Manager, Compliance Advisory

Overview

In this leadership role, you establish and scale the global second-line compliance function to support Checkout.com’s rapidly expanding mass-market products. You will shape the compliance framework, align with cross-functional teams, and stay ahead of money-laundering, sanctions, and fraud risks as the company grows globally. You’ll influence product development with compliance-by-design and guide teams across regions. This is an opportunity to impact risk management at scale within a fintech leader.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working model with three days/week in the office
• onsite role in London
• career growth and opportunity to lead globally
• recognition for impact and fast-moving environment
• collaboration with cross-functional teams
• ownership with reduced blockers

Responsibilities

• Establish the global second-line escalation framework for new products and align with regional MLROs.
• Partner with Risk, Operations, and Product to integrate compliance with fraud mitigation and user experience goals.
• Monitor financial crime typologies, regulatory guidance, and industry trends to inform the control framework.
• Develop and deliver training on complex financial crime and fraud risks for business and compliance teams.
• Embed compliance-by-design by integrating requirements early in product development lifecycle.
• Own mapping and maintenance of SDD, CDD, and EDD for evolving products and global minimum standards.
• Advise Product and Operations on automation, AI deployment, and scalability opportunities.
• Collaborate with regional MLROs to ensure accurate risk profiling in Business-Wide Risk Assessments.
• Work with Assurance and Internal Controls to design and execute robust monitoring for new product lines.

Key requirements

• 6+ years of second-line compliance experience in fintech, payments, or banking at scale (neobank/fintech experience preferred)
• Deep expertise in financial crime risk (AML/CFT/Sanctions/Fraud) with regulatory compliance experience a plus
• Experience growing and leading a globally distributed team
• Proven track record architecting frameworks for high-volume environments and collaborating with technical/product stakeholders to design solutions

• Confident decision-maker
• Strategic thinker
• Growth-oriented and curious
• Financial crime risk management (AML/CFT/Sanctions/Fraud)
• Regulatory compliance
• Risk assessment and risk profiling

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