Paralegal — Licensing & Compliance

Veem•Toronto, ON

2d•Remote

About The Position

This Paralegal role supports Veem's licensing and compliance function. You'll own the documentation, tracking, and operational processes that keep our regulatory licenses current across the US, Canada, and international markets, our compliance program running, and our partner onboarding and recordkeeping organized. The role works cross-functionally with Finance, Risk, and Onboarding teams to keep compliance embedded in day-to-day operations. If you thrive on structure, precision, and building systems that hold up under scrutiny, this role is built for you.

Requirements

Paralegal certification or equivalent legal/compliance training
Experience in compliance, legal, AML, or risk management — ideally in fintech or financial services
Strong documentation and organizational skills; audit-ready work product
Comfortable working independently in a remote, globally distributed environment
Strong written communication skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred
Familiarity with US state money transmission licensing, FinCEN registration requirements, Canadian (FINTRAC), or other international licensing or regulatory frameworks is a plus
Experience with KYC/AML processes or partner onboarding frameworks helpful

Responsibilities

Maintain and track Veem's regulatory license portfolio across the US, Canada, and other international jurisdictions. In the US, this includes the money transmission licensing program across active and target states.
Support regulatory examinations and remediation items across all jurisdictions, coordinate responses to examiner requests, and track corporate registrations and renewals to prevent lapses.
Support coordination of regulatory examinations across Veem's licensing jurisdictions, as well as examinations and audits conducted by Veem's banking partners and partner customers.
Maintain organized records and help prepare the compliance team and relevant stakeholders for examination readiness.
Provide operational support for Veem's ongoing compliance program — maintaining policies and procedures documentation, supporting audit and examination readiness, and helping ensure compliance obligations are tracked and met across the business.
Build and maintain the processes, templates, and tracking systems that support our day-to-day compliance operations.
Own documentation workflows so records are consistent, organized, and audit-ready.
Collaborate with Finance, Risk, and Onboarding to ensure compliance requirements are integrated into cross-functional workflows.
Support compliance onboarding for Veem's partner relationships — tracking documentation requirements, conducting initial reviews of partner materials, supporting KYC validation, and maintaining the exceptions log for customers acquired through those channels.