Assistant General Counsel, Regulatory

About the role

This role requires high-quality legal analysis and exceptional judgment. You must have strong oral and written communication skills, excellent interpersonal and influencing skills, an ability to anticipate and deliver legal support to satisfy the needs of a dynamic business team, and the flexibility to manage a variety of assignments at a time.

Responsibilities

• Deliver strategic and tactical legal support for all aspects of our activities in the consumer finance industry and across all stages of our members’ experiences
• Serve as a trusted advisor and partner to business teams, including advising and partnering on the development of new products and services, training and advising on consumer finance and other laws and regulations applicable to our business, third party management activities, marketing materials, and drafting and negotiating partnership and other business agreements
• Assist in monitoring and analyzing federal, state, and local regulatory developments concerning lending, servicing, and other activities that may impact our marketplace and engage with our business partners to ensure understanding of the same and operational readiness
• Partner with our Compliance and Risk teams to ensure comprehensive risk support, including assisting in the investigation of and response to consumer complaints and the management of internal and external compliance reviews and examinations, including regulatory exams by government agencies
• Collaborate with team members to identify issues and improve existing processes and procedures to ensure consistent interpretation and application of legal requirements across Happen Bank’s marketplace
• Drive and support other matters in support of Happen Bank’s strategic objectives
• Assist the Legal Department in support of any other assignments that may be assigned to you
• May oversee other legal team members and support them in accomplishing some or all of the above responsibilities and objectives

Requirements

• J.D. from an accredited law school and licensed, in good standing, in one or more states to practice law (not necessary to be licensed in the states where Happen Bank has offices)