Fintech Counsel — Embedded, AI-Driven Legal Ops (Hybrid)

Attain; Chicago, New York (IL, NY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Job summary

Attain seeks an Assistant General Counsel, Fintech, to own the legal needs of its consumer fintech business end to end, including earned wage access and credit products. You will work within a small, high-leverage in-house team reporting to the General Counsel.

You’ll drive product advisory, regulatory, privacy, and litigation matters, with autonomy and scope to shape a modern legal function across a growing platform.

Qualifications

• JD and active bar membership in good standing.
• Approximately 7+ years of post-JD experience, combining law firm training with time in-house.
• Substantial consumer fintech experience, ideally with earned wage access, bank partnerships, and credit products.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead lawyer for the consumer fintech business, advising product, marketing, growth, finance, and compliance teams on new features, app content, and customer-facing terms.
• Manage licensing and registrations, including applications, renewals, license maintenance, regulatory examinations, and regulator inquiries.
• Support the expansion of our consumer fintech business, including new products.
• Oversee litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters for the fintech business, directing outside counsel on strategy, scope, budget, and rate discipline.
• Run a periodic policy and training cadence across apps and public materials to stay current with law and product.
• Build the legal operations layer with AI: identify automation opportunities and create templates, intake, matter management, and reporting.

Skills

Consumer fintech experience

Earned wage access

Regulatory knowledge

AI fluency

In-house experience

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Bar admission

Job description

Attain seeks an Assistant General Counsel, Fintech, to own the legal needs of its consumer fintech business end to end, including earned wage access and credit products. You will work within a small, high-leverage in-house team reporting to the General Counsel.

You’ll drive product advisory, regulatory, privacy, and litigation matters, with autonomy and scope to shape a modern legal function across a growing platform.