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KOHO

Senior Legal Counsel, Product and Regulatory

RemoteCanada only
Published
Role
Finance
Experience
Senior
Employment
Full-time
CAD 180k–CAD 210k/yr
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No BS summary

Senior Legal Counsel with 6+ years of Canadian legal experience in financial services, banking, or consumer protection regulation. This role supports product development and regulatory strategy for KOHO Tech and KOHO Bank, requiring strong judgment and a business-oriented approach.

Optional skills

RPAAFCPFAML/ATFprivacy laws

Optional languages

French Fluent

What you'll do

  • Partner across KOHO Tech and KOHO Bank to provide practical regulatory advice that enables growth while protecting customers.
  • Support the design and launch of new financial products and features, identifying regulatory risks early and helping teams build compliant solutions.
  • Play a key role in helping KOHO set up and operationalize a regulated bank, including supporting engagement with regulators such as OSFI, FCAC, and the Bank of Canada.
  • Support marketing and growth teams by ensuring campaigns are effective and compliant with financial services and consumer protection requirements.
  • Provide guidance to customer-facing teams on complaints handling, communications, and fairness considerations.
  • Help build scalable legal and regulatory processes to support KOHO’s long-term growth as a regulated financial institution.

What they require

  • 6+ years post-call experience as a lawyer practicing in Canada (in-house and/or at a law firm).
  • Experience advising on financial services regulation, banking law, or consumer protection frameworks.
  • Strong judgment and the ability to provide practical, business-oriented legal advice.
  • Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product, Marketing, CX, Risk, and Compliance teams.
  • High ownership mindset — takes initiative and focuses on solutions over problems.
  • Builder mentality with a bias toward action in fast-moving environments.
  • Curious and quick to learn
  • Proactive and highly organized
  • Comfortable operating in high-ambiguity environments
  • Strong work ethic and reliability
  • Honest, responsive, and collaborative
  • Preferred: Experience working at a bank, fintech, or regulated financial institution
  • Preferred: Familiarity with RPAA and the Financial Consumer Protection Framework (FCPF)
  • Preferred: Knowledge of AML/ATF and privacy laws

KOHO is on a mission to make financial services better for every Canadian, offering financial products designed to help users spend smart, save more, and build wealth.

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CAD 180k–CAD 210k/yr