Group Privacy & Regulatory Counsel to Lendo Group

About Lendo

Lendo is a leading Scandinavian marketplace for loans that helps customers compare loan offers with just one application. Lendo covers a large variety of loans, such as Consumer Loans, Credit Cards, Mortgage Loans and Car Loans. The vision of the company is to provide more transparency in the loan market – thus creating an advantage for customers.

Today we operate in Scandinavia including 250+ employees working each day to empower people to make smart financial decisions. Since our humble beginning back in 2007, we have helped thousands of people get a fair price on loans, get in control and let the lenders compete for their business.

The Lendo team is based in Tøyen Startup Village in downtown Oslo, together with other Schibsted companies.

About the role

We are looking for our next legal star to join our operations in Norway to support our business in our nordic markets Norway, Sweden and Denmark. You will solve complex legal problems involving multiple jurisdictions, consumers, partners, and financial regulation. Your challenge is to merge stakeholders’ expectations and legal requirements into simple and innovative legal products, processes, or contracts.

You will report to the Head of Legal and Compliance in Stockholm and be part of the joint group function for Legal, Compliance and Privacy. In close cooperation with the rest of the team, your colleagues in the local leadership teams, product and tech you will play an important role in the future success of Lendo!

Core Responsibilities:

Support the Group Management Team, the local Country Managers and leadership teams as the legal expert in legal, privacy and regulatory matters.
Be the main point of contact towards the Norwegian supervisory authorities.
Develop the compliance function in Lendo Group and report on ongoing risks, revise, policies and conduct controls.
Stay on top of relevant regulations and legal updates affecting Lendo and its customers and advise Lendo’s departments on potential risks and opportunities.
Act as a senior member of the Legal team and build efficient and scalable processes and collaborate closely with the rest of the business.

Who are you?

A Nordic law degree and at least 4 years of post-qualification experience in a well regarded law firm or in-house experience. Experience with working with financial regulation and privacy is desired.
Desire to work in a fast-paced, scaling environment alongside colleagues in the Nordics.
Knowledge and understanding of regulatory requirements in financial regulation, GDPR and consumer facing operations in Norway.
You speak and write Norwegian and English fluently.
Proactive, organized with problem-solving skills.
You’re excellent at communication and a translator of complex legal jargon into simple solutions for the business to implement.
Bring a positive, can-do attitude to the workplace and be curious to learn and support as many business areas as possible.

What we offer

A challenging role with opportunities for professional and personal development
An innovative working environment in a company focused on strong growth and sustainable choices
Hybrid work setup with occasional travel to Stockholm and Copenhagen
Office at Tøyen Torg centrally in Oslo together with other Schibsted Next companies like Prisjakt, Let’s Deal, Mitt Anbud and Kickback

How we work in Lendo

In Lendo we believe in a market for loans built on trust and transparency. As a market leader we take it upon ourselves to shape the industry to compete more transparently and change the lending practices for the better. Deep in the Lendo DNA lives our core values #winasateam, #customercentric, #focusonexecution and #alwaysimprove that guides us in the choices we make each day. Having a sustainable business mindset also plays a big part of our daily operations and our culture.

Our excellent Lendoers are our most important asset. This is why we strive towards strengthening the employee experience arranging many social activities regularly. We have a hybrid set up that supports a blend of in-office remote, and home office. We foster a friendly, inclusive and knowledge-sharing culture using insights as a tool to learn, grow and deliver differentiated benefits to both our customers and lending partners

Process and application

In the process, Lendo is working with Legal Career. Applications will be reviewed and presented on an ongoing basis. We will contact you for a telephone interview if you match our candidate profile. Testing, reference taking and background checks may be conducted by third parties.

Do you have questions about the role or the hiring process? Don’t hesitate to reach out to Recruiter Carl Berg (Swedish and English) or Junior Recruiter Alice Zander (Norwegian, Swedish and English).

We’re looking forward to your application!