The Role
The Senior Legal Counsel II will lead corporate governance for Nium's subsidiaries, support parent company governance, and manage legal projects in areas like M&A and employment law.
Summary Generated by Built In
Nium, Global Leader in Payments
Nium, the global leader in real-time, cross-border payments, was founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. With the onset of the global economy, its payments infrastructure is shaping how banks, fintechs, and businesses everywhere collect, convert, and disburse funds instantly across borders.
Its payout network supports 100 currencies and spans 220+ markets, 100 of which in real-time. Funds can be disbursed to accounts, wallets, and cards and collected locally in 35 markets. Nium's growing card issuance business is already available in 34 countries. Nium holds regulatory licenses and authorizations in more than 40 countries, enabling seamless onboarding, rapid integration, and compliance – independent of geography. The company is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.
About the Team
Nium’s Global Legal Team works at the intersection of financial technology and regulatory frameworks. Our work helps Nium build innovative products, understand and manage risks, and creatively navigate complexity and challenges.
About the Role
We’re looking for a fast-learning and dynamic Senior Corporate Counsel, based in our San Francisco office, to lead corporate governance matters for Nium’s global subsidiaries and support governance for our parent company. In this role, you will oversee the management of entities worldwide, including preparing and coordinating board meetings and approvals, and ensuring compliance with governance requirements across our regulatory licenses. You will also play a key role in strategic legal projects spanning M&A, fundraising, equity, IP, and employment.
Reporting to Nium’s Global Head of Corporate and Commercial Legal, this is an exceptional opportunity to join a high-impact legal team and contribute to a wide range of cutting-edge legal initiatives. If you’re energized by a fast-paced environment and the challenge of scaling an international governance program, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as corporate secretary and lead governance for Nium Pte. Ltd. and its global subsidiaries, including board and committee meetings, regulatory filings, resolutions, and consents.
- Partner with Nium leadership, the Board of Directors, and the corporate secretary team to ensure compliance with all legal, regulatory, and corporate governance best practices.
- Liaise with product, regulatory, finance, and compliance teams to ensure governance obligations are met under Nium’s regulatory licenses worldwide.
- Oversee intercompany arrangements, including capital contributions, share issuances, and other intra-group transactions, in coordination with finance and local corporate secretaries.
- Manage D&O questionnaires, related party transactions, and conflicts of interest matters for directors and officers.
- Support fundraising and financing initiatives, including preparing Nium for potential IPO readiness.
- Lead and advise on global M&A activity to support Nium’s growth in new and existing markets.
- Contribute to special legal projects across multiple areas, including equity, IP, and employment.
- Conduct legal research and provide guidance on complex corporate governance and regulatory issues.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with corporate development, finance, HR, the broader legal, and compliance teams to enable Nium’s continued global expansion.
- Prioritize business objectives and support the corporate legal needs of a rapidly scaling, internationally regulated company.
- Proactively identify opportunities to add value and drive strategic initiatives across the business.
Requirements
- 7+ years of relevant corporate experience at a major law firm and/or in-house legal team, with experience managing a portfolio of subsidiaries a strong plus.
- Combination of in-house and law firm practice experience preferred.
- Deep understanding of corporate governance requirements and best practices.
- Proven expertise in corporate fundraising, M&A, and corporate governance, gained through work with high-growth or multinational companies.
- Strong research, writing, and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously.
- Demonstrated ability to act as the primary in-house attorney on significant corporate projects.
- Effective collaborator who thrives in cross-functional environments and can influence outcomes through partnership.
- Highly action-oriented and impact-driven; comfortable rolling up your sleeves to get things done.
- Exceptional verbal and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex legal concepts for diverse audiences.
- Intellectually curious, passionate about your work, and energized by a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Humble and low-ego, with a strong desire to learn, grow, and contribute to the success of your teammates.
What we offer at Nium
We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.
We Care: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).
We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.
We Constantly Innovate: Since our inception, Nium has received constant recognition and awards for how we approach both our business and talent opportunities. Check out CNBC World’s Top Fintech Companies 2024.
We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!
We Thrive With Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.
For more detailed region-specific benefits: https://www.nium.com/careers#careers-perks
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Nium provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Nium complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. Nium expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.
Skills Required
- 7+ years of relevant corporate experience at a major law firm or in-house
- Experience managing a portfolio of subsidiaries
- Familiarity with corporate governance requirements
- Excellent research and writing skills
- Ability to handle multiple simultaneous corporate projects
- Exceptional verbal and interpersonal communication skills
Nium Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Nium and has not been reviewed or approved by Nium.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered market-competitive in certain tech and sales roles and higher‑paying geographies, with upside evident for specific functions and seniority. Signals of strong totals in U.S. engineering/product and top‑end sales support a generally favorable footing.
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials and external listings describe comprehensive health coverage and 24×7 assistance support aligned with a modern fintech package. These elements are positioned as core parts of the global offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Generous parental leave, standard PTO, and a company‑wide year‑end shutdown expand time‑off support beyond basics. Public career materials and job ads consistently reference these components.
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The Company
What We Do
Nium is an advanced payments platform redefining the way consumers and businesses send, spend, and receive funds across borders. Nium’s goal is to make the movement of money seamless through being a universal plug for financial services. The company uses agile, elegant, and modular solutions for complex business problems. Be it an Individual, new-age digital bank, or a traditional industry behemoth, Nium prides itself on creating financial infrastructure for every level of sophistication. Nium’s key solutions: • Pay-ins • Pay-outs • Card issuance • Banking-as-a-service • Crypto-as-a-service We are a global leader in B2B modern money movement • Launched the world’s first global platform for crypto-as-a-service • $280M Funding • Series D • $2B Valuation o 130+M End customers o 190+ Payout markets o 100+ Supported currencies • Named on CB Insight’s Fintech 250 List • Financial Times’ List of Asia-Pacific High-Growth Companies 2021 • Fintech Employer of the Year’ at the 2021 Singapore Fintech Festival • Best B2B Payment Platform’ at the 2021 Future Digital Awards
Why Work With Us
We, at Nium, are on a mission to transform modern money movement. We are driven by our co-created values of "seek the simple", "make it better" and "win it together". These aren't just buzzwords; they're how we do business every day and owned by each and every employee at Nium. We create new rules and new possibilities for a world of open money.
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