Head of Legal (UK & Europe)

GoHenry pioneered the youth fintech category with a mission to make every kid good with money. Our award-winning product helps over 2 million parents and kids gain confidence with money, with a debit card and money management app for kids aged 6-18.

The role

The Legal and Compliance Team provides valuable support across GoHenry, as part of the Acorns Group. We help with internal legal matters such as contract review and management, advise on marketing and product releases, and assess how new laws and regulations impact us. We act as strategic partners in assessing legal risk, and provide valuable check and challenge at all levels across the business.

This role will lead the UK and Europe Legal Team, be the focal point for all legal matters, and will play a key role working alongside and advising senior management in the business as we continue our expansion from the UK into Europe and beyond.

The role will report directly to our Chief Executive Officer, and working closely with Acorns Legal; and will have a large degree of autonomy in day-to-day UK and Europe legal matters.

There will also be team management responsibilities for a Senior Paralegal, and a Trainee Solicitor who is close to completing the SQE and qualifying as Legal Counsel into the team in late 2023/early 2024.

About you

We are looking for a UK-qualified lawyer (6+ PQE) who is used to working in a corporate and commercial environment, particularly within regulated financial services.

You will be highly organised and comfortable working in a fast-paced organisation with constant change, and be used to assessing legal risk quickly and confidently. You will be used to working across teams in a global organisation, supervising and developing others, as well as rolling your sleeves up and getting involved.

We welcome candidates who have worked in private practice and in-house, though for those considering a move from private practice we would expect you to have some in-house experience (most likely through a client secondment).

In 2022 GoHenry acquired French fintech, Pixpay, and so this role will also have a European legal focus, working with external counsel in relevant European jurisdictions on a range of legal and regulatory matters. In addition in 2023 GoHenry was acquired by Acorns Grow.

Main areas of responsibility

• Commercial legal work, including negotiating a wide range of commercial contracts.
• Advising on regulatory matters around Payments, Electronic money, and Investments legal and regulatory work in the UK and Europe. Leading on the acquisition of any regulatory licences.
• Being the point of contact for internal legal questions including working directly with the Executive Team.
• Managing the Legal Team to ensure effective delivery and appropriate training and development
• Managing and developing productive relationships with external counsel to manage GoHenry’s UK and international business needs and relationships cost-effectively and efficiently.
• Managing the legal team’s budget to ensure cost effective and appropriate delivery of the legal function.
• Assisting with key projects for the wider Acorns Group, including internal restructurings, debt and equity financings, mergers and acquisitions, strategic investments, and other strategic projects.
• Helping increase business knowledge of key legislation through training and development.
• Supporting the career development of legal team members, in addition to our Head of Business Risk & Compliance, working as part of a close-knit Legal and Business Risk Compliance Team.

If you do not meet the criteria above though think you’d be great for this role, then please do apply as we’d love to hear from you!

Benefits:

• Flexible working
• 33 days of holiday (including public holidays)
• An additional day off on your birthday (or any other day in the same week)
• Flexible Public Holidays
• Family-friendly leave policies
• Death in service – 4x your annual salary from month 1
• Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave.
• Westfield Cash Health Plan (for you and your children)
• Westfield surgery plan after 3 years’ service
• Westfield Rewards (receive discounts at over 600 retailers)
• Mental health platform – Open up
• Cycle to work scheme
• Training opportunities to further develop your craft
• Choose your own equipment

About GoHenry

GoHenry is a global fintech company that pioneered the youth fintech and financial education category. We are on a mission to make every kid smart with money and to delight our community of 2 million members with innovative, market-leading tools to help parents raise financially healthy kids.

GoHenry offers a debit card and app for kids and teens and companion apps for the family, with in-app tools for sending money, automating allowance, managing chores, setting savings goals, giving to charity, and in-app financial education lessons where kids can watch videos, take quizzes and earn points & badges. This is all designed to help kids and teens build good money habits that will last a lifetime.

We’re growing fast, regularly breaking records. Founded in 2012, by 2016 GoHenry set the record for the largest crowdfund in the world raising over £4 million,with £1 million from our own customers. Since then we’ve doubled our customer base every two years and our award-winning product now helps over 2 million active members gain confidence with money. Last year we raised $55m in our Series B fundraising to expand our mission.

It’s an incredibly exciting time to join GoHenry as we continue to build something meaningful and delightful for families, helping kids and teens build good money habits that will last a lifetime.

We’re proud to say...

• We help over two million members improve their money skills every single day.
• We’re one of Tech Track’s top 50 fastest growing UK companies.
• We were nominated for ‘Best Personal Finance App’ at the British Bank Awards 2020.
• We were voted 'Best Children's Financial Provider' at the British Bank Awards 2021.
• Our kids and parents have donated over £200,000 of their own money to NSPCC via their GoHenry account.

GoHenry is an equal opportunity employer, and we’re on a mission to foster a diverse & inclusive workplace. Individuals seeking employment at GoHenry are considered without regard to race, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Want to join our mission?

If GoHenry sounds like a place you’d like to be, please apply using the link below.