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Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory

Flex · New York, NY; Salt Lake City, UT; San Francisco, CA · On-site

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About Flex

Manage business spending in Africa with Flex Finance. Get real-time visibility, easy expense tracking, and control with web, mobile, and corporate cards.Try now. Backed by 500 Global.

About the role

Flex is hiring an Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory to join our Legal team. This role is an embedded legal and regulatory partner across Flex's Product, Engineering, Finance, and Business Development teams. You will counsel on product development and launches, navigate consumer financial regulation, and help shape how Flex builds compliantly at scale.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of legal experience in consumer financial services with exposure to fintech lending, bank-fintech partnership structures, state licensing, and federal and state consumer protection regulation
  • Fluency across consumer financial regulation - CFPB rulemaking, TILA/Reg Z, UDAP/UDAAP, money transmission, and state licensing requirements for servicing and brokering
  • Demonstrated experience as an embedded legal partner to product teams — comfortable advising on feature launches and speaking to regulatory risk at the leadership level
  • Thrives in a fast-moving environment — able to assess risk and provide sound guidance even when the full picture isn't yet clear
  • Clear, concise communicator who translates complex legal and regulatory concepts into plain language for business audiences
  • JD from an accredited law school, active bar admission required
More about this role

Flex is a growth-stage, NYC headquartered FinTech company that is creating the best rent payment experience. It’s hard to believe that it’s 2026 and paying rent on time is expensive, inflexible, and difficult. We’re here to change that! Flex enables our users to pay rent throughout the month on a schedule that better fits their finances and budget. Our mission is to empower as many renters as possible with flexibility over their most significant recurring expense. After deliberately keeping a stealth profile as we built up unprecedented investor support and an enthusiastic user base, we are looking for motivated individuals to help us keep our mission growing. Will you be a part of the team?

Flex is hiring an Associate General Counsel, Product & Regulatory to join our Legal team. This role is an embedded legal and regulatory partner across Flex's Product, Engineering, Finance, and Business Development teams. You will counsel on product development and launches, navigate consumer financial regulation, and help shape how Flex builds compliantly at scale.

  • Advise cross-functional stakeholders on new features, product enhancements, and go-to-market strategy
  • Regulatory change...

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