Senior Compliance Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Netherlands.

📋 Description

• Serve as the deputy to the Head of Compliance, ensuring the local Compliance function operates effectively, independently, and continuously.

• Assist in the execution of the annual risk-based Compliance plan and conduct second-line monitoring, testing, and assurance.

• Maintain Compliance policies, procedures, and registers; identify control gaps; track remediation; and evaluate regulatory developments.

• Review and assess customer communications, marketing materials, product and process changes, outsourcing arrangements, complaints, conflicts of interest, market-abuse controls, prudential governance, and DORA compliance.

• Aid the MLRO in sustaining the AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial-crime framework.

• Provide second-line oversight and quality assurance for CDD/EDD, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, Travel Rule, and blockchain-analytics controls.

• Evaluate higher-risk cases and potential regulatory reports, ensuring that final reporting decisions to the FIU-NL are made by the MLRO.

• Offer independent second-line oversight and challenge regarding fraud controls, thresholds, rules, and escalation procedures.

• Analyze significant fraud incidents, trends, root causes, and remediation strategies.

• Compile Compliance reports, risk assessments, and management information for the Head of Compliance and governing bodies.

• Support regulatory reporting, information requests, meetings, inspections, and thematic reviews involving AFM, DNB, FIU-NL, and other authorities.

• Monitor findings from audits and regulatory reviews, maintain records, and escalate significant issues.

• Provide daily guidance on regulatory requirements.

• Design and deliver training on MiCAR, AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, conflicts of interest, market abuse, and DORA.

• Foster a robust local Compliance culture and promote clear ownership of regulatory obligations.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 3–5 years of relevant experience in second-line regulatory Compliance, financial crime, or risk oversight within a regulated financial institution, fintech, payments, or crypto-asset business.

• Practical experience in Compliance monitoring, control testing, findings, remediation tracking, and independent challenge.

• Extensive knowledge of MiCAR and the EU crypto-asset regulatory landscape.

• Working understanding of the Wwft, Dutch Sanctions Act, AML/CFT requirements, and the Transfer of Funds Regulation.

• Familiarity with crypto-asset products, transaction flows, conduct, financial-crime, and operational risks.

• Experience in preparing Compliance reports for senior management, governing bodies, or regulators.

• Proven ability to work within a Group framework while ensuring local entity accountability.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and stakeholder-management capabilities.

• Independent judgment and confidence in raising significant concerns.

• Proficiency in English is required; Dutch is strongly preferred.

• Ability to primarily work from the Netherlands and attend meetings in Amsterdam.

• Existing right to work in the Netherlands or capability to obtain it before the agreed start date.

• Background screening, suitability assessment, and conflict-of-interest disclosure are mandatory.

• Experience with a CASP, VASP, crypto exchange, digital-asset custodian, blockchain analytics, Travel Rule solutions, DORA, or EU regulatory authorities is advantageous.

• A relevant degree or professional qualification in Compliance, AML, law, finance, risk, or financial regulation is welcome but not required.

• Previous fit-and-proper or suitability approval by an EU/EEA authority is beneficial but not essential.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation.

• Opportunities for continued professional development in MiCAR, DORA, and crypto-asset regulation.

• International fintech environment.

• Work closely with senior management and experienced professionals in Compliance, AML, risk, legal, technology, and operations.