Legal & Compliance Expert - São Paulo (Hybrid)

Clara is the leading platform in Latin America for companies to execute and manage every payment operation. More than 50,000 leading and fast-growing businesses run on our corporate cards, bill pay, financing and B2B payments, and in 2025 the Financial Times named Clara the region’s fastest-growing company. We’re passionate about helping every company we work with become more effective—and, through that, raising the region’s competitiveness. We’re ~400 people, backed by Notable Capital, Coatue, Kaszek, monashees, DST Global, ICONIQ, General Catalyst and Goldman Sachs, among others.

What you'll do

We're looking for a Legal & Compliance Expert to strengthen Clara’s capabilities in Brazil. This is a high-impact, highly operational individual contributor role designed for professionals with solid experience in Corporate Legal, Regulatory Compliance, or both. Whether your expertise leans toward corporate law or compliance, you will own complex matters end-to-end, influence cross-functional stakeholders, and help build scalable processes supported by AI to enable Clara to grow responsibly.

Depending on your primary area of specialization, your responsibilities will include:

Lead key corporate legal, corporate governance, or regulatory compliance matters related to Clara’s operations in Brazil.

Manage corporate records, resolutions, powers of attorney, statutory filings, capital changes, and intercompany arrangements.

Draft, review, and negotiate strategic commercial, technology, vendor, confidentiality, and partnership agreements.

Monitor regulatory developments and translate applicable requirements into actionable policies, procedures, controls, and implementation plans.

Lead or execute AML/CFT, KYC/KYB, and enhanced due diligence activities related to complex corporate structures, Ultimate Beneficial Owners (UBOs), PEPs, sanctions, and adverse media.

Analyze higher-risk cases and present fully documented recommendations for approval, remediation, rejection, or escalation.

Support external audits, regulatory interactions, internal reviews, and remediation plans.

Lead or support privacy and data protection initiatives, including the practical application of LGPD across new products and operational processes.

Contribute to the ESG Compliance agenda, including governance, policies, risk assessments, regulatory obligations, and reporting controls.

Act as a strategic advisor to Product, Operations, Finance, People, Sales, Risk, Fraud, Engineering, and Data teams (communicating effectively via Slack and other channels), balancing business objectives with legal and regulatory risks.

Support new products, vendors, and strategic initiatives by proactively identifying requirements, risks, approvals, and implementation steps.

Coordinate complex initiatives with internal stakeholders and external counsel, ensuring clear ownership, deadlines, and execution.

Build and improve templates, playbooks, approval flows, and knowledge management systems (utilizing tools like Google Drive ) to make the Legal and Compliance functions more consistent and scalable.

Use AI and workflow automation (such as N8N ) to streamline legal research, document review, regulatory monitoring, case analysis, and reporting while preserving strict confidentiality, human review, and auditability.

Identify relevant legal and operational risks early, provide practical recommendations, and escalate critical matters when necessary.

Who you are

We’re looking for someone who meets the minimum requirements to be considered for the role. The preferred qualifications are a bonus, not a requirement.

Must haves

5+ years of relevant experience in Corporate Legal, Regulatory Compliance, AML/CFT, privacy, or related areas, preferably with significant in-house experience.

Solid experience in at least one of the following areas:

Brazilian corporate law, corporate governance, entity management, and commercial agreements; OR

Regulatory Complia