Director of Financial Crime Compliance, Checkout.com
Americas
$202-238k
This role is eligible to earn an annual cash performance based bonus
3+ days a week in office
To enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy.
Job no longer available
To enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy.
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
$202-238k
This role is eligible to earn an annual cash performance based bonus
3+ days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
To enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate will be a confident individual with strong interpersonal and organizational skills
- You can demonstrate the ability to promote proactive and effective solutions and exercise good judgment when partnering with the business within a fast-paced and exciting environment
- Minimum 10 years of experience within regulated companies, in senior compliance role(s) with robust knowledge on Compliance topics (KYB / KYC, AML/CFT, Sanctions etc.)
- Knowledge and experience within Payments/Fintech and Money Transmitter License compliance
- Working knowledge of U.S. and Canadian compliance regimes; additional jurisdictional expertise is a plus
- ACAMS certified (preferably)
- Strong analytical skills with experience in problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions
- Good organizational, partner management skills and willingness to expand technical knowledge in a broad range of projects
- Demonstrate clear sense of accountability in performing the role and a positive demeanor (can-do attitude and solution oriented mindset)
- Ability to identify inefficiencies, see the bigger picture, challenge the current status quo and define scalable and sustainable processes
- Well organized self-starter, able to prioritize quickly and meet deadlines even under pressure
- Team player with strong collaborative qualities, including some previous experience (or willingness) to build, lead and motivate a team
- Willingness to learn continuously and keep up to date with the Payments industry and its regulatory landscape (Globally)
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Director, Financial Crime Compliance for checkout.com’s operations in the Americas, based in New York
- You will join a growing international team dedicated to Compliance
- Reporting into the Chief Compliance Officer, this role will work closely with various functional key partners (Sales, Onboarding, Transaction Monitoring, Legal, Product), ensuring compliance with all applicable requirements around Financial Crime, AML/CTF and compliance regulation
- Lead the U.S. compliance program as the BSA/AML Officer for Checkout’s main U.S. entity, as well as the BSA/AML Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for Checkout’s sub-entity which holds state money transmitter licenses
- Serve as the AML Officer for Checkout’s Canadian entity, and manage interactions with FINTRAC, including regulatory reporting
- Oversee the Americas Financial Crime and AML Program to manage all sources of regulatory risk and provide reporting which meets the needs of our U.S. and Canadian regulators and other stakeholders
- Manage the Americas compliance team, including oversight of other regional Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs)
- Provide oversight and compliance advice to the Americas team, ensuring risk management and mitigation policies are embraced and adequately addressed
- Review escalations from the first line of defense, approving merchant applications and making sure necessary CDD is performed at all times
- Develop compliance reporting as per regulatory and governance requirements and issue internal reports to Senior Management (AML/CTF internal control report, Fraud, periodic internal reports etc.)
- Contribute to updating AML/CTF risk classifications and assessing new products/activities risk exposure
- Supporting the business and signing off, where necessary, the launch of products to ensure regulatory requirements are met, as appropriate
- Contribute to the development of the annual Global compliance Strategy planning process, ensuring both regional and global goals are defined, agreed, tracked and reported
- Participate in the several ad hoc Group compliance projects as needed, including licensing expansion projects
Our take
The payments industry has exploded in the last decade as eCommerce continues to grow as the use of cash falls. Checkout.com are building the go-to platform for all things related to payments, such as accepting transactions, processing them and detecting fraud. They've secured a steady stream of funding from top investors like Tiger Global Management, and are the strategic payments partner for some of the best known fast-moving brands globally such as Patreon, Dashlane, Udacity, Wise, Sony Electronics, and Klarna.
They focus on large merchants and try to make their product as customisable as possible, so that companies integrate Checkout.com as an infrastructure partner in their product. This increases the stickiness of the product and creates many opportunities for them to generate revenue.
Checkout.com have high quality proprietary technology (their platform has been designed from the outset so they can easily deliver incremental services as they expand their offering) and claim to offer the most comprehensive cross-border payment solution for digital commerce.
