Associate General Counsel, Regulatory Compliance

Location: Hybrid work model with four days per week in the office at the Fort Lee, New Jersey headquarters, United States.

Salary: $300,000–$330,000 annually.

Company

hirify.global builds financial infrastructure and capital solutions for payments, cards, lending, embedded finance, and digital asset products.

What you will do

• Advise bank management and business and control functions on U.S. banking, consumer protection, lending, financial crime, supervision, enforcement, examination management, and third-party risk matters.
• Lead supervisory examinations and coordinate communications between regulatory examiners, the business, the Chief Legal Officer, and regulatory authorities.
• Guide Compliance, Risk Management, BSA/AML, New Partner Onboarding, and product teams on novel regulatory issues and risk-focused solutions.
• Oversee legal analysis for new partner and product launches involving payments, embedded finance, lending, digital assets, BNPL, and EWA.
• Monitor regulatory changes, prepare and manage regulatory applications and notices, and coordinate post-approval integration and regulatory commitments.
• Manage regulatory counsel, external counsel relationships, workflow, hiring, feedback, and performance.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate degree and admission in good standing to a U.S. state bar; New York or New Jersey admission preferred.
• 15+ years of legal experience, including at least 8 years in regulatory compliance, supervision, and enforcement.
• Significant in-house experience at a bank, fintech, card network, or payments company.
• Strong knowledge of supervisory oversight by the OCC, FDIC, and FRB and of financial services and consumer protection regulations.
• Experience managing regulatory examinations, applications, notices, enforcement matters, and third-party relationships.
• Strong legal writing, oral advocacy, judgment, communication, analytical, and project leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with FinTech partnership models, bank third-party risk management, marketplace lending, and unsecured consumer finance products.
• Working knowledge of TILA, UDAAP, fair lending, FCRA, Bank Holding Company regulations, Regulation Y, Regulation W, and CRA.
• Familiarity with digital technology banking matters.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative, purpose-driven environment focused on innovation, integrity, and financial inclusion.
• Cross-functional work with legal, risk, compliance, operations, product, business, and Government Affairs teams.
• Opportunity to advise executive stakeholders, clients, partners, regulators, and the Board of Directors.