Payment Legal Officer

Paris, Île-de-France, France

€ 100.000 - 125.000

About Swan, a European fintech company, is the easiest way to embed banking features into your product. This can be called “Banking-as-a-Service” or “Embedded banking”. We built Swan so that anyone can start embedding banking features within just minutes of visiting our website. Swan is truly fast and easy to use.

Swan already has 100+ customers across 10+ European countries, large enterprise and startups alike. They include Carrefour, Factorial, Alma, Pennylane and Agicap. We’re on track to take things much, much further, by expanding on Europe — localizing our product, and internationalizing our team and partner portfolio.

Swan has received 58M€ funding from VCs like Lakestar, Accel, and Creandum. We’re a Mastercard principal member and a licensed financial institution, passported across Europe.

With 200+ Swanees across offices in Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, Barcelona and Amsterdam! Wherever you’re coming from, come as you are! We’re open to all kinds of people, from all walks of life. If you’re excited about joining a European fintech adventure, Swan is the way!

To learn more about us : About Swan ; Our story .

Job description

Swan is looking for a Legal Officer to join the Legal team in Paris and help us strengthen our legal set-up on payment and business regulation to make it rock solid.

Our legal team keep our banking features safe and secure, and always have to think about the best way to combine multiple areas: business, legal, regulatory, partners and customers support, and more. Swan is both a technology company and a payment services company, and our legal team makes these pieces fit together!

Main tasks

Participate to maintain and constantly improve our partnership contracts for our partners who build great products with our APIs.

Participate to maintain, and constantly improve our specific and general terms & conditions for our users who trust us with their money and their payments.

Advise Swan’s teams on all legal topics regarding banking & payments law.

Manage contract discussions with our partners, our providers, and all relevant stakeholders.

Participate to data protection arrangements in Swan

Your team

At Swan, you’ll have the opportunity to join our dynamic Compliance & Legal team.

The Compliance & Legal team operates within a department alongside the Risk, and Internal Control teams. In your role, you can anticipate close collaboration with the Sales and Product Teams, fostering an environment where cross-functional engagement is highly valued.

To learn more about the Compliance & Legal team .

Preferred experience You’re a great match if:

You have a master’s degree in law, preferably banking and financial law.

You have 2-3 years of experience as a legal officer, ideally in a tech company.

You have a good knowledge of regulatory law.

You’re a great lawyer in general and you are knowledgeable in all areas of law; not only banking but also other areas of consumer and private law.

You have an experience in an international / European environment.

You possess the mindset of a “problem solver,” maintaining a positive and can-do attitude towards challenges and obstacles.

Willingness to work in a Start-Up/Fintech environment.

You have excellent working abilities in French and English.

Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Curious. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.

It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.

When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan Perks of being a Swanee:

ESOP packages available

Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2-3 days per week.

The best health insurance: Alan ????

Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib.

We respect your lunch break. Mid-day free-time is sacred and our French office even provides a Swile card to cover your meal on work days.

Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax.

This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.

Our values:

Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something's convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term : We always play the long game, whether it's to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence : We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners' expectations— whatever it takes.

Be Human :We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture .

Recruitment process A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions

A case study & an interview with Charlotte, our team Lead

An interview with Stephie, our Chief Risk Officer

Meet the Compliance & Legal team

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