Senior Paralegal — FinTech Lending & BaaS

Pathward, N.A.; Sioux Falls (SD); Hybrid; USD 40,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join its Legal team in a hybrid environment supporting commercial and consumer lending, payments, and Banking-as-a-Service initiatives.

This role combines contract management, regulatory oversight, and project coordination to scale legal processes across the company. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of related experience, a paralegal certificate, and comfort working with regulated financial services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of related experience.
• Experience supporting commercial and consumer lending, fintech, payments, sponsor bank, Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS), or other regulated financial services businesses strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting litigation, bankruptcy and subpoena management preferred.
• Integrity, attention to detail, communication skills, organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate financing documents and third-party contracts, consulting attorneys as needed.
• Review, redline, and manage template agreements, including NDAs, online banking agreements, ACH service agreements, wind-down letters.
• Review and approve loan closing packages for funding.
• Review marketing materials, disclosures, customer communications, and new product initiatives for legal and regulatory considerations.
• Support attorneys with legal documentation and contract administration.
• Partner with business teams to gather information, identify issues, and facilitate efficient legal review.
• Manage and coordinate responses to subpoenas and other legal process requests.
• Provide litigation and bankruptcy support, including document collection, matter tracking and collections and records management.

Skills

Fintech experience

Lending

Contract management

Regulatory support

Litigation support

Education

Paralegal certificate

High school diploma

Job description

Pathward, N.A. is seeking a Senior Paralegal to join its Legal team in a hybrid environment supporting commercial and consumer lending, payments, and Banking-as-a-Service initiatives.

This role combines contract management, regulatory oversight, and project coordination to scale legal processes across the company. The ideal candidate has 5+ years of related experience, a paralegal certificate, and comfort working with regulated financial services.