Sezzle Inc. is seeking a tech-driven General Counsel to provide strategic legal leadership and oversee compliance as the company expands its consumer financial platform. The role requires a strong understanding of consumer lending regulations, AI implementation in legal operations, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment
Job Summary
The General Counsel serves as Sezzle’s most senior legal and compliance executive, providing strategic legal leadership across all business lines while directly overseeing the Compliance department.
This role is critical to Sezzle’s next chapter, as we pursue a Utah Industrial Loan Company (ILC) bank charter and build out a full-service consumer financial platform.
Champion the adoption and implementation of AI tools within the Legal and Compliance departments, drafting, research, contract review, regulatory monitoring, and compliance automation.
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Sezzle Inc. is seeking a tech-driven General Counsel to provide strategic legal leadership and oversee compliance as the company expands its consumer financial platform. The role requires a strong understanding of consumer lending regulations, AI implementation in legal operations, and the ability to work in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
Skills & Requirements
Must-have
Technology-first legal operations
AI tools implementation in legal
Consumer lending regulation expertise
ILC bank charter regulatory strategy
Public company governance
Nice-to-have
Embracing emerging tools
Force multiplier for innovation
Calculated risk-taking
Unreasonably high standards
Key Requirements
8-15 years of relevant legal experience
J.D. from a top-ranked U.S. law school
Experience building compliance operations at high-growth fintech
Regulatory experience navigating CFPB, FTC, state banking regulators