About the Role
Shape and maintain the UK compliance framework within a fully remote team. This high-impact role involves direct engagement with FCA supervisors and advising senior leadership on regulatory obligations, contributing to the firm's compliance strategies in a transparent and collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Maintain and develop the firm's UK compliance framework, policies, and monitoring program.
- Act as primary contact for FCA supervisory engagement, including regulatory requests and inspections.
- Oversee compliance with FCA rules for cryptoasset and payment services activities.
- Support future FCA authorization, EMI authorization, or payment institution registration processes.
- Advise senior management and the Board on regulatory developments and obligations.
- Own and operate the firm's AML/CTF and sanctions framework in line with UK regulatory requirements.
- Oversee implementation and ongoing compliance with the UK Travel Rule.
Requirements
- Prior experience holding SMF16 and SMF17 (or equivalent) functions within an FCA-regulated firm.
- Demonstrable experience engaging directly with FCA supervisors (regulatory correspondence, inspections, remediation programs, or thematic reviews).
- Strong technical knowledge of UK AML/CTF legislation, Money Laundering Regulations 2017 (as amended), and sanctions frameworks.
- UK residency (required for regulatory purposes).
- Experience in fintech.
Skills
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- High level of integrity and ethical standards.
- Ability to work independently and in a team.
- Attention to detail.
- English language proficiency.
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary aligned with experience.
Benefits
- Collaborative and transparent team culture.
- High-impact role in a scaling fintech company.
- Recognition of personal milestones and achievements.
- Social benefits.
About the Company
- Operates as a retail crypto on/off-ramp.
- Provides users in over 180 countries with the ability to buy, sell, and swap cryptocurrencies.
- Integrates various payment methods, including credit/debit cards, bank transfers, PayPal, and Apple Pay.
- Supports conversions across more than 65 currencies.
- Catters to retail users looking for an easy entry into the crypto market.
- Offers a custodial wallet and straightforward fiat-to-crypto and crypto-to-fiat exchanges.
