Senior Legal Officer

About

Swan is Europes embedded banking specialist. We empower software companies to embed banking features like accounts cards and payments directly into their products under their own processes over 1.5 billion in monthly transactions for more than 150 companieslike Pennylane Indy Agicap Libeo and Lucca. Founded in 2019 the company has received growth capital from leading investors such as Lakestar Accel Creandum Bpifrance and Eight Roads. Swan is a principal member of Mastercard and a licensed financial institution regulated by the French banking authority (ACPR).

Our mission

Banking belongs in business software

Many software companies already serve small businesses incredibly well: helping them send invoices run payroll manage inventory and more. Theyre on a mission to become the central hub for managing every aspect of business life.

But when it comes to financial workflows theres still a gap. Too many critical tasks like managing cash flow tracking payments or reconciling accounts happen outside the software across spreadsheets email threads banking portals.

Its a missed opportunity. Business software shouldnt just record financial activity it should run it.

To learn more about us: About Swan ; Our story.

Job description

Swan is looking for a Legal Officer to join the brand new Legal team and help us build our legal set-up on payment and business regulation. Our legal team keeps our banking features safe and secure and always has to think about the best way to combine multiple areas: business legal partners and more. Swan is both a technology company and payment services company and our legal team makes these pieces fit together!

Reporting directly to the VP Legal you will have a critical role in developing and managing contract processes ensuring efficient negotiations and collaboration with the compliance team. You will be responsible for creating and streamlining contract workflows to support our business objectives and risk management strategies. Working closely notably with sales product and IT teams you will design negotiation protocols and frameworks that enhance alignment with business goals while ensuring legal soundness.

Your mission

• Drafting and Negotiation: Draft review and negotiate complex commercial contracts (partnerships suppliers clients) in both English and French ensuring each agreement aligns with our business objectives and legal requirements.

• Contract Lifecycle Management: Manage contracts from initiation to renewal or termination establishing and maintaining key milestones timelines and alerts for contract expiration or amendments.

• Process Development in Negotiations: Develop standardized negotiation frameworks and processes to streamline contract discussions minimize negotiation cycles and ensure consistent compliance with legal and business requirements.

• Compliance & Watch: Ensure all contracts and business practices comply with relevant laws and regulations including data protection (GDPR) payment regulations and anti-money laundering (AML) standards incorporating best practices in legal compliance.

• Risk Assessment and Management: Identify assess and mitigate contractual risks and manage dispute resolution processes when required.

• Internal legal business partner: Advise and train operational teams (sales product tech etc.) on legal and contractual matters fostering a string legal culture and supporting informed business decision.

• Knowledge & Document Management: Implement and improve systems for contract archiving document management and knowledge sharing within the legal team and across the company.

Preferred Experience

Youre a great match if:

• You have a masters degree in French law ideally with a focus on banking financial or business law; CAPA is a plus

• You have around 10 years of experience as a legal officer ideally in a tech/fintech regulated or fast-paced environment; previous exposure to international legal topics or multi-jurisdictional work.

• You have solid expertise in contract law compliance (GDPR payment) and risk management

• You have advanced negotiation skills and a solution-oriented mindset

• You have strong analytical organizational and prioritization skills able to manage multiple projects in a dynamic setting

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in both English and French; ability to explain complex legal topics simply.

• You are collaborative pragmatic open-minded humble and proactive.

• Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other and we leave our egos at the door.

Its okay if you dont tick all the boxes dont let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying!

Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees regardless of age sex disability sexual orientation race religion or belief.

When it comes to recruitment were interested in your work experience skills and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swans success we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.

About Swan

Perks of being a Swanee:

• Holidays : 25 days RTT

• Meal Vouchers: We provide a Swile card to cover your meals on work days.

• Transport: Monthly mobility package for accordance with the company agreement for sustainable mobilities you can now use your mobility package to pay for alternative commuting modes.

• Health insurance (mutuelle): Alan. This is Swans health and welfare insurance.

• Sports: Thanks to our partnership with Classpass and Gymlib you can enjoy advantageous discounts on subscriptions. They offer a wide range of sports activities as well as wellness activities.

• Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2 days per week.

• Offsite: Once a year we gather to reconnect deep-dive into big topics and relax.

• This isnt a perk it should be the rule but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. Were working hard to get better every day.

Our values:

Swans core values guide our actions daily. Individually they may seem obvious but together they form a unique culture.

Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. If somethings convoluted or confusing we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.

Long Term: We always play the long game whether its to support our partners in their growth journey or make tangible commitments to climate action.

Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners expectations whatever it takes.

Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.

You can find out more about our culture.

Recruitment process

• A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager to get to know you understand your career expectations and answer your questions

• 60 mins with your future manager

• Business Case

• Peer Interview to meet relevant internal stakeholders

• Short interview with your N2 our CEO