Senior Paralegal

Description Title: Senior Paralegal Location: Los Angeles, CA; Hybrid (3 days in-office per week) Reports To: Corporate Counsel Status: Full-time The Company: Sunbit builds financial technology for real life. Our AI-native platform helps more people get to “yes” at the moments that matter with personalized offers, transparent terms, and no added consumer fees. In stores, practices and service centers across the country, Sunbit provides a fast, fair pay-over-time option. For everything else, the Sunbit Credit Card delivers a modern, no-fee credit experience managed in a powerful mobile app. We are guided by people-centered values: Serve Others Before Self, Include Always, Connect Genuinely, Innovate for Good. These values shape how we build, how we support customers and merchants, and how we work with each other. What makes Sunbit different is an AI-native infrastructure that runs through the full customer and merchant journey. Our interconnected AI systems power instant decisioning, streamline fraud checks with human-in-the-loop safeguards, and enable highly personalized offers at scale. The result is a quick, fair, and simple experience for consumers and merchants. We pair this technology with inclusion and transparency. Sunbit delivers industry-leading approval rates — 90%+ in auto service and 85%+ in dental — while maintaining zero consumer fee-based revenue. It is a better way to serve people and merchants, proven at scale. Today, Sunbit is available across a nationwide, in-person merchant network of 30,000+ locations spanning auto service centers, dental and optical practices, veterinary clinics, and other specialty services. We help teams say “yes” more often and help customers move forward with confidence. The Role Sunbit is looking for a highly experienced, exceptionally organized and resourceful Senior Paralegal to join our Legal and Compliance team. This is a substantive, high-responsibility role for a self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced fintech environment, takes ownership of complex workstreams, and holds themselves to an uncompromisingly high standard of accuracy and rigor. You will own a number of project areas, including: regulatory licensing and litigation support — executing with minimal oversight while interfacing with sophisticated internal and external stakeholders. This role demands not only deep paralegal expertise but also supreme technical fluency, analytical sharpness, and great attention to detail to work effectively in a data-intensive, regulated industry. Requirements Key Responsibilities Regulatory Licensing & Compliance Own the full lifecycle of state and federal licensing, including applications, renewals, and annual reports across all jurisdictions. Stay ahead of filing deadlines by maintaining a rigorous licensing calendar and escalating risks proactively. Partner with Finance, Operations, Product, and Compliance to gather, critically evaluate, and synthesize information needed for accurate regulatory filings. Drive examination and audit readiness by collecting, verifying, and validating the required data before submission. Interface directly with state regulators, external counsel, and licensing agencies with professionalism and precision. Build and maintain regulatory dashboards, filing trackers, and examination-readiness reports using legal tech platforms, workflow automation tools, and internal systems. Litigation Support Analyze basic claims and legal positions and prepare clear, concise summaries for attorneys. Investigate claims to determine their validity. Collect, organize, and analyze documents and data relevant to litigation matters and maintain well-structured case files. Flag gaps and inconsistencies in incoming information before they become problems. Assist with drafting correspondence, discovery responses, chronologies, and other litigation deliverables. Coordinate with outside counsel, vendors, and internal teams to advance litigation efficiently. General Legal & Compliance Support Support a fast-moving Legal and Compliance team, adapting to shifting priorities with composure. Identify and implement process, template, and workflow improvements. Leverage legal tech platforms and workflow automation tools to drive speed, accuracy, and output quality across all workstreams. Perform a variety of compliance tests Assist with other projects as needed What We're Looking For Experience Minimum 3 years of proven, independent experience handling senior-level paralegal responsibilities, in-house or in the law firm setting. Demonstrated experience with regulatory licensing (state money transmission, lending, or equivalent) strongly preferred. Prior litigation support experience strongly preferred. Proven ability to independently manage multiple projects and priorities is a must. Skills & Competencies Exceptional organizational discipline: You manage multiple high-stakes workstreams simultaneously without dropping a thread. Razor-sharp attention to detail: You catch errors others miss, and you verify before you submit. Critical thinking: You don't just collect data — you assess it, question it, and surface what matters. Technical proficiency: Comfortable building and maintaining reports, trackers, and dashboards; experience working across multiple databases and data systems. AI fluency: Proven track record in identifying, adopting, and integrating AI tools to improve legal workflows. You stay current and apply these tools judiciously. Communication excellence: Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated ability to engage effectively with sophisticated internal and external stakeholders — including regulators, executives, and outside counsel. Leadership, initiative, and ownership: You lead your workstreams, anticipate needs, and bring solutions rather than problems. The Perks: Join one of LA’s fastest growing startups (2023), A Most Loved Workplace, #576 on the 2023 Inc 5000 list, and Forbes Fintech 50 (2024), #161 on Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list Mission driven + empowered + collaborative Competitive pay and stock options Health Insurance options including Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, FSA, & Maternity Leave Newly added HSA and Pet Insurance 401K Plan with Matching Cell Phone Stipend Casual Dress Open door policy / Open office floor plan Team based strategic planning + Team owned deliverables How We Pay: We believe in paying fairly and equitably based on a number of factors including but not limited to previous experience, relevant work history, interview performance, geographical location, internal equity, and expected level of ownership. We are targeting a salary of $33 - $43 an hour for this role This role will also be granted company equity via stock options