Compliance Officer
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Compliance Officer owning MiCAR licensing, regulatory reporting and CDD oversight for a Rotterdam crypto-asset service provider. Advising the board and guiding compliance software and controls.
Responsibilities:
- Act as the company's primary point of contact with supervisors, including AFM and DNB
- Maintain the MiCAR licence and ensure continuous compliance with applicable regulations
- Advise the board on the regulatory perimeter and licensing strategy for further authorisations
- Monitor regulatory developments and translate them into a prioritised implementation roadmap
- Report to the board on compliance status, incidents and key risk indicators
- Deliver periodic reporting to supervisors
- Maintain company policies and procedures and ensure they are current and applied throughout the organisation
- Advise product and engineering teams on compliance-related software, including onboarding, review flows, transfer services and custody arrangements
- Maintain the compliance monitoring and testing programme
- Track remediation of audit and supervisory-review findings
- Oversee the first-line CDD team and act as final reviewer for escalated cases
- Own second-line reporting processes, including transaction-monitoring escalations, unusual-transaction reporting to FIU-Nederland, and sanctions-screening notifications
- Oversee Travel Rule, DAC8 and CARF reporting obligations
- Deliver the compliance training programme to internal staff
- Represent the compliance function externally, including in industry associations
Requirements:
- Five to ten years of experience in compliance at a regulated financial institution: a bank, payment institution, investment firm or crypto-asset service provider
- Completed the certified compliance officer program
- Experience applying for and maintaining regulatory licences, and communicating directly with supervisors
- Experience running a small to medium-sized compliance team, or independent ownership of a significant compliance domain at a larger institution
- Experience building, owning and implementing company policies and procedures
- Familiarity with MiCAR, DORA, Wft, Wwft, Sanctiewet, TFR, DAC8 or comparable EU financial regulations
- Hands-on experience with CDD, transaction monitoring and unusual transaction reporting
- Comfort representing compliance in front of senior management and the board
- Working knowledge of English and Dutch
- A university degree in law, finance, economics, risk management or a related field
- Comfort in a fast-paced scale-up where processes are still being built
- Experience with asset management and institutional lending concepts, and how they apply to bitcoin and other crypto-assets
- Familiarity with ComplyAdvantage, Crystal Blockchain analytics and Notabene
- Familiarity with fintech partnership models, including banking-as-a-service and third-party custody
- Experience advising technical teams and translating compliance topics into actionable recommendations
- Professional certifications in compliance, AML or other relevant topics are a plus
Benefits:
- The choice between fully remote work and the office in Rotterdam
- Option to participate in the share certificate programme
- Travel reimbursement or an NS Business Card for your commute
- Paid training and learning resources
- Fully stocked pantry and fridge at the office, with meals, snacks and drinks included
- Discounted access to Urban Sports Club and LeaseBike plans
- Direct access to the board
- Fully ownership of the compliance function
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