Responsibilities

📍Leadership 📍Lead compliance as a strategic enabler of growth, positioning the firm as a trusted, well-regulated innovator in global digital finance. 📍Build and oversee a regional compliance function spanning across key EU regulations (such as MiCA, EMI, DORA, CARF, etc….), licensing, and regulatory engagement. 📍Translate global compliance strategy into regional execution; ensure consistent frameworks across business units and markets. 📍Drive automation through RegTech and AI-enabled controls to enhance monitoring, risk analytics, and reporting. 📍Partner with product, operations, and technology teams to embed compliance by design in all workflows. 📍Provide the Executive Committee and Board with timely, data-driven compliance reports and strategic recommendations.

Requirements

📍12 + years’ experience in regulatory compliance within fintech, VASP, or payments. 📍Must meet the "Fit and Proper" criteria set by the MFSA and be eligible for approval (PQ’d) as a Key Function Holder 📍Demonstrable and in-depth knowledge of EU regulatory regimes, including but not limited to MiCA, EMIR, DORA, AMLD 6, MFSA Rulebooks, etc 📍Ability to distill and discern important information from regulatory guidance, statutes and regulations, audit findings, and other documents and determine how it impacts the company. 📍The understanding of regulatory requirements vs. “best practices” in compliance is critical; 📍Must be able to perform independently and with minimal supervision; 📍Strong organizational skills – must be multi-tasked oriented and able to balance pressure and deadlines with constantly changing priorities; 📍Strong written and verbal communication skills; 📍Ability to prioritise workload in line with tight deadlines and work effectively under pressure; 📍Proven track record leading multi-jurisdictional teams and managing cross-border regulatory relationships; 📍Strategic thinker fluent in both regulatory language and technology transformation.

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