Legal and Compliance Manager

(Remote) 

The Company:

Axle is the all-in-one financial services platform that is rapidly disrupting the $250 billion freight intermediary market. Its proprietary technology allows freight brokers to simplify their financing operations and easily access the working capital they need to grow. Axle automates invoicing, collections, and payments - ultimately delivering a better customer experience. A remote-first company, Axle has been named a Best Place To Work by Built In.

What Excites You: 

• Managing the exciting regulatory, compliance and legal journey of a fast growing fintech start-up
• Creative problem solving to drive the optimal regulatory, compliance and legal structure as we continue to grow the business
• Spearheading key regulatory, compliance and legal projects to ensure the ongoing business and new product offerings are at the highest standards
• Being a critical member of the Axle team and thriving in a fun, fast-paced, high energy environment

What You'll Do: 

• They will own all key regulatory, legal and compliance work; helping us navigate the uncharted territory as we grow the business  
• Any state or federal requirements
• Exploratory legal, regulatory and compliance work for new products and adjustments to current product offering
• Assist in legal / board interactions as well as future debt and equity raises
• Contract review

What Excites Us: 

• 5+ years of experience in a regulatory, compliance or legal department
• Background in the fintech industry (lending, banking, payments)
• Experience with commercial lending and money transmitter requirements
• Experience with state and federal regulatory, compliance and legal guidelines
• Experience creating the regulatory, compliance and legal infrastructure for new product offerings
• Experience handling legal / compliance workflows between founders/executive team and the board as well as assisting on debt and equity capital raises
• Experience reviewing and negotiating key contracts / NDAs across the organization

What you'll need: 

• 5+ years of experience in regulatory, compliance or legal department
• Currently Managing regulatory, compliance or legal function at B2B fintech
• Background in commercial lending, SaaS, fintech, financial services
• Has experience with commercial lending and money transmitter requirements
• Has experience with state and federal regulatory, compliance and legal guidelines
• Has experience creating the regulatory, compliance and legal infrastructure for new product offerings
• Has experience handling legal / compliance workflows between founders/executive team and the board
• Has experience assisting on debt and equity capital raises
• Has experience reviewing multiple types of contracts and negotiating for better terms
• Juris Doctorate or equivalent degree, with state bar membership preferred, but not required

Benefits and Perks:

• Fully remote work by design
• Quarterly in-person retreats
• Unlimited paid time off
• Medical, dental, & vision
• Mental and physical wellness stipend
• Generous option (equity) grant
• Professional development reimbursements
• Philanthropy Match 

Compensation Range: 

$130,000-170,000

Axle believes in providing pay transparency to all candidates. For annual compensation, our pay ranges for all roles are based on geographic location, job responsibilities and experience, benchmarked against similar stage companies in our industry. We share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Every final offer presented is determined by several components including location as well as candidate experience and skills, and could alter from the amounts listed above.

We have unlimited PTO, and we mean it! We incentivize employees taking at least 3 day off each quarter, and require each employee to take a minimum of 5 consecutive days off each year.

We see Axle as a constant work in progress, and the same is true of our people: for all of us, we believe the best is yet to come. We want to work in the company of warm, inclusive people who treat their colleagues exceptionally well. The kind of people who are committed to going out of their way to help others in the short-term and to push them to grow over the long-term.

At Axle, we don’t just accept our differences. We celebrate them. Axle is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and an equal opportunity employer.