Group Chief Compliance Officer

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Group Chief Compliance Officer

Type of role: Permanent

Sector: Financial Services

Location: London/ On-site

Salary Range: Negotiable depending on skill and experience

Our client is a fast-growing, venture-backed fintech building a borderless financial platform designed to make money movement seamless, transparent, and global.

With a strong international footprint across the UK, Europe, UAE, US, and India, they are scaling rapidly and are now seeking a Group Chief Compliance Officer to lead and evolve their global compliance function.

This is a high-impact leadership role where you will build and scale a global compliance framework while partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Risk, and Operations.

You will play a critical role in ensuring the business can grow at pace while maintaining robust regulatory standards, positioning compliance as a true strategic enabler.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement a global compliance and ethics framework

• Own and evolve KYC / AML programmes across multiple jurisdictions

• Lead compliance risk management across products, payments, and market expansion

• Manage and support regulatory relationships, filings, and audits

• Oversee investigations, remediation, and continuous improvement

• Embed a strong compliance culture and training framework

• Provide executive and board-level reporting on risk and compliance metrics

• Act as a strategic advisor on regulatory implications of new markets and products

About You:

• 12+ years’ experience in compliance, legal, or regulatory roles within financial services

• 5+ years in senior leadership within regulated environments (fintech, payments, banking, or remittance)

• Strong experience building and scaling compliance programmes internationally

• Deep understanding of cross-border regulatory frameworks

• Commercial mindset with the ability to balance risk and growth

• Strong stakeholder management with experience engaging executive teams and regulators

Preferred Background

• Experience in high growth fintech or digital banking environments

• Exposure to multiple jurisdictions (UK, EU, UAE, US, etc.)

• Track record of working closely with product and engineering teams

Why Apply?

• Opportunity to shape the global compliance strategy of a scaling fintech

• Work at the intersection of regulation, innovation, and global finance

• Partner directly with senior leadership in a high-growth environment

• Competitive package with long-term incentives