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37% female employees
-9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
People of all backgrounds are welcomed
"DEIB is where Checkout.com takes it to the next level. This company is excellent at building a sense of belonging and celebrating people from all..."
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jan 2022
$1bn
SERIES D
Jan 2021
$450m
SERIES C
Total funding: $1.8bn
Company benefits
- Additional day off on your birthday
- Learning scheme: 2 x Learning Days per year, financial support for external courses
- Internal employee communities and social clubs
- Employee-led community outreach, payroll giving and 2 x volunteering days
- Private comprehensive health insurance via BUPA (Medical history disregarded)
- 24 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Great Place to Work accredited in the UK and USA
- We proudly provide stock options to our high performing employees under our equity program
- Global Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Family Forming financial support in partnership with Carrot
- Leadership Development Training
- Premiere health and dental care coverage through Cigna
- Premiere vision coverage through VSP
- You are offered the option to set aside pre-tax wages each month to put towards commuter expenses, like mass transit and parking
- Employees have the option to contribute to a Health Savings Account
- Employees have the option to contribute the maximum federal limit of pre-tax dollars to a Flexible Spending Account
- You can opt into a qualified retirement plan with T Rowe Price
Company values
- Aspire
- Excel
- Unite
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Founders
Guillaume Pousaz
(CEO)Previously founded NetMerchant, which sold European currencies to US merchants. Background in mathematical engineering.
People progressing
First joined as a Software Engineer, was promoted to Senior Software Engineer after 1.5 years and was then promoted to Engineering Lead 6 months later. Ignas is now a Senior Engineering Manager.
Betty joined in late 2019 as a Product Analyst. After just 8 months Betty was promoted to a Product Manager, before becoming a Senior Product Manager just 10 months later.
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Diversity & Inclusion at Checkout.com
- Our IT Infrastructure Engineer, Sheryl Lingachetti, spoke to Zoë Schulz from myGwork - LGBTQ+ professionals & allies about trans rights in Mauritius, allyship and the support she has found in her workplace community 🏳️⚧️👇 https://www.attitude.co.uk/life/business/it-engineer-sheryl-on-coming-out-at-work-support-improves-productivity-for-everyone-442696/
- CTRL-ALT-CONNECT is Tech's latest community 🔥 We've partnered with our friends at Wise to create an inclusive community for people in tech to connect over conversation, networking and drinks. Last week we hosted our first panel discussion in our London office, which centred on the topic of Growth. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/checkout_tech-community-activity-7071841326060720129-qDOt?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- Our Pride Community provides a safe and welcoming space for our LGBTQIA+ colleagues and allies to connect, learn, and advocate for change. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/checkout_lifeatcheckout-activity-7074738991102611457-u7v5?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop
- Our Pride Community spoke with Adel Naamneh, VP of Solutions Engineering to learn about their experiences of being a member of LGBTQIA+ community and the importance of having corporate responsibility on hiring a diverse work force: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0e9WUmNdVk&t=561s
- Read an interview hosted by The Black Young Professionals Network with the leaders of our Black Community: https://byp-network.com/news/314821
- Read more about the 'FinTech for all' charter, of which we were a founding signatory. The charter aims to create a speak up culture across FinTech, eliminating harassment and bullying: https://fintech.inchorus.org/
- Read this inspiring interview hosted by SheCanCode and one of our female QA Engineers: https://shecancode.io/blog/victoria-santiago-qa-engineer
- Our Principal Product Manager Yasmin, also sat down with SheCanCode on two inspiring articles: https://shecancode.io/blog/meet-yasmin-christie-checkout-principal-product-manager-an-inspirational-tech-career-journey and https://shecancode.io/blog/14-pieces-of-practical-product-management-guidance-from-checkout-part-2
- Plus, our Senior Engineering Manager Marina tells her story with SheCanCode: https://www.shecancode.io/blog/how-to-get-the-best-from-your-team-and-your-own-career-from-one-of-checkouts-engineering-leads
- And finally, our Graduates share some insights too: https://www.shecancode.io/blog/grad-programme-insider-tips-from-checkout
- Find out more information at our Diversity and Inclusion webpage: https://www.checkout.com/diversity-and-inclusion
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