Now Hiring: Sr. Regulatory Lawyer / Regulatory Lead
Location: Mexico City (Hybrid) | Department: Legal & Compliance | Type: Full-Time
At Ridian, we’re building the infrastructure for seamless and secure cross-border payments and financial services. As we continue scaling our operations across jurisdictions, regulatory compliance is at the core of our strategy. We’re now seeking a highly skilled Sr. Regulatory Lawyer / Regulatory Lead to provide direct support to our General Counsel and lead our most critical regulatory and compliance initiatives.
This is a senior-level role for an experienced financial regulatory lawyer with deep expertise in financial law, fintech regulation, vulnerable activities, and AML/CTF. Experience in money transmission or payment services is strongly desirable. You will have a central role in shaping our compliance strategy, managing relationships with regulators, and ensuring that our operations meet the highest legal and regulatory standards.
🔎 Key Responsibilities
- Lead Ridian’s end-to-end regulatory compliance program, ensuring adherence to the LGOAAC, LFPIORPI, CNBV provisions, and other applicable financial and fintech regulations.
- Design, update, and oversee the implementation of internal compliance and AML/CTF policies.
- Manage relationships with regulatory authorities (CNBV, SHCP, UIF, PROFECO, CONDUSEF, among others) and coordinate responses to official inquiries.
- Advise on the structuring of new products and services, with a focus on payments, money transmission, and other fintech models.
- Supervise regulatory reporting processes, including SITI PLD submissions and internal monitoring systems.
- Coordinate internal and external audits in AML/CTF and regulatory compliance.
- Identify and mitigate legal and regulatory risks proactively.
- Provide strategic legal advice to business, operations, and technology teams.
🎯 Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law (required; valid professional license).
- Minimum 7 years of experience in financial/regulatory law, with at least 3 in a leadership or coordination role.
- Proven experience in AML/CTF, vulnerable activities, and fintech regulation.
- Strong knowledge of LGOAAC, LFPIORPI, applicable provisions for money transmitters, and payment services regulation.
- Strongly desirable: hands-on experience in money transmission, payment services, or e-money institutions.
- Advanced English (fluent in drafting and negotiating legal documents).
- Exceptional leadership, strategic thinking, and team management skills.
- Ability to thrive in high-demand, fast-paced environments.
💼 What We Offer
- The opportunity to join a high-growth fintech with a strong focus on compliance excellence.
- Direct involvement in strategic decision-making alongside the General Counsel.
- A collaborative, high-performance work environment.
- Competitive compensation package based on experience and responsibility.
🌟 Who’s the Right Fit for Ridian
The right lawyer for Ridian treats the company’s mission and challenges as their own — not just as a job. You are hands-on, driven by achievement, and hold yourself to the highest professional and ethical standards. You take full ownership of your responsibilities and consistently deliver results.
You have strong technical expertise and apply a risk-based approach to provide complete, end-to-end legal and regulatory analysis. You thrive on solving complex problems, anticipate risks before they become issues, and bring clear, actionable solutions to the table.
At Ridian, we value people who:
- Work with the urgency and accountability of an owner.
- Are comfortable rolling up their sleeves while thinking strategically.
- Can move from regulatory theory to practical implementation seamlessly.
- Build trust with both regulators and internal stakeholders through competence and integrity.
- See compliance not as a blocker, but as a competitive advantage for the business.
🚀 About Ridian
Ridian is a fintech company that empowers individuals and businesses to send and receive money across borders seamlessly. We combine cutting-edge technology with a robust compliance infrastructure to deliver secure, fast, and affordable financial services. We believe access to global financial tools should be simple, transparent, and compliant.
📩 Interested candidates are encouraged to apply here on LinkedIn.
