Senior Counsel, Treasury Counsel

Overview

In this role you advise on legal matters for treasury operations and global cross-border money movement, shaping scalable, compliant processes. You partner with Treasury, Product, Operations, Technology, Regulatory, Compliance, and Risk teams to support liquidity, settlements, safeguarding of customer funds, and related regulatory issues. You will help launch cross-border payment products and expand into new markets, balancing risk and business needs. This position offers high-impact, cross-functional influence in a fast-paced, global environment.

Responsibilities

• Advise on treasury-related legal issues including prefunding, settlement, liquidity, customer funds safeguarding, and intercompany funding structures
• Guide legal/regulatory considerations for cross-border payment product development, funds flow, FX, and settlement models
• Draft and negotiate treasury agreements (bank accounts, liquidity facilities, custody, FX, PSPs, counterparty documents)
• Collaborate with Regulatory, Compliance, and Risk on AML/KYC, sanctions, safeguarding, and operational resilience requirements
• Review and support treasury governance policies, controls, and escalation processes
• Support expansion into new markets with local banking, licensing, and external counsel coordination
• Work with cross-functional teams to design scalable treasury processes and incident response plans
• Monitor regulatory developments in cross-border payments, safeguarding,FX, and digital assets and translate to practical guidance
• Create templates, playbooks, approval workflows, and training to standardize treasury legal support

Key requirements

• Significant experience advising financial institutions, fintechs, or regulated payment businesses on complex legal matters
• Strong understanding of treasury operations, liquidity, settlement, FX, bank accounts, and funds flow analysis
• Experience with money transmission, AML/KYC, sanctions, safeguarding of funds, and operational resilience
• Ability to analyze complex funds flows and translate into actionable business guidance
• Excellent drafting, negotiation, analytical, and communication skills; capable of leading cross-functional legal workstreams
• Experience across multiple jurisdictions and influencing stakeholders to align legal, business, and control functions
• JD or equivalent legal qualification; active bar membership or authorization in at least one relevant jurisdiction

• Excellent drafting and negotiation
• Analytical thinking and judgment
• Strong communication and stakeholder influence
• Treasury operations and cash management
• Liquidity management and settlement
• FX and funds flow analysis

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