Senior Compliance Officer

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San Francisco, CA
Mid level
Fintech • Payments • Financial Services
Adyen is the financial technology platform of choice for leading companies across the globe.
The Role
As a Senior Compliance Officer, you will advise internal and external stakeholders on compliance matters, coordinate Enhanced Due Diligence for customer acceptance, strengthen compliance frameworks, and identify opportunities to leverage data and technology for improved compliance processes.
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This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Senior Compliance Officer

Our Compliance Escalation Team is looking for a Compliance Officer with experience in the payments-, financial services or FinTech industry. In this role, you will help Adyen to scale and work on complex opportunities. To do that, you must have a strong analytical mindset and communication skills to provide pragmatic and strategic advice to both internal and external stakeholders on compliance matters.

What you’ll do

  • Represent Compliance in San Francisco towards the commercial and operational teams, facilitating communication with deeply specialized Compliance, Regulatory, Legal and Risk functions 
  • Provide ad-hoc Compliance advice to Adyen’s internal stakeholders and customers, deconstructing complex challenges and supporting the team in providing solutions that align with Adyen’s strategic objectives and overall risk appetite
  • Perform and coordinate 2nd line Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) sign off, assembling risk expertises from internal specialists across different functions for the provision of customer acceptance advice towards relevant stakeholders, including Senior Management;
  • Strengthen and scale Adyen’s Compliance framework, in line with Adyen’s risk appetite and strategic objectives;
  • Challenge the status-quo, identifying how we can further leverage data and technology towards efficient and effective Compliance processes

Who you are 

  • You have 4-8 years of experience in a 2nd Line of Defense compliance function at a Payment Service Provider, Fintech or Financial Institution
  • You have robust knowledge of of regulatory and licensing regimes of payment/e-money institutions, a thorough understanding of AML/CFT risks and Card Scheme rules;
  • You are an analytical thinker who excels in deconstructing complex Compliance challenges into manageable components. You can effectively convey these components to stakeholders of diverse professional backgrounds, seeking;
  • You have a strong sense of initiative and self-motivation attuned to a fast-growing business;
  • You excel in maintaining oversight and driving multiple complex topics simultaneously through your structured approach to work;
  • You possess strong written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to articulate advice with clarity and synthesize complex issues; 
  • You have solid interpersonal skills, and you are able to work with peers and customers from various disciplines and cultures.

The annual base salary range for this role is $165,000 - 200,000; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our San Francisco office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.

Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

San Francisco 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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HQ: Amsterdam
4,196 Employees
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Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

By providing end-to-end payments capabilities, data-driven insights, and financial products in a single solution, Adyen helps businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Our team members are motivated individuals from different cultures that help each other do remarkable things every day and across time zones. We face unique technical challenges at scale and we solve those as a team. And together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions for businesses all across the world.

With 28 offices across the globe, Adyen serves customers including Meta, Uber, Spotify, Casper, Bonobos and L'Oreal.

Why Work With Us

At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. We started with payments, at a time when providers offered services based on a patchwork of systems built on outdated infrastructure. Ambition demanded more. So we set off to build a financial technology platform for the modern era, entirely in-house, from the ground up.

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