Redefining Finance. Together.
At Neo, we're not just building financial products; we're igniting a revolution to create a more rewarding financial future for every Canadian. Founded in 2019, we've rapidly ascended to become one of Canada's fastest-growing fintech companies, a testament to our relentless innovation and unwavering customer focus.
Join a team where high-pressure meets high-impact. Where complexity fuels creativity, and the pace of innovation is exhilarating. This isn't just a job; it's a chance to be at the forefront of financial transformation.
Our Momentum Speaks Volumes:
The Opportunity:
Are you a sharp, adaptable legal professional ready to make a profound impact on a hyper-growth tech scale-up? Neo is seeking Senior Talent in various capacities to join our dynamic Legal team in Calgary. This isn't your average in-house role. You'll be a pivotal force, navigating a vast and exhilarating landscape of legal challenges that span corporate, commercial, regulatory, employment, and privacy matters.
Our Legal team thrives on complexity, champions agility, and constantly seeks to make processes better, simpler, and stronger. You'll be empowered to drive transformative work, collaborating with some of Canada's most successful leaders and brightest tech minds to build products and technologies that truly change lives.
What You'll Be Driving:
- Strategic Advisory: Deliver practical, precise, and actionable legal advice across diverse and complex areas, including corporate/commercial transactions, evolving regulatory landscapes, employment law, and critical privacy matters.
- Deal Architect: Work collaboratively with the business to structure, draft, meticulously negotiate, and review high-stakes financing, strategic partnership, and crucial customer-facing agreements. You'll proactively identify legal and business risks, collaborating seamlessly with cross-functional teams to forge innovative solutions.
- Risk Mitigation & Foresight: Anticipate, elucidate, and proactively address emerging legal issues, safeguarding Neo's interests and significantly reducing legal exposure in a dynamic environment.
- Policy & Compliance Champion: Draft and evolve internal policies and guidelines, ensuring stringent adherence to all legal requirements and embedding a culture of compliance across the organization.
- Customer-Centric Legal Support: Lead legal updates for all customer-facing disclosures and agreements, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and compliance.
- Operational Excellence: Develop and manage form agreements, optimize contract management systems, and implement streamlined processes for efficient contract negotiation and overall legal operations.
- Research & Guidance: Conduct incisive legal research, providing concise, fit-for-purpose, and timely legal counsel to a wide range of internal stakeholders.
- External Counsel Oversight: Strategically manage external legal counsel relationships, ensuring efficiency and alignment with Neo's objectives
Who You Are:
- Business-Oriented Advisor: Proven ability to synthesize complex legal issues into concise, strategic analysis and deliver clear, actionable recommendations to business units.
- Experienced Strategist (5+ years): Bring a minimum of 5 years of experience from private practice or an in-house setting, with demonstrable expertise in one or more of the following: banking/financial services, financial services regulatory, corporate/commercial, real estate financing, consumer protection, employment, and/or privacy law.
- Bonus Points: Preference will be given to candidates with direct experience in the banking, fintech, or broader financial services sectors, or other highly regulated industries, especially those with prior in-house legal experience.
- Qualified Legal Expert: Possess a Bachelor’s Degree in Law (L.LB) or Juris Doctor (J.D.) and be a member of, or eligible for membership in, the Law Society of Alberta.
- Exceptional Collaborator: Possess outstanding interpersonal skills and a demonstrated ability to build trust and work seamlessly with diverse colleagues, both legal and non-legal.
- Organized & Agile: Exhibit strong organizational and time management skills, with a proven ability to thrive and deliver under tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
Life at Neo: Beyond the Conventional
At Neo, we're more than just a company; we're a collective of resourceful, growth-oriented individuals fiercely driven to win. Our high standards are not just a motto; they're the engine behind our mission to build a more rewarding financial future for all Canadians. Expect to be challenged, to grow, and to consistently deliver your best work for our customers.
Our Culture Pillars:
- Radical Trust & Support: We foster a culture of honest conversations, constructive feedback, and unwavering mutual support. You'll be surrounded by brilliant minds who push you to excel.
- In-Person Collaboration: We primarily thrive through in-person collaboration across our Calgary, Winnipeg, and Toronto offices, valuing the energy and synergy of working together.
- Change-Making & Trailblazing: This environment is for those who relish blazing new trails through uncertainty, rather than following a well-trodden path. If you crave impact and embrace challenges, you'll thrive here.
- Meaningful Ownership: Every team member is a stakeholder in Neo's success, earning meaningful equity through stock options. When Neo grows, we all grow. This ownership mindset fuels our dedication.
- Accountability & Impact: Yes, Neo employees work hard, but it's purpose-driven. We're accountable for delivering on our commitments, knowing that every contribution directly shapes the company's success and our customers' financial well-being.
Join Our Mission
We champion equal opportunity and are deeply committed to cultivating an inclusive climate where everyone can thrive. As our customers trust us with their financial future, all successful candidates will undergo a security screening, including a criminal records check and a credit check.
Ready to make your mark at Canada's fastest-growing fintech? Apply with us and let's build something extraordinary together.