Assistant General Counsel, Fintech

Attain • Chicago, NY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Attain is hiring an Assistant General Counsel to own the legal needs of its consumer fintech business, including earned wage access and credit-related products and services. The role is part of a small, high-leverage legal team and reports directly to the General Counsel, working alongside the Assistant General Counsel for the Enterprise business. It spans product advisory, litigation, regulatory matters, and privacy, with company-wide legal work as needed.

The position is proactive and autonomous: the lawyer will anticipate issues, shape business decisions, and build policies, review processes, and legal operations systems. The role offers broad exposure and scope described as a potential path to becoming a general counsel.

Requirements

• JD and active bar membership in good standing.
• Approximately 7+ years of post-JD experience, combining law firm training with in-house experience.
• Substantial consumer fintech experience.
• Working knowledge of laws governing earned wage access, credit products, and other fintech offerings, including TILA and Regulation Z, EFTA and Regulation E, FCRA, the Military Lending Act, TCPA, UDAAP, GLBA, and state licensing and registration regimes.
• Experience managing licensing, regulatory examinations and inquiries, litigation, and arbitration at the state or federal level, including directing outside counsel.
• Legal operations experience and genuine AI fluency.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with earned wage access, bank partnerships, and credit products.
• Experience building, or eagerness to build, playbooks, self-service templates, structured intake, and AI-assisted review.
• Experience with data privacy, vendor oversight programs, or government affairs.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead lawyer for the consumer fintech business, advising product, marketing, growth, finance, and compliance teams on new features, app and website content, and customer-facing terms.
• Manage licensing and registrations, including applications, renewals, license maintenance, regulatory examinations, and responses to regulator inquiries.
• Support expansion of the consumer fintech business, including new products.
• Oversee fintech litigation, arbitration, and regulatory matters, directing outside counsel on strategy, scope, budget, and rate discipline.
• Run periodic reviews of apps, websites, and public materials to keep them current with the law and products.
• Refresh policies and procedures and establish a recurring employee training calendar.
• Build a third-party vendor oversight program.
• Build legal operations systems using AI where possible, including intake, playbooks, self-service templates, first-pass review, matter management, and reporting.
• Cover company-wide legal needs as they arise, including shared services, employment, intellectual property, corporate matters, financings, insurance, and state-level licensing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree