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VoPay is an API-first Fintech-as-a-Service platform for embedded finance, enabling payments, treasury management, compliance, & financial automation for every industry.

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VoPay is a leading brand that specializes in embedded financial services and payments. With their innovative API, businesses can easily scale their operations and streamline their payment processes. VoPay offers a wide range of products and services to meet the needs of various industries. Their payment solutions include EFT payments, allowing for faster and data-driven electronic funds transfers. Businesses can also leverage VoPay's real-time payment capabilities to access multiple payment rails and offer instant push-to-card payments through Visa Direct. VoPay's 360-degree view feature automates accounting operations, providing businesses with a comprehensive overview of their financial activities. With their ledger management technology, users can control the flow of funds across multiple ledgers. In addition to these services, VoPay caters to specific industry use cases such as the gig economy, property management, lending, payroll automation, and integrated payment technology for SaaS and fintech platforms. Whether you're a developer, a business owner, or part of a financial institution, VoPay has the technology and expertise to support your payment needs. Visit their website to learn more about their solutions, access their developer zone, explore their partner directory, and stay up-to-date with the latest news in the fintech and payments industry.

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**About VoPay International Inc.**

VoPay's Fintech-as-a-Service platform enables any business to embed financial services and payment capabilities into their existing applications, products, or services through a single, scalable API. Our integrated technology gives product managers and developers the flexibility and speed to build innovative financial solutions in a rapidly evolving industry.

## Fractional Legal Counsel

_Location: Vancouver, BC_

**The Opportunity**

VoPay is looking for a Fractional Legal Counsel to serve as our Head of Legal. This engagement is expected to require a minimum of 20 hours per week, with flexible scheduling and additional availability required during critical business milestones.

We seek an experienced legal leader who possesses deep expertise in payments, financial services, and technology, specifically in managing and identifying applicable FinTech risks. The Counsel will be responsible for providing strategic, commercially-minded legal advice to the executive team and overseeing the company's entire legal framework. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Fractional Legal Counsel will be accountable for establishing, operating, and maintaining a scalable legal function that directly supports VoPay's aggressive growth strategy.

**Duties and Responsibilities**

- Strategic Legal Counsel: As the owner of VoPay's legal function, provide strategic and pragmatic guidance to the CEO and executive leadership team on all corporate legal matters.
- Commercial Transactions: Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial agreements (e.g., Master Services Agreements, sales/partnership agreements, platform/technology licensing agreements, and data processing agreements) to facilitate market expansion and rapid product development.
- FinTech and Technology Focus: Provide specialized counsel on core technology and FinTech areas, including intellectual property (IP) strategy, data privacy (e.g., PIPEDA, GDPR, PSD2), information security, and terms of service for new products and services.
- Corporate Governance: Manage general corporate matters, including employment and human resources issues, finance activities, and M&A diligence/integration as required.
- External Counsel Management: Strategically collaborate and coordinate with external legal counsels in various jurisdictions to ensure cost-effective and integrated legal coverage globally.
- Policy Development: Develop and maintain internal legal policies, processes, and playbooks to ensure scalable and consistent adherence to laws, regulations, and corporate standards across all business units.
- Other Duties: Perform other duties and projects assigned by the Chief Executive Officer

**Skills and Qualifications**

- Juris Doctorate from an accredited Canadian / US / UK law school, and in good standing to practice law in Canada
- 8+ years of progressive experience in technology and corporate law, preferably in-house at a growth-stage company in the technology or financial services sector
- Significant experience operating as the lead or sole counsel in a high-growth startup environment, specifically within banking/FinTech/payments, is an advantage
- Substantial, hands-on experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial transactions, including partnerships and vendor agreements, that are essential for scaling a SaaS platform
- Up-to-date on fintech/digital payments industry innovations and developments, and prepare the legal point of view to adapt to current and upcoming changes
- Exceptional ability to operate efficiently and effectively by prioritizing tasks, managing external counsel, and delivering results that align with fast-paced business requirements
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, commercial risk assessments for the executive teams
- A collaborative, commercially-minded approach and comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy

**Compensation**

$130,000.00 - $150,000.00 per year

Fractional Legal Counsel

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VoPay's Fintech-as-a-Service platform allows any company to embed financial services and payment capabilities into their existing applications, products and services through a single and scalable API. We offer a simple technology layer that enables digital enterprises to seamlessly offer secure, fast and direct bank account payments.

