Director, Product Counsel

At Aspire, we’re more than just a FinTech company—we’re the leading all-in-one financial operating system built to empower the world’s innovators and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance, empowering startups and businesses to realise their full potential.

Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and empowered more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.

Aspire has consistently been recognized for excellence, earning Best Employer and Startup of the Year by the Asia FinTech Awards in 2022 and 2023, ranked as LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Singapore, and listed on CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech in 2023 and 2024.

You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international and diverse backgrounds.

Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship? Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space! 

About the team:

At Aspire, we understand the importance of maintaining a strong culture of regulatory compliance to protect our organization and ensure the trust of our customers. Our Regulatory Team is at the forefront of identifying and addressing regulatory risks, implementing controls, and ensuring that our policies and procedures align with regulatory requirements. This allows Aspire to stay ahead of evolving regulations, proactively identifying potential risks and developing comprehensive risk mitigation strategies, hence contributing to our long-term success. 

About the role:

As a Director, Product Counsel you will collaborate with our product team in launching new financial and payment products, as well as their entry into new markets. You will play a crucial role in ensuring that our products and services operate within the bounds of regulatory requirements by designing innovative structures and proper risk mitigation measures. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to develop, implement, and maintain product regulatory framework and programs specific to these offerings. You’re familiar with the regulatory landscape and able to find creative and pragmatic solutions to the challenges faced by product, commercial and compliance teams and help them achieve strategic and commercial objectives within the company’s risk appetite.

What will you be doing? 

• Enable company’s vision towards global fintech leader via product expansion to a new market
• Advise product team regarding product design and structure to comply with applicable regulatory requirements through the entire product development and launch process
• Deeply understand and stay up-to-date with regulatory requirements on financial services, especially remittance, issuing, acquiring, investment and FX trading.
• Maintain comprehensive records of regulatory activities, audits, and investigations for the products.
• Collaborate closely with legal, product development, and customer support teams to integrate regulatory considerations into the product development lifecycle.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in law and qualified in Australia 
• A minimum 8 years of post qualification experience and minimum of 3 years of experience in Product and Regulatory roles within the Fintech or Financial services industry.
• Strong understanding of Financial service and payment regulations and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to provide effective, efficient and practical regulatory advice on financial service and payment laws and regulations 
• Detail-oriented with the ability to adapt to evolving regulations and industry trends.
• Worked with compliance teams to design and implement compliance framework and strategies.
• Previously conducted risk assessments across global markets to identify and design creative solutions to mitigate regulatory risks.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in a Payments Startup is a HUGE plus 

What we offer

• Uncapped flexible annual leave.
• Hybrid work arrangement. 
• Training subsidy for your professional growth.
• Wellness benefit.
• Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
• Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
• Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together - You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.
  

Equal Opportunity Statement 

Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws. 

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