Senior Legal Counsel, Digital Assets and PaymentsActive$33K–$35K

Monzo
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The opportunity

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What you'll do

  • You’ll work directly with senior lawyers, product managers and engineers to: provide legal advice and commercial insights to develop and grow Monzo Bank in the UK - and internationally.

  • Partner with product managers to advise on legal matters, in particular: relating to the impact of digital assets and emerging financial technologies, and advise on the legal and regulatory requirements for Monzo.

  • Help to develop efficient ways of working to enable Monzo to scale quickly,: and ensuring Monzo operates safely and in accordance with the law and regulation.

  • Provide training and knowledge sharing with other Monzonauts on the impact of: laws and regulations for Monzo and our customers in your specialist area..

  • Often act as the sole lawyer advising product managers or other colleagues,: identifying legal issues proactively, evaluating relevant risks and finding effective solutions to unique and complex business activities.

  • You’ll work closely and collaboratively with Monzo’s Director of Legal for: Payments & Business Banking, Director of Product Legal, the General Counsel of Monzo Bank Limited and the other members of the UK Legal team to provide legal advice and commercial insights, in particular in relation to digital assets and other emerging financial technologies, to Product teams.

What they're looking for

  • You’ll be a trusted advisor and will work proactively and collaboratively: with other relevant stakeholders and teams across the Monzo Group, including the Product, Risk & Compliance, Supplier Operations, Financial Crime, Fraud and Operations teams.
  • You’ll advise on the evolving legal and regulatory framework for digital: assets and emerging financial technologies, working with colleagues across the UK and EU to to help us identify relevant local legal and regulatory requirements and apply them to our products.
  • You’ll work with colleagues across the Legal and Board Governance Collective: to improve the management of our teams’ activities, including through identifying suitable technology solutions to streamline workflows, optimise processes and efficiencies, and increase scalability.
  • You’ll proactively manage relationships with external suppliers and law firms: to enhance processes around cost management to ensure we are optimising our spend and extracting best value while delivering top-quality legal support.