Senior Legal Counsel - Finland

Sambla Group is a leading Nordic fintech company on a mission to empower customers to improve their personal finances. By helping consumers compare loan terms and consolidate their loans Sambla Group improves loan terms and reduces loanassociated costs for its customers. Sambla Group entered the Finnish market in 2018 and currently operates in Finland through its three strong consumer brands: Rahalaitos Omalaina and Rahoitu. Sambla is headquartered in Stockholm Sweden and operates in 7 office locations in the Nordics. Currently Sambla Group employs around 400 persons in total and has approx. 70 employees in Finland. Read more about Sambla Group

You will join Sambla Group as the first ever Finlandbased lawyer which means that you will assume an overall responsibility for supporting Sambla Groups Finnish operations in a variety of legal matters. In addition you get to participate in groupwide legal development projects.

In your daytoday you will support the Finnish business in product development and other product related matters from financial regulatory compliance perspective advise the business in consumer marketing topics and support in related authority communications. You will also draft and negotiate partner agreements as well as advise in typical inhouse legal counsel tasks e.g. regarding corporate governance labor law GDPR and compliance. In addition you will monitor regulatory changes and market practices train your colleagues on legal topics and create structure by building and implementing standardized groupwide legal processes.

You will join Sambla Groups agile Legal & Compliance team and work closely with the Finnish management and product team members. You will report to and work in close cooperation with Sambla Groups Head of Compliance & Legal based in Stockholm and you also have a Swedenbased privacy lawyer as your colleague. Occasional and preplanned travel mainly within the Nordics may be required.


We are looking for a lawyer with:

• A legal masters degree preferably from a Finnish university
• At least three years of postgraduate experience within financial regulatory compliance field either from an inhouse legal position or from a law firm/legal consultancy role; experience in specifically credit regulation is an advantage
• A desire to develop as a generalist legal counsel existing background in consumer marketing labor law corporate governance GDPR antimoney laundering practices and/or contract law is appreciated
• An adaptive attitude no hesitation to roll up their sleeves and come up with pragmatic solutions as well as strong capabilities in building processes and standardized ways of working and in arranging legal trainings
• Fluent language skills in Finnish and English

Sambla Group offers you:

A fastpaced work environment in a rapidly moving company on a mission to deliver the best customer journey and consumer products within loan intermediation;

A significant and versatile legal role as the first and only Finlandbased legal expert at Sambla Group shaping the way legal operations are arranged in the Finnish operations;

A team of passionate and ambitious colleagues in the Nordics who believe in delivering results together and celebrating achievements; and

A centrally located office in Kamppi Helsinki a flexible hybrid work policy and a marketbased salary model based on your experience and background.

Interested
This recruitment process is being conducted in partnership with Minjon Recruiting. If this sounds like your next career move please send your CV or link to your LinkedIn profile toMinjons Senior Recruiter Vilma Suomi ().