Legal Counsel, Payments
Wealthsimple
Estimated Salary: $112K-$188K
Location: Toronto, Ontario
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Wealthsimple is on a mission to help everyone achieve financial freedom by reimagining what it means to manage your money. Using smart technology, we take financial services that are often confusing, opaque and expensive and make them transparent and low-cost for everyone. We’re the largest fintech company in Canada, with over 4 million users who trust us with more than $70 billion in assets.
Our teams ship often and make an impact with groundbreaking ideas. We're looking for talented people who keep it simple and value collaboration and humility as we continue to create inclusive and high-performing teams where people can be inspired to do their best work.
About the role
Wealthsimple is looking for a Legal Counsel, Payments to join our Neobanking regulatory team. Reporting to the Director, Neobanking Strategy & Payments Legal, you will play a key role in supporting the development, commercialization, and regulatory alignment of Wealthsimple’s payment products and infrastructure. You’ll work cross-functionally with Legal, Compliance, Product, Engineering, Risk, and Policy teams to help navigate a rapidly evolving landscape.
This role will be critical in providing legal guidance on regulatory, competition, and product matters related to the Retail Payments Activities Act (RPAA), Real-Time Rail (RTR), and other payments initiatives in Canada.
We’re looking for someone who brings practical legal insight, has strong regulatory instincts, and thrives in a fast-paced, high-impact environment.