Lending Regulatory Counsel

8+ years of experience at a law firm (with lending advisory experience), a financial services regulatory agency, in a bank partnership role, or in-house

Substantive experience with lending and bank partnership issues/relationships

Demonstrated ability to independently lead and drive complex legal and regulatory issues to resolution

Experience engaging directly with senior stakeholders across legal, compliance, product, and business teams

Experience with emerging or novel consumer financial products preferred

Fair lending experience a plus

Block's US Regulatory Team sits at the intersection of financial services, licensing, and government relations, and is charged with ensuring that Block comply with the law and maintain strong relationships across a growing portfolio of federal and state regulators.

The team advises on consumer and commercial lending, bank partnership arrangements, and the regulatory relationships that underpin them, working closely with business partners to ensure Block's lending products meet the highest standards of legal and regulatory compliance.

Block is looking for a highly engaged regulatory counsel with experience advising on state and federal lending laws, including navigation of bank partnership issues.

This role will serve as a subject matter expert on consumer and commercial lending regulation, lead resolution of complex, cross-functional regulatory and bank partnership issues, and act as a trusted advisor to senior business, product, and compliance stakeholders as Block continues to build and scale novel consumer financial products.