Hybrid Lead Compliance Officer

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About the role

  • Lead Compliance Officer ensuring compliance with regulations for a crypto payments firm based in Estonia. Monitor regulatory developments and support compliance training and culture.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure independent oversight of compliance with Estonian regulations, MiCA requirements, and the Payment Institution (PI) framework.
  • Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on the business, providing clear guidance to stakeholders.
  • Maintain and periodically review compliance policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations.
  • Execute a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Programme, including control testing and thematic reviews.
  • Identify compliance gaps, issue recommendations, and track remediation actions.
  • Maintain key compliance registers and documentation for internal and regulatory purposes.
  • Act as a point of contact with the Estonian FSA (Finantsinspektsioon) and support regulatory submissions, inspections, and requests.
  • Provide independent compliance advice to business teams, including review of new products and services (MiCA / PI scope).
  • Support licensing and regulatory authorisation processes.
  • Deliver compliance training and promote a strong compliance culture across the organisation.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law, Finance, Economics, or a related field.
  • Minimum 3–5 years of relevant compliance second line of defence experience within the Estonian financial services sector
  • Strong knowledge of MiCA, Estonian AML/CFT framework, and Payment Institution/EMI regulations.
  • Relevant professional certification(s) are strongly preferred (e.g., CAMS, ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent).
  • Fluency in Estonian (mandatory).
  • Fluency in English (mandatory).

Benefits

  • Private and profitable company, registered and licensed in Estonia
  • Secure business, with regular financial and regulatory audits
  • Over 10 years of experience in the blockchain development
  • Over €700M processed in crypto monthly
  • Over 1M transactions processed monthly
  • Over 800 merchants accounts serviced
  • Over 270 team members across 30+ countries

Job title

Lead Compliance Officer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

HybridEstonia

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