Are you an experienced Legal Counsel with a passion for fintech and a talent for delivering solutions in cross-European initiatives? Ready to take your career to the next level? Join our fast-growing, innovative team and play a pivotal role in revolutionising payments—making them more personal, simpler, and safer.
Your job at SurePay
As a Legal Counsel at SurePay, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our operations remain legally compliant and aligned with the rapidly evolving regulatory landscape of the fintech sector. You will work closely with our legal team to provide expert guidance on legal matters, draft and negotiate contracts, and support all legal aspects that affect our business and growing global presence.
This is a unique and exciting opportunity to join a dynamic fintech company where you'll play a crucial role in shaping our strategic direction and driving our success. Our SurePay IBAN-Name Check is already trusted by several countries and over 100 banks to significantly reduce payment fraud, and we’re set to expand even further. In this role, you'll tackle a range of complex, high-impact projects, enhancing both your expertise and career in a dynamic, collaborative environment.
What you'll do
- Monitor and ensure compliance with all relevant laws, financial technology regulations, payment regulations, privacy and data protection laws and industry standards across multiple jurisdictions, particularly in relation to our Account Check product.
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of contracts including partnership agreements, service agreements (MSA), NDAs and other key legal documents.
- Stay informed of changes in fintech regulations and advise the business on implications and necessary actions, ensuring we are proactive in our compliance efforts as we grow our presence globally.
- Identify and mitigate legal risks associated with new and existing business initiatives, including cross-border activities and product expansions.
- Support the company’s governance processes, ensuring adherence to corporate policies and procedures.
- Provide legal support for the company’s international growth strategy, including navigating local legal requirements and cross-border regulatory challenges.
- Collaborating with external legal advisors on specialised matters and represent the company in negotiations, litigation, or other legal proceedings.
- Work closely with other departments, including product development, compliance, and sales, to provide legal advice that supports business objectives while protecting the company’s interests.
- Negotiate with key bank and corporate stakeholders in the EU in line with SurePay's expansion, focussing on full country RFPs/RFIs and strategic partnerships
How you’ll succeed
- 3 - 5 years of relevant experience, with a focus on fintech, banking, payments, or technology sectors. Experience within a law firm or in-house at a fintech or financial institution is highly desirable.
- An LLB or LLM degree in Law (e.g. Business Law or Comparative Law).
- Strong understanding of (fintech) regulations, including PSD2, GDPR, IPR and other relevant legal frameworks. Experience with cross-border regulations is a plus.
- Proven experience in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex contracts, particularly within the SaaS/fintech industry.
- Familiarity with technology and data privacy laws, particularly as they apply to fintech products and services.
- Excellent research and analytical skills to effectively navigate complex legal issues.
- A commercial mindset and the ability to provide pragmatic, solutions-oriented and risk-based advice.
- High degree of independence, initiative, and decisiveness, including the ability to work collaboratively and contribute successfully to cross-functional teams.
- Strong organisational skills and can-do mentality.
- The ability to thrive in a dynamic and rapidly growing business environment.
- Fluency in English, fluency in Dutch is an advantage.
And in return?
In this role, you can expect a high level of freedom, flexibility, and autonomy, allowing you to shape your approach to work and make a tangible impact. Our flat organizational structure promotes open communication and accessibility across all levels, creating a collaborative and supportive environment. You’ll be backed by a talented and driven team, dedicated to working together to achieve our shared goals and support your professional growth.
We work hybrid, asking our employees to come to our office in Utrecht at least once a week. We have a good social atmosphere within SurePay, with regular Friday drinks, outings and a fun quarterly meeting where we all come together for a good catch-up. Aside from this we also offer:
- Gross monthly salary of €4000-6000 p/month depending on your experience (and excluding the holiday allowance that comes on top)
- 25 holiday days annually (full-time)
- 8% personal benefit budget which you can spend on extra holiday days, training or take it as additional money
- A working from home allowance
- Work travel expenses (NS Business Card)
- Unlimited drinks and fresh fruit at the office
- A great company culture
- A pension plan to take care of you later
- And of course a competitive salary, 8% holiday allowance and Apple hardware needed for your job (Macbook Pro, iPhone etc).
About SurePay
- Founded in 2016
- ± 65 employees
- 20+ nationalities
- 1 office
- Flat organisation
- (Business) Casual
- Average age: 36
SurePay makes payments easier, more personal and even more secure. We are a fast-growing FinTech SaaS company and have secured our Series A funding in September 2021. SurePay stems from an innovation program of Rabobank, started in July 2016 and has been an independent BV since the beginning of 2020. SurePay is being backed by three leading investors, Rabo Frontier Ventures, Connected Capital and Iris Capital.
As we continue to evolve and grow, we're working hard to scale further in Europe while continuing to build our talented and driven team. Currently, we're working according to agile methodologies with 5 scrum teams and a business team made up of various disciplines.
You might know us from our leading product, the IBAN-Name Check, also known internationally as Confirmation of Payee. It's used by millions of people on a daily basis and is incorporated into payment platforms of banks, corporates and governmental bodies throughout the Netherlands and the UK. We recently also connected to France, meaning we have started providing cross-border checks. We are planning to continue expanding within Europe, bringing our mission of preventing fraud and misdirected payments. Not only are we entering new markets, but also growing our services and product offering through continuous innovation.
SurePay's core values are; We Care, Build Together, Think Forward and Be Responsible. These core values are the driver's of our culture and can be seen as guidelines on our beliefs and behaviour. It defines what we find important as a company and the way we work together everyday.
- We Care: We are a supportive employer and understand that health, family and safety is what really matters. We care about our employees, customers, partners and end-users. Therefore we value creating a safe workspace where everybody can be their authentic self and where we, together, work on the same mission to provide safer payments.
- Build Together: We believe in teamwork and strive towards the best results together with employees and customers. Our diversity, both personal and professional, is one of our key strengths.
- Think Forward: We are frontrunners and are on top of our game. Our customers can rely on innovative solutions to service their current and future needs. With a problem solving mindset, we anticipate challenges and adapt to a fast changing environment.
- Be Responsible: We all contribute to reaching our mission of reducing fraud and misdirected payments, leading to a positive impact on society. We take responsibility, show ownership and make honest decisions.
More information
More information?
careers@surepay.nl
