Licensing Paralegal, Consumer Lending

Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment. The blocks that form our foundational teams — People, Finance, Counsel, Hardware, Information Security, Platform Infrastructure Engineering, and more — provide guidance at the corporate level. They work across business groups and around the globe, spanning time zones and disciplines to develop inclusive People policies, forecast finances, give legal counsel, safeguard systems, nurture new initiatives, and more. Every challenge creates possibilities, and we need different perspectives to see them all. Bring yours to Block.

The Role:

Block is looking for an experienced Regulatory Licensing Manager with relevant international regulatory lending experience. This is a great opportunity to join a growing legal team, working on exciting issues. As we expand our offerings, your ideas and contributions will make an immediate impact.

The core mission of this role is to uphold Block's licensing and other regulatory obligations in the lending space in Canada and Europe, which are critical to our success. Chief among the role's responsibilities are to provide substantive support to the Regulatory Team and Regulatory Counsel, project managing license applications, track regulatory requirements, file regulatory reports and regulatory submissions, solve issues and engage in regulatory analysis projects., you will be a project managing and executing champion, partnering with your team across multiple departments to ensure that Block is compliant with applicable requirements while, to the extent possible, streamlining regulatory impact and facilitating innovation.

You Will:

• Co-manage an international licensing program that fulfills our legal and regulatory responsibilities, while endeavoring to minimize business and product impact
• Support regulatory counsel with product scoping and analysis on the development of new products or regulatory changes in Canada and EMEA.
• Execute against regulatory reporting requirements by gathering data from multiple and disparate internal stakeholders, harmonizing data and ensuring that all reports are submitted with care
• Manage all assigned licensing requirements, partnering with internal and external stakeholders as necessary
• Manage third-party licensing vendors and coordinate work orders
• Daily license maintenance and management of regulatory records
• Support license application, examination or investigation preparation and submissions
• Cultivate and maintain working relationships with internal and external partners and regulators
• Manage assigned work, with a team-oriented approach

You Have:

• 4+ years direct experience in international lending licensing, regulatory examinations or regulatory affairs in the lending space
• A BA/BS degree, paralegal experience.
• Experience with lending licensing applications, maintenance and management in Canada and EMEA; examination and investigation experience
• Familiarity with lending regulations and financial services industry best practices in Canada and EMEA
• Experience engaging with regulatory agencies and executive leadership.
• Experience creating and implementing operational and logistical efficiencies.
• Experience interpreting and explaining legal and regulatory obligations across multiple disciplines and levels.
• Familiarity with NMLS, GSuite applications, Microsoft Suite applications, Adobe Acrobat, Jira, Asana

We're working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, based solely on the core competencies required of the role at hand, and without regard to any legally protected class.We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we're doing to build an inclusive workplace? Check out our Inclusion & Diversity page