We are working with a rapidly expanding financial technology business seeking an experienced Senior Compliance Officer to support and strengthen its regulatory and financial crime framework across multiple markets.
This role offers the opportunity to work closely with operational, product, and leadership teams within a fast-moving regulated environment focused on digital financial services and payments infrastructure.
Responsibilities
- Support the ongoing development and execution of the company’s compliance and financial crime framework across multiple jurisdictions.
- Monitor and interpret evolving regulatory requirements and assess their impact on internal policies, procedures, and controls.
- Oversee day-to-day compliance operations including customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious activity investigations.
- Assist in maintaining effective AML, KYC, and risk management procedures aligned with applicable regulatory expectations.
- Conduct compliance reviews and risk assessments across products, operational processes, and customer activities.
- Work closely with Product, Operations, Risk, and Engineering teams to ensure regulatory considerations are embedded into systems and workflows.
- Support regulatory reporting obligations and assist with responses to audits, compliance reviews, and information requests.
- Investigate compliance alerts, operational incidents, and suspicious activity escalations, ensuring appropriate documentation and resolution.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of internal controls, policies, and monitoring frameworks.
- Deliver compliance guidance and training to internal stakeholders where required.
- Maintain accurate and well-structured compliance documentation, records, and reporting materials.
- Participate in the continuous improvement of onboarding, monitoring, and fraud prevention processes.
- 4 years of experience within Compliance, Financial Crime, AML, or Risk functions in fintech, payments, banking, crypto, or another regulated financial services environment.
- Strong working knowledge of AML, KYC, CDD/EDD, sanctions, transaction monitoring, and regulatory compliance obligations.
- Familiarity with European and international financial services regulatory frameworks.
- Experience handling compliance investigations, suspicious activity reviews, and operational risk matters.
- Understanding of customer onboarding processes and financial crime prevention controls.
- Ability to assess regulatory risk and apply practical, commercially minded solutions.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Comfortable working cross-functionally in fast-paced and evolving business environments.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Experience using compliance and case management systems is advantageous.
- Prior exposure to payments, digital assets, acquiring, or online financial platforms is considered a plus.
- Opportunity to join a high-growth financial technology environment with international exposure.
- Involvement in complex regulatory and operational projects with direct business impact.
- Flexible remote-first working model with optional office collaboration.
- Competitive salary package with performance-based incentives.
- Professional development opportunities within a highly experienced team.
- International and collaborative working culture focused on innovation and ownership.
- Generous holiday allowance and flexible approach to time off.
- Regular company meetups, team events, and off-site gatherings.
