Lending Regulatory Counsel

Responsibilities

• Provide legal and regulatory advice on lending regulations including Reg Z, Reg B, Fair Lending, and state lending licensing
• Act as a subject matter expert for consumer and commercial lending, bank partnership arrangements, and model risk management
• Lead resolution of complex, cross-functional regulatory and bank partnership issues
• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior business, product, compliance, and bank partner stakeholders
• Summarize and analyze the impact of new and evolving rules and regulations
• Provide legal support and strategic input on emerging and novel consumer financial products

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience at a law firm, financial services regulatory agency, bank partnership role, or in-house
• Substantive experience with lending and bank partnership issues/relationships
• Ability to independently lead and drive complex legal and regulatory issues to resolution
• Experience engaging directly with senior stakeholders across legal, compliance, product, and business teams
• JD and active membership in good standing with the Bar of resident state, California, or New York

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with emerging or novel consumer financial products
• Fair lending experience
• Experience with FinTech, lending, and bank partnership relationships
• Experience at a tech company or in fintech
• High degree of comfort and fluency with technology

About the Company

Block builds technology to increase access to the global economy through brands like Square, Cash App, Afterpay, TIDAL, Bitkey, and Proto.