Regulatory & Compliance Counsel - Italy (m/f/x)

Job Description

Scalable Capital is one of Europe’s leading digital banks, with more than one million clients and over €50 billion on the platform. We are hiring a Legal & Compliance Counsel to help scale the legal and compliance function of our Italian branch in Milan.

You will advise the business on Italian banking, investment services, payment services and consumer protection law, while supporting the localisation of group policies, procedures and operational processes for the Italian branch.

• Advise the business on Italian banking, investment services and consumer protection law 
• Support the localisation of group policies, procedures and operational processes for the Italian branch, identifying Italian legal and regulatory deviations and helping implement them with the relevant teams.
• Support the Italian AML Officer on AML and financial crime matters, including control documentation, CDD / EDD topics, AML risk assessments, policy localisation and regulatory change 
• Review new products, features and marketing campaigns for compliance with Italian transparency and consumer protection rules before launch
• Monitor regulatory developments, assess their impact on the branch and drive implementation together with the relevant teams
• Support the handling, localisation and documentation of customer-facing and authority-driven processes, including complaints, legal care, authority requests and similar legal-operational matters.
• Conduct legal and regulatory research on banking transparency, investment, credit and payment services and consumer protection topics.

Qualifications

• Holds a law degree 
• Offers proven experience within legal or compliance functions at a bank, fintech, or law firm.
• Deeply understands Italian banking transparency rules (TUB), investment services regulations (TUF / MiFID II), and consumer protection frameworks (Consumer Code, AGCM practices).
• Familiar with the three lines of defense model and the Italian AML framework under D.Lgs. 231/2007, with hands-on experience in AML, CDD / EDD, transaction monitoring, or financial crime being a strong plus.
• Proven track record of translating complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical procedures, controls, implementation plans, or operational guidance.
• Experienced with regulatory authority requests, formal communications, audits, remediation tracking, or legal-operational processes (highly advantageous).
• Prior experience working within a branch network, fintech, digital bank, investment firm, or cross-border financial services environment is strongly preferred.
• Demonstrates the unique ability to combine rigorous legal analysis with pragmatic, business-oriented operational implementation.
• Thrives and collaborates effectively in a fast-paced, multicultural environment.
• Full professional fluency in both Italian and English.

Salary Range: €50,000 to €70,000 gross per year (RAL)

The final salary will be determined within this range based on your individual training, qualifications, and relevant professional experience.

Additional Information

• Be part of one of the fastest-growing and most visible Fintech startups in Europe, creating innovative services that have a substantial impact on the lives of our customers
• Work with an international, diverse, inclusive, and ever-growing team that loves creating the best products for our clients
• Be productive with the latest hardware and tools
• Learn and grow by joining our in-house knowledge sharing or career development sessions and spending your individual Education Budget 
• Ppportunity to work from abroad
• Benefit from an attractive compensation package 
• Say goodbye to order commissions and say hello to your complimentary subscription of Scalable Capital's PRIME+ Broker