Legal Compliance Officer

Aven; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Aven is seeking an experienced attorney to help ensure our consumer lending products comply with federal and state laws, internal policies, and partner requirements. You will interpret laws, draft and review disclosures, resolve disputes, and advise on risk across a fast-moving environment.

Join a small L&C team (4 lawyers) and contribute to policy development, training, and cross-functional collaboration with product and engineering to embed compliance in lending processes.

Qualifications

• Education: Juris Doctorate.
• Experience: 7+ years practicing law with 3+ years in consumer finance regulatory work.
• In-house fintech/bank/mortgage exposure is a plus.
• Strong familiarity with secured lending, marketing, and servicing laws.
• Proficient with regulatory databases and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Assist in ensuring compliance with federal and state consumer lending regulations.
• Monitor state-specific lending laws and licensing requirements.
• Develop and maintain compliance policies, procedures, and training.
• Conduct compliance reviews of loan origination, underwriting, and servicing.
• Perform periodic audits of disclosures, notices, and loan documents.
• Respond to regulatory inquiries and internal situations.
• Research regulatory updates and update policies accordingly.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to embed compliance in loan servicing and creation.
• Review marketing materials and loan disclosures for Regulation Z and UDAAP.
• Assist in third-party vendor risk assessments.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Juris Doctorate

Tools

Asana

Regulatory databases

Compliance monitoring tools

Job description

You will help ensure that our consumer lending products (mortgage, HELOC, secured/unsecured credit cards, etc.) comply with federal and state regulations, internal policies, our bank partner’s requirements and reporting, and industry best practices. That requires creativity and a problem-solving orientation, because we're trying new things and working fast. You’ll use your legal experience and training to interpret laws, draft and review agreements and disclosures, policies, resolve litigation matters and disputes, and advise on risk. The L&C team is hands‑on wherever needed, including marketing reviews, audits, exam responses, licensing applications and reports, vendor management, statutory and regulatory analysis, contract review and drafting, and training, and we share all work regardless of experience. You’ll be part of a highly valued team and work on a variety of projects across the company.

More about the role and the team: It’s a small team (4 lawyers) within a flat organization. We're looking for a very capable attorney who has good foundational knowledge and experience and is ready to level up -- someone comfortable with and eager to learn more about navigating in the gray.

Responsibilities

• Assist in ensuring compliance with TILA, RESPA, ECOA, HMDA, FCRA, UDAAP, HMDA, TRID, and other federal and state consumer lending regulations.
• Monitor compliance with state-specific lending laws (e.g., usury laws, servicing, licensing requirements, foreclosure processes).
• Support the development and maintenance of compliance policies, procedures, and training materials.
• Assist in conducting compliance reviews of loan origination, underwriting, and servicing processes.
• Perform periodic audits of required disclosures, adverse action notices, loan documents, etc.
• Assist in responding to customer complaints, regulatory inquiries, and internal situations.
• Research federal and state regulatory updates impacting consumer lending.
• Assist in updating policies and procedures to reflect new laws and regulations.
• Support compliance training efforts for internal teams.
• Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ensure compliance is embedded in loan servicing and creation.
• Review marketing materials and loan disclosures for Regulation Z and UDAAP compliance.
• Assist in third-party vendor risk assessments, particularly for loan origination systems, credit reporting agencies, and payment processors.

Qualifications

• Education: Juris Doctorate
• Experience: 7+ years practicing law, with at least 3 recent years focused on consumer finance regulatory work; in‑house experience with a fintech, bank, or mortgage company is a significant plus
• Knowledge: Strong familiarity with applicable secured lending, marketing, and servicing laws
• Technical Skills: Ability to work with compliance monitoring tools, regulatory databases, and task systems (e.g., Asana)
• Other Skills: Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, creative problem‑solving, and strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Additional things we’re looking for
• Located in Northern California – strong remote candidates considered, but preference given to candidates who can be in the office often