Global Legal Associate: Fintech and Compliance - Remofirst

About RemoFirst

RemoFirst is transforming the way businesses hire and manage global teams. Our mission is to enable Freedom of Work by providing an all-in-one global HR platform that simplifies hiring, compliance, payroll, and benefits management. We partner with some of the world’s most innovative companies, including Fortune 500 businesses and leading startups.

We are a team of 200+ people hyper-focused on delivering a world-class platform and unparalleled service with our industry-leading partnerships.

The Role

As Global Legal Associate, Fintech & Compliance, you will be the legal partner to our Product, Engineering, and Finance teams on everything that moves money: payroll funding, contractor payouts, cross-border payments, deposits, and FX. You will get involved early, turn regulation into clear product requirements, and help us launch quickly without creating regulatory risk. You will also help run the fintech compliance programme that keeps those products sound once they are live.

What You'll Do

Product Legal

• Work with Product and Engineering from discovery through launch on payments, payroll, and payout features.
• Assess how money flows should be structured, including determining whether a flow triggers licensing requirements (money transmission, e-money, or payment services) and how to meet or design around them.
• Turn regulatory requirements into clear, practical product requirements.
• Draft and maintain product terms, payment terms, disclosures, and in-product legal text.
• Draft, review, and help negotiate agreements with partner banks, payment providers, and FX partners.
• Carry out legal reviews for launches in new markets and for new payment features.
• Help make balanced risk calls and propose compliant alternatives rather than simply blocking work.

Fintech Compliance

• Support the development and day-to-day running of the compliance framework for our payment activities, including AML/CTF, KYC/KYB, and sanctions screening.
• Help assess licensing and registration needs across markets and our obligations under partner bank and financial institution arrangements.
• Help draft and maintain policies, controls, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting.
• Support engagement with regulators, auditors, financial institutions, and banks' compliance teams.
• Keep track of regulatory change in payments, data protection, and AI, and assess the impact on our products.
• Train internal teams on compliance obligations and build a culture where risk is raised early.

Requirements

• Law degree and qualification to practise in at least one jurisdiction.
• 3-5 years of legal experience in payments or fintech, either in-house or at a law firm with a strong payments practice.
• Hands-on experience advising product teams, including at least one product or market launch supported from design to go-live.
• Solid knowledge of payments regulation (e.g., PSD2/EMD in the EU and UK, US money transmission rules) and AML/CTF requirements.
• Experience working with banks or payment providers and negotiating related agreements.
• Ability to explain complex rules in plain language and give clear, practical advice.
• Good judgement on risk and comfort making decisions with incomplete information in a fast-moving environment.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Nice to Have

• Experience in payroll, EOR, HR tech, or global workforce platforms.
• Experience with license applications or regulator engagement.
• Knowledge of data protection (GDPR) and AI regulation as they apply to financial and HR products.
• Experience building a compliance function from an early stage.

Benefits & Culture

• Startup Environment: Influence product direction and grow rapidly in an early-stage startup.
• Autonomy & Accountability: Fast-moving culture without bureaucracy or lengthy approval chains.
• Remote Flexibility: 100% remote work setup.
• High-Impact Culture: Collaborative environment working alongside experienced tech talent.