Senior Legal Counsel – Regulatory

Overview

As Regulatory/Legal Counsel for Moneycorp, you will guide regulatory compliance across the UK and international Group. You’ll lead on product, licensing and commercial legal matters, advising on electronic money, cross-border payments and digital banking models. You’ll support audits, authorisations, and enforcement responses while monitoring regulatory changes. This role sits in a global legal team focused on safeguarding compliance and enabling innovative payment solutions. You’ll work closely with cross-functional teams to drive compliant product launches and risk management.

Pay / Benefits

• private medical health insurance
• flexible working policy
• competitive salary

Responsibilities

• Lead on product, regulatory and commercial legal matters for multiple markets, including licensing and regulatory aspects of multi-currency operations, payments and digital wallets
• Advise on regulatory requirements for payment services, e-money, cross-border payments, FX, safeguarding, CASS and consumer protection
• Assist with audits, complaints, or enforcement actions from FCA, CBI, GFSC
• Support applications for regulatory authorisations, permissions, registrations or licence variations
• Assist with complaints via FOS or equivalent bodies
• Advise on Moneycorp’s compliance with payments, financial services, AML/CFT, and other regulations across jurisdictions
• Review, negotiate and advise on Group contracts
• Monitor, report and horizon-scan regulatory changes (e-money, PSD, MiFID II, digital asset regulation)
• Assist Group legal on commercial, corporate, litigation and employment matters
• Instruct external counsel when appropriate
• Assist with organisation of Group insurance cover

Key requirements

• UK qualified solicitor with 5+ years of experience in a large law firm and/or in-house
• Regulatory legal experience
• Strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task
• Strong interpersonal and communications skills
• Knowledge of FSMA, E-money, PSD2, MiFID II and digital asset regulation; FCA and PRA rules and guidance

• strong interpersonal skills
• attention to detail
• multitasking with accuracy
• FSMA
• E-money
• PSD2

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