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# Paralegal at Modulr

- **Company:** Modulr
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Posted:** 2026-09-11
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/modulrfinance/jobs/8794539002?gh_jid=8794539002

## Job description

Paralegal

London

Full-time

In office 4 days/week

## Why This Role

- You’ll provide critical support to our legal team, assisting with a variety of legal tasks and ensuring the efficient operation of the legal department.
- You’ll work in a highly dynamic environment, focusing on execution and ensuring plan come to fruition.
- You’ll play a key part in process improvement and lead on change activity for the team.
- You’ll get hands on, with opportunities to work alongside experienced counsel across a range of commercial, compliance and litigation matters

## Who We Are

Our vision is a world where all businesses are powered by embedded payments. Modulr enables businesses, from SMEs to Enterprise, initially across the UK and Europe to efficiently pay-in, collect and disburse funds instantly via a range of payment schemes, accounts, and card products. Find out more about us on our [website](https://www.modulrfinance.com/) and [careers site](https://www.modulrfinance.com/life-at-modulr).

## What You’ll Do

- Conduct legal research and analysis related to payment industry compliance, data privacy, and consumer protection laws - all crucial aspects of Modulr's operations.
- Assist in, reviewing, drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts, including those directly linked to our core services like merchant agreements, processing agreements, and vendor contracts.
- Execute BAU privacy compliance processes, including end-to-end management of DSRs, reviewing and advising on DPIAs and maintaining and updating associated documentation.
- Manage commercial litigation with support from in-house and external counsel, securing and reporting on progress against defined budgets and objectives
- Identify and drive process improvements, taking the lead on projects through to implementation.
- Use, enhance and develop AI supported workflows for recurring tasks.
- Work in a highly dynamic environment, focusing on execution and ensuring plans come to fruition.
- Consistently build strong relationships with stakeholders

## Who You Are

## What you’ll need

- Bachelor's or postgraduate degree in legal studies, Law, or a related field - Paralegal certificate or equivalent experience
- minimum of 1 year of experience as a paralegal, privacy or regulatory compliance professional, preferably in a technology or financial services setting.
- Proficiency in data privacy laws, such as GDPR
- Excellent organisational, research and analytical skills

Nice to haves

- Experience in the payments industry, similar to Modulr's core operations
- Familiarity with payment processing systems and platforms
- Knowledge of international payment regulations, considering Modulr's wide operational landscape
- Familiarity with safe use of AI in sensitive processes

## What we Offer You

- Share Options – We offer a Company Share Option Plan (CSOP), giving you the opportunity to benefit from any increase in share value in the event of a sale, merger, or flotation.
- Bonus – Our annual discretionary bonus, paid in May for the previous year, is based on both company and individual performance.
- Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on benefits to suit you, including private medical insurance, gym membership, dental etc.
- Wellbeing app – confidential, on-demand access to therapy, coaching, counselling, management training or mindfulness sessions with accredited professionals, with company-funded hours and top-up options available.
- Holidays - 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) plus your birthday off. In the UK, Christmas Day, Boxing Day, and New Year’s Day are fixed holidays. You can choose the remaining days to suit your personal schedule.
- Learning opportunities - Our two-day onboarding program, ModStart, helps equip you for success. Learning doesn’t stop there; we’ll continue to support your development through various channels.
- Company-Wide Events - Participate in collaborative and engaging events with colleagues across the business.
- Bike to work / E-bike scheme

ModInclusion

At Modulr, we’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong and can bring their whole self to work. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds as we believe it’s the right thing for our people, our business, and the community we operate in.

By submitting your CV, you consent to us using your personal data to assess your application, contact you, or share your CV with relevant hiring managers. You can request removal of your data at any time by emailing peopleops@modulrfinance.com - though this will withdraw you from consideration for the role.

## About Modulr

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Modulr provides a regulated payments automation platform that enables businesses to embed payment capabilities into their own operations, automating how money moves.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C, raised $108m in 2022)
- **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Financial Technology (Fintech) / Payments Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2B, mid-market to enterprise businesses, travel companies, lenders, and platforms needing embedded payments
- **Mission**: "Our vision is a world where all businesses are powered by embedded payments."

## Products & Services
- **Accounts Payable**: Automated supplier payments and virtual cards to reduce costs and improve cash flow.
- **Payroll**: Automated payroll solution to ensure staff get paid correctly and on time.
- **Collections**: Set up recurring payments so customers and partners can pay easily.
- **Spend Management**: Company cards with automatic receipt capture and spend controls.
- **Embedded Payments Platform**: API-first platform for businesses to integrate payment flows directly into their own software.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (last round: Series C)
- **Key Metric (Funding)**: $108m Series C led by General Atlantic in 2022
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: General Atlantic, PayPal Ventures, Blenheim Chalcot, Frog Capital, FIS Ventures. Principle issuing member of Visa.
- **Growth Signals**: Over 400 employees ("Modulites") across London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, and Mumbai. Trusted by 6,000+ businesses. Processes £180B+ in annualised payment value. Named second fastest growing tech company in the UK (2022) and shortlisted in Vivatech’s ‘Next 100 Unicorns’ list. Ranked in Deloitte’s EMEA Fast 500 and FT 1000 Europe's Fastest Growing Companies.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Regulated Status**: Holds an EMI license from the UK Financial Conduct Authority (since 2016) and a Dutch EMI license, enabling it to operate as a regulated payments provider across Europe.
- **Proven Reliability**: Delivers mission-critical finance operations at scale, processing over 200M active accounts and 11M+ annualised transactions.
- **Deep Integrations**: A single platform for automating multiple payment flows (AP, payroll, collections, spend), deeply integrated into the payments ecosystem.

## Strategic Focus
- **European Expansion**: Announced expansion into France and Spain via branches of its Dutch license entity.
- **Embedded Payments Leadership**: Building the leading embedded payments provider for businesses, moving beyond simple processing to full automation and control.
- **Industry Specialisation**: Tailored solutions for verticals like travel and lending.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as a team of "curious, high-performing collaborators" who thrive in a fast-paced environment and love solving complex problems. Core values include "Build the extraordinary," "Own the opportunity," "Achieve it together," and "Move at pace."
- **Tech Stack**: Java house with microservice architecture on AWS, containerising with Kubernetes and Helm. Customer portals use Angular with TypeScript on AWS Cloudfront CDN.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/office presence in London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam, and Pune (India). Offices listed in London (Scale Space, 58 Wood Lane) and Edinburgh (1 Exchange Crescent).
- **Growth Opportunity**: As a high-growth Series C company, employees can have significant impact on scaling the platform and entering new markets.
- **Open Roles (as of search)**: Backend Software Engineer, Product Manager - Business Payments, Senior Salesforce Developer, and various compliance, legal, and operations roles.

## Sources
1. [modulrfinance.com](https://www.modulrfinance.com/)
2. [modulrfinance.com/company](https://www.modulrfinance.com/company)
3. [modulrfinance.com/careers](https://www.modulrfinance.com/careers)
4. [modulrfinance.com/products-and-tech](https://www.modulrfinance.com/products-and-tech)
5. [uk.linkedin.com/company/modulr-finance](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/modulr-finance)

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