We're launching recent credit products, closing capital markets transactions, navigating regulators across multiple jurisdictions, and building infrastructure that didn't exist five years ago. We move fast and legal needs to move with us. Our experience shows that exceptional legal leadership transcends mere legal knowledge.

Neo is one of Canada's fastest-growing companies, serving over one million Canadians with credit cards, savings, mortgages, and rewards. We're a software and data company operating at the intersection of technology and financial services, which means the legal surface area is genuinely engaging and uniquely complex. You’ll lead a high performance Legal team, this is not a role where you inherit a mature function and optimize it.

The job is to build, to recruit great people, build durable processes, figure out how to use AI to scale what your team can do, and make sure that as Neo grows, the legal function grows with it and not behind it. When we're evaluating a new product, a new partnership, a new market, you're in the room before the decision is made not after. You've built or scaled a legal function before, hired people, designed processes, figured out how to do more with less.

You understand that managing risk doesn't mean stopping things — it means finding the path through. You're using it, thinking about it, and building it into how your team works. Our board includes people with deep legal backgrounds.

We are building something different than the traditional legal model where the function acts as a gatekeeper.



This role is not ideal for a legal professional who prefers to act strictly as an individual contributor over leading and scaling a team, or for those who require a fully pre-defined roadmap before beginning execution. This role offers a substantial compensation package designed to align your success directly with Neo's trajectory and ensure you are deeply invested in our long-term value creation.

A competitive base salary (the cash component for immediate stability). A cash-based Short Term Incentive Plan (STIP) to reward disciplined execution and collective velocity in achieving key company milestones. Meaningful equity (options) that provides significant long-term upside and aligns your financial success directly with Neo's growth.

We seek leaders who prioritize owning a piece of the future we are building. Significant in-house experience, including in a leadership and team-building capacity Experience with or appetite to learn financial services regulation, fintech, banking, AML, compliance You will redefine the financial landscape with top talent in Canada to help everyday Canadians win, and grow quickly while doing it ~ Earn BIG with our short term incentive plans (STIP)



~ Flexible health benefits & life insurance ~21 Days PTO + stat holidays, and personal leave ~ Health & personal spending accounts ~ A wide variety of discounts through our partner network ~ Access to early use of products and discounts on fixed-term Neo mortgages ~ Parental top-up & equity vesting during long term leave ~ Neo night events ~ As individuals and as a team, we constantly challenge ourselves and each other to raise the bar and deliver exceptional experiences for our customers. Our commitment to customer success drives everything we do, from building world-class products to providing exceptional support at every step of their journey.

All team members have a stake in Neo’s success and earn meaningful equity through stock options. We hold ourselves accountable for delivering on our commitments to our customers, partners, and each other. Customers trust us with their finances, so successful candidates for this position will be required to undergo a security screening, including a criminal records check and a credit check.

By continuing with your application, you agree to the Candidate Privacy Notice , which guides how we process your personal information for the purpose of your application. Neo Financial leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to reinforce our candidate evaluation process, including the initial assessment of applications and screening of candidates. These tools support our recruitment team; If you require further information regarding our data processing practices, please contact us.

📌 General Counsel @ Neo Financial (Calgary)
🏢 Counselwell
📍 Calgary