applying.
• Qualified lawyer in BR, with relevant experience, preferably across both private practice and in-house, with exposure in Technology, FinTech &/or Financial Services industries.
• Strong understanding of the financial services sector, including knowledge of compliance requirements such as consumer protection, anti-money laundering rules, know-your-customer requirements, etc.
• Strong contract negotiation skills with a focus on payments, financial services, technology, and commercial agreements.
• Ability to navigate matters independently, demonstrate excellent judgment and decision-making capability with imperfect information.
• Ability to navigate complex regulatory environments and provide practical, business-oriented legal solutions.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across legal, compliance, product, and risk functions.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working with other jurisdictions in the Americas region, like Mexico, Colombia, Canada, etc.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment while demonstrating flexibility, commitment to teamwork, and a willingness to change assignments meet clients' needs. Anticipates clients needs and delivers with timeliness, accurately sensing the urgency and sensitivity to the situation.
• Ability to manage heavy workload volume and meet critical deadlines with little supervision.
• Proactively makes recommendations for necessary process improvements.
• Demonstrates an in-depth understanding of the clients' business, industry and organization and shows support for delivery of the product, services and initiatives of the organization.
• Proactively identifies problems or issues and takes lead in resolving issues.