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Job Title: General Counsel

Company: Fnality

Location: Connecticut, USA (with occasional travel to NYC and Washington D.C.)

Job Type: Full-time

About Us: Fnality is a leading provider of innovative financial solutions, and we're seeking a highly skilled General Counsel to join our team.

Job Summary: We're looking for a seasoned General Counsel to provide strategic legal guidance and support to our business operations. As a key member of our executive leadership team, you'll be responsible for maintaining robust legal arrangements, advising on commercial contracts, and managing legal risks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide legal and regulatory advice on all aspects of Fnality's business, including sales and business development activities and new use cases.
• Maintain robust legal arrangements for the US dollar Fnality Payment System (USD FnPS) to high standards and evolving these over time in keeping with changes to customer (USD FnPS participant) needs and to Fnality's business model (including new USD FnPS use cases).
• Work with other Fnality and partner entities to align and maintain robust legal arrangements for interoperations with other systems (including cross-border systems).
• Support the CEO in managing Fnality's relationship with its regulators.
• Implement and maintain robust standards of corporate governance for Fnality.
• Advising on all commercial contracts between Fnality and its group companies, participants, suppliers, business partners and other third parties.
• Advising on potential disputes involving Fnality and potential regulatory and industry standard assessments and investigations.
• Owning and managing legal risk within the company.

Requirements:

• A minimum of 6 years professional work experience at a reputable law firm or corporate in-house legal team, with particular focus on financial regulatory matters (non-contentious) for financial market infrastructures and/or in the commercialization of new wholesale payments initiatives.
• Strong appetite and capability to build upon solid legal training and become a leader in the field of FMI and emerging technology / digital law and regulations and the commercialization of new wholesale payment rails.
• Astute business acumen and awareness of surrounding public policy and technology drivers.
• Experience of working in an innovative, rapidly mobilizing and evolving business.
• Experience of being a fact-based, analytical and data-driven thinker.
• Experience of managing external legal advisers to deliver value for money specialist advice and support.
• Ability to manage a company's corporate governance affairs, including the design and operation of effective governance structures, practices and processes (e.g. for board of directors, committees).
• Ability to identify and manage risks and resolution of issues across a broad range of legal disciplines relevant to Fnality's business, including: financial regulation (including AML/economic sanctions), corporate, IP, technology, data privacy, employment, competition/antitrust law.
• Ability to manage and resolve legal disputes.

What We Offer:

• A competitive salary and benefits package.
• The opportunity to work with a leading provider of innovative financial solutions.
• A dynamic and supportive work environment.
• The chance to make a real impact on the future of finance.

How to Apply: If you're a motivated and experienced legal professional looking for a new challenge, please submit your application, including your resume and a cover letter, to [redacted].