Description:
In this role, you will work at all levels in the organisation and in close partnership with the EU Risk & Compliance teams, the wider Monzo legal team as well as a diverse set of stakeholders across the business. You’ll lead on a wide range of legal matters with opportunities for growth in role as the business scales in Europe. There'll also be opportunities to get involved in operational resilience, artificial intelligence, competition, and multi market scoping.
No two days are the same in Monzo’s Legal team. This is not your typical legal role; so we’re not looking for a typical person. We’re looking for someone with exceptional technical expertise but is willing to roll up their sleeves and get things done. If this sounds right up your street then get in touch, we’d love to hear from you.
🔑You’ll play a key role by…
- Acting as a trusted legal advisor to our European development team and help grow our product and presence across Europe.
- Keeping up to date on regulatory developments and working with the relevant stakeholders regarding these changes.
- Advising on legal risk and identifying mitigants.
- Providing crucial insights and leverage entity local expertise to feed into the consolidated group regulatory strategy.
- Developing and implementing processes and procedures to increase the efficiency and scalability of the European Legal function.
- Delivering training, sharing insights from your work, and helping educate others on legal developments.
- Managing relationships with our external legal counsel and ensuring we are optimising our legal spend on regulatory matters.
🤩 We’d love to hear from you if…
- You have experience providing legal advice in Ireland and/or wider Europe, with a minimum of around 5 years relevant post qualification experience (or equivalent).
- You have a genuine interest in consumer finance; it’s not just your job but something you care about.
- You have experience in advising on consumer credit, operational resilience, and managing legal projects across different jurisdictions.
- You are passionate about working to advise the business to help keep Monzo safe and compliant with our legal and regulatory obligations.
- You are a strategic thinker, a strong communicator and a keen problem solver who can recommend solutions that balance business and risk perspectives.
- You are willing to jump in and handle a wide range of financial regulatory legal issues that may arise even outside your core areas of expertise in an enthusiastic, proactive, and resourceful manner, and can sensibly assess when best to engage external counsel in a cost-effective way.
- You are comfortable operating at all levels of the organisation up to the Executive and liaising with a variety of internal and external stakeholders.
- You enjoy horizon scanning, proactively assessing risks, and quickly identifying and independently implementing mitigating actions.
- You have a dynamic and entrepreneurial approach and are comfortable with the ambiguity of a fast-paced and rapidly-evolving environment.
- You have an open and curious mind, are passionate about the intersection of banking and technology and are excited to join us for the next stage of our journey at Monzo!
- You welcome diverse perspectives, think rigorously and critically and aren’t afraid to challenge assumptions.
- You’ve got additional experience in any of the following regulatory areas: operational resilience, artificial intelligence, competition, and interchange fee regulation.