Corporate Counsel - Regulatory Compliance - Fintech & Payments

About the Company

Tungsten Automation is a U.S.-headquartered technology company with subsidiaries and customers around the world. Our core product is a leading SaaS workflow automation platform used by organizations to streamline complex business processes. As part of our continued growth, we are expanding our product portfolio to include innovative payment services functionality, creating new opportunities and regulatory challenges across global markets.

To support this expansion, we are seeking a Regulatory Counsel with experience in fintech, payments, or financial services regulation to join our legal team.

Job Purpose

This role will focus on regulatory matters related to payments, fintech, and financial services across multiple jurisdictions. You will work closely with Product, Risk, Compliance, and other business teams to enable compliant product development and well-coordinated international expansion. The ideal candidate will be comfortable operating in a fast-paced, global SaaS enterprise supported by partners in highly-regulated environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide practical legal guidance on the design, development, launch and ongoing support of payment-related products and features that do not fall within the scope of financial services regulations.
• Advise on regulatory frameworks applicable to payments, fintech, and financial services.
• Monitor and interpret evolving regulatory developments in the UK, EU, U.S., and other geographies with the assistance of outside counsel, and assess their impact on business operations and product strategy.
• Support the development, implementation, and oversight of policies and governance frameworks governing payment processing activities, working closely with compliance, risk, and product teams to ensure regulatory alignment.
• Support market entry and product expansion in new jurisdictions with regulatory analysis.
• Collaborate with compliance, risk, product, and engineering teams to embed regulatory guardrails and requirements into workflows and product design.
• Engage with external counsel, regulators, and industry bodies as needed.
• Draft, review, and negotiate agreements with vendors and customers, and internal policies related to payments, financial services, and regulatory compliance.

While the job description describes what is anticipated as the requirements of the position, the job requirements are subject to change based upon any changing needs and requirements of the business.