About the role
Da Vinci is a unique proprietary trading firm specializing in market making, volatility trading and arbitrage across major global exchanges. Leveraging cutting-edge, in-house developed strategies, we identify market opportunities while providing liquidity and enhancing market efficiency.
We are currently looking for a Compliance Specialist. This role focuses on the day-to-day execution of the compliance framework, with an emphasis on surveillance and monitoring activities and internal controls. You will work closely with the wider compliance team and business stakeholders in a high-performance trading environment, across both traditional finance and digital assets. The role is based in our Amsterdam office.
Da Vinci offers a dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.
Responsibilities
- Perform ongoing monitoring, surveillance and reporting to identify, assess and mitigate compliance risks.
- Assist in managing regulatory requests, audits, inspections and internal reviews, ensuring timely and accurate responses.
- Deliver regular compliance training sessions to staff.
- Assess applicable exchange rules and provide advice to trading teams.
Requirements
- A university degree in finance, economics, law or a related field.
- Demonstrated understanding of traditional finance markets and/or digital-asset markets (solely AML/KYC experience will not be considered as demonstrated understanding).
- 1–3 years of relevant experience in compliance, legal, regulatory or a related role.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with an eye for detail.
- A proactive, curious mindset and willingness to take ownership.
- Comfortable working in a technology-driven trading environment.
- Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus but not required.
Benefits:
- An opportunity to work beside the best in the field
- A base salary starting from EUR 55K (based on experience)
- Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
- A relocation package when moving from abroad, including a relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support
- Fresh breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by our in-house chef
- Social events and after-work drinks
- Reimbursement of travel costs to and from the office
- Sponsored gym membership
- In-house game room (pool table, board games and console games)
Top Skills
What We Do
Da Vinci was founded in 2015 after a group of passionate trading experts found themselves desiring a new way of working. They wanted to do things differently. At Da Vinci, our goal is to build the best proprietary trading house in the world by doing just that. We strive to keep our work smart and innovative, making the most of our team’s strategic minds to challenge existing ways of thinking. We’ve established a unique approach to trading and have high standards for company culture. We are headquartered in the home of the world’s first stock market — Amsterdam — and spend each day immersed in the city’s rich financial and trading history.
Becoming the best in the world means building a team of first-rate talent with the most innovative ideas. The real value comes from how we work and grow together, making working at Da Vinci challenging and rewarding. We have a lot of fun and truly enjoy what we do; at Da Vinci, we value collaboration, so you can find traders, software engineers, researchers and founders working closely together every day. We are nonhierarchical, support employees moving flexibly within the firm and place no limit on personal growth. No matter their role, everyone is key to sustainably growing Da Vinci into the business we know it can be.
We value excellence in everything we do, encourage employees to take ownership of their work. We believe that our colleagues must consistently feel stimulated and supported in order to reach their full potential and achieve our ambitious goals.
