Legal & Compliance Expert (Fintech)

Location: São Paulo, Brazil; hybrid work with regular office presence

Company

hirify.global is a B2B fintech building payment, spend management, financing, and financial infrastructure solutions for businesses across Latin America.

What you will do

• Lead corporate legal, corporate governance, and regulatory compliance matters for operations in Brazil.
• Manage corporate records, resolutions, powers of attorney, statutory filings, capital changes, intercompany arrangements, and commercial agreements.
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate requirements into policies, procedures, controls, and implementation plans.
• Execute AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, enhanced due diligence, complex-case analysis, audits, regulatory interactions, and remediation plans.
• Support privacy, data protection, LGPD, and ESG compliance initiatives across products and operations.
• Advise Product, Operations, Finance, People, Sales, Risk, Fraud, Engineering, and Data teams while improving workflows with AI and automation tools such as N8N.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in corporate legal, regulatory compliance, AML/CFT, privacy, or related areas, preferably in-house.
• Professional experience in Brazilian corporate law and governance, commercial agreements, or regulatory compliance, AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, audits, controls, and remediation.
• Law degree and active Brazilian Bar Association (OAB) registration for corporate legal profiles; compliance profiles may hold degrees in law, business administration, accounting, economics, international relations, or related fields.
• Experience working in regulated environments and managing complex matters from analysis through implementation.
• Practical knowledge of LGPD, privacy, and data protection requirements.
• Strong communication, organizational, ownership, business judgment, and cross-functional influence skills, plus experience or strong interest in AI workflow automation.

Nice to have

• In-house experience at a fintech, financial institution, payments company, or technology startup.
• Experience with the Central Bank of Brazil, COAF, ANPD, ESG governance, external counsel, audits, regulatory inspections, or remediation plans.
• Analytical experience using spreadsheets, SQL, or Python for compliance monitoring and workflow evaluation.
• Basic Spanish proficiency or a strong desire to learn Spanish.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work model combining office collaboration, customer interaction, and work from home, with office attendance expected during ramp-up or when required by the leader.
• Competitive salary and stock options through ESOP from day one.
• Annual learning budget and accelerated internal development paths.
• Multicultural environment with daily exposure to Portuguese, Spanish, and English.
• Open, inclusive, values-driven, high-ownership culture focused on clarity, simplicity, and action.