Legal & Compliance Manager (Fintech)

Location: London or Cardiff, United Kingdom; office attendance required at least 3 days per week, with Mondays in the office.

Salary: £68,062–£77,685 per year, depending on experience. Stock options: £37,816–£64,280.

Company

hirify.global is a regulated fintech building a debit and credit financial membership product with rewards for everyday purchases, travel, dining, entertainment, wellness, and shopping.

What you will do

• Own day-to-day legal operations, respond to legal queries, handle member support escalations including Section 75 claims and DSARs, mark up commercial contracts, and maintain corporate housekeeping.
• Advise on a broad range of legal matters using pragmatic, practical solutions.
• Help deliver the compliance monitoring plan by auditing processes, policies, and controls, identifying gaps, and implementing fixes.
• Draft and maintain templates, create repeatable processes, and automate reviews where appropriate.
• Work with the Head of Legal & Compliance and Senior Compliance Manager while exercising independent judgment and progressing projects.

Requirements

• Qualified lawyer.
• Comfort working as a generalist across legal and compliance matters rather than as a narrow specialist.
• Ability to work autonomously, take responsibility, use independent judgment, make decisions with incomplete information, and flag blockers or delays.
• Ability to learn new areas of law and solve difficult problems quickly under pressure.
• Practical and creative approach to legal and compliance issues, including routine work such as data privacy documentation.
• Willingness to learn on the job; extensive consumer credit or fintech experience is not required.
• Right-to-work, criminal, politically exposed persons, and default-to-credit-notice background checks are required before onboarding.

Nice to have

• Consumer credit or fintech experience.
• Experience creating repeatable processes or automating reviews with AI tools.

Culture & Benefits

• Office-first, remote-friendly working model with London Shoreditch and Cardiff offices.
• 35 holidays, including 27 days of annual leave and 8 public holidays.
• Private healthcare with Bupa and up to 12 weeks of enhanced parental leave after one year.
• £750 annual learning and training allowance.
• Team-building offsites, regular breakfasts, lunches and team events, plus a cycle-to-work scheme.

Hiring process

• Introductory 45-minute Zoom call, followed by a 60-minute case interview or take-home task.
• Two 60-minute face-to-face interviews covering experience and values, with an office visit encouraged.
• Reference checks with a previous manager and a peer; the process includes required background checks and typically takes 2–6 weeks.