About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products - including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more - help our 75+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Our Compliance team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to manage conduct risk.

We're looking for an innovative and driven Chief Compliance Officer to lead the Compliance and Financial Crime functions of Revolut Trading Ltd. This will be an SMF 16 role. The MLRO will hold the SMF 17 and will report into the Chief Compliance Officer.

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What you'll be doing

• Serving as the SMF16 and provide leadership and oversight of the firm's regulatory compliance framework while ensuring effective challenge and independent oversight across first and second line activities
• Maintaining and continually enhance governance frameworks to ensure appropriate oversight, escalation and effective challenge of compliance and financial crime across the business
• Developing and maintaining a trusted and transparent relationship with the FCA and other regulators
• Providing leadership and direction to the Regulatory Compliance, Financial Crime, Assurance and Regulatory Affairs functions
• Overseeing the planning, the risk assessment and the execution of the Compliance Monitoring Plan
• Promoting and embed adherence to the FCA Principles, Consumer Duty and Conduct Rules throughout the firm
• Collaborating with the global Revolut compliance function to ensure local risk management frameworks and processes are aligned and deliver the intended outcomes

What you'll need

• Previous SMF16 or equivalent leadership experience (including having oversight over compliance and risk functions)
• 12+ years of financial crime and regulatory compliance experience
• Experience working with the FCA or other global regulators (PRA/ ECB/ JST/ FED/ OCC/ SEC) and having a strong understanding of cross border booking model expectations and its 2nd order impacts
• Expertise in providing oversight for a diverse range of financial instruments for retail, professional or eligible counterparties
• Experience in working in a multi asset and multi jurisdictional regulated footprint organisation, that services clients on a cross border basis
• Expertise in identifying financial crime and regulatory compliance risks and potential vulnerabilities and advising on best practices
• The ability to build solutions with data to streamline compliance and financial crime processes and oversight

Nice to have

• Experience in Wealth Management and Advisory services
• Experience working within fintech or a digital bank

Building a global financial super app isn't enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that's why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We're doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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