VoPay's unified technology stack eliminates the need to build the infrastructure and integrate multiple, disparate financial systems. Businesses can go to market faster and offer innovative financial solutions to their customers.

Using Open Banking powered payment technology, our intuitive platform offers a variety of payment tools including data intelligent account authentication, encrypted tokenization, transaction monitoring and automated reconciliations. 

Available payments services include:

Intelligent Electronic Funds Transfer (iQ11): Accept instant bank account verification payments, improve payment speed and reduce NSFs.

VoPay Instant: Send funds to any bank account in Canada in real-time. 

EFT / ACH: Seamlessly facilitate same-day EFT and ACH bank payment processing by connecting to North America's banking system.  

Interac e-Transfer for Business: Send and Request unlimited real-time payments with higher funding limits with just an email.

Visa Direct: Send money directly to almost any Visa cardholder in real-time.

All payment solutions are available through API integration or through VoPay's online portal.

VoPay facilitates embedded financial services & payments through a single API layer. Find out how you can scale your business with smarter payments.

**Fractional Legal Counsel***Location: Vancouver, BC*  
**About VoPay International Inc.**VoPay’s Fintech-as-a-Service platform enables any business to embed financial services and payment capabilities into their existing applications, products, or services through a single, scalable API. Our integrated technology gives product managers and developers the flexibility and speed to build innovative financial solutions in a rapidly evolving industry.  
**The Opportunity**VoPay is looking for a Fractional Legal Counsel to serve as our Head of Legal. This engagement is expected to require a minimum of 20 hours per week, with flexible scheduling and additional availability required during critical business milestones.  
We seek an experienced legal leader who possesses deep expertise in payments, financial services, and technology, specifically in managing and identifying applicable FinTech risks. The Counsel will be responsible for providing strategic, commercially-minded legal advice to the executive team and overseeing the company's entire legal framework. Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer, the Fractional Legal Counsel will be accountable for establishing, operating, and maintaining a scalable legal function that directly supports VoPay’s aggressive growth strategy.
  
**Duties and Responsibilities**  

- Strategic Legal Counsel: As the owner of VoPay’s legal function, provide strategic and pragmatic guidance to the CEO and executive leadership team on all corporate legal matters.
- Commercial Transactions: Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial agreements (e.g., Master Services Agreements, sales/partnership agreements, platform/technology licensing agreements, and data processing agreements) to facilitate market expansion and rapid product development.
- FinTech and Technology Focus: Provide specialized counsel on core technology and FinTech areas, including intellectual property (IP) strategy, data privacy (e.g., PIPEDA, GDPR, PSD2), information security, and terms of service for new products and services.
- Corporate Governance: Manage general corporate matters, including employment and human resources issues, finance activities, and M&A diligence/integration as required.
- External Counsel Management: Strategically collaborate and coordinate with external legal counsels in various jurisdictions to ensure cost-effective and integrated legal coverage globally.
- Policy Development: Develop and maintain internal legal policies, processes, and playbooks to ensure scalable and consistent adherence to laws, regulations, and corporate standards across all business units.
- Other Duties: Perform other duties and projects assigned by the Chief Executive Officer

  
**Skills and Qualifications**  

- Juris Doctorate from an accredited Canadian / US / UK law school, and in good standing to practice law in Canada
- 8+ years of progressive experience in technology and corporate law, preferably in-house at a growth-stage company in the technology or financial services sector
- Significant experience operating as the lead or sole counsel in a high-growth startup environment, specifically within banking/FinTech/payments, is an advantage
- Substantial, hands-on experience drafting, negotiating, and closing complex commercial transactions, including partnerships and vendor agreements, that are essential for scaling a SaaS platform
- Up-to-date on fintech/digital payments industry innovations and developments, and prepare the legal point of view to adapt to current and upcoming changes
- Exceptional ability to operate efficiently and effectively by prioritizing tasks, managing external counsel, and delivering results that align with fast-paced business requirements
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, commercial risk assessments for the executive teams
- A collaborative, commercially-minded approach and comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy

  
Vopay International Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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VoPay is seeking a Fractional Legal Counsel to serve as Head of Legal, requiring a minimum of 20 hours per week. The role involves providing strategic legal advice, managing commercial transactions, and overseeing corporate governance. The position is based in Vancouver, BC.

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