Compliance Director (Fintech)

Location: Vilnius, Lithuania; hybrid with at least 3 days per week in the Vilnius office. Candidates must be based in Lithuania or open to relocating to Lithuania, be EU citizens or already hold valid Lithuanian work authorization. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Company

Doit builds financial tools for spending, saving, investing, exchanging and travel, including a digital investment platform and a leading mobile-first insurance platform in Southeast Asia.

What you will do

• Build and run the compliance and AML/CTF function as Compliance Officer and AML Officer, reporting independently to the management board.
• Write and maintain compliance and AML/CTF policies, procedures, risk assessments, customer risk scoring and risk appetite.
• Design remote onboarding controls with KYC partners, including enhanced due diligence for PEPs and high-risk clients.
• Design transaction-monitoring scenarios, run sanctions screening and file suspicious activity and suspicious order reports.
• Run the compliance monitoring programme, approve marketing communications, and oversee product governance, complaints and conflicts of interest.
• Manage the relationship with the Bank of Lithuania, prepare for the EU AML Regulation applying from July 2027, and build the compliance and AML team.

Requirements

• Significant AML/CTF experience at a regulated EU financial institution, ideally an investment firm, neobroker, neobank or e-money institution.
• Experience with digital onboarding and remote identity verification at scale.
• Hands-on experience building risk assessments, monitoring scenarios and EDD processes.
• Experience filing suspicious activity reports and handling regulatory inspections.
• Knowledge of MiFID II conduct and investment-services compliance, or the ability to learn it quickly.
• Experience selecting and overseeing KYC, screening and monitoring tools.
• Strong judgment, confidence challenging senior colleagues, and clear concise writing for policies, board reports and regulators.
• A clean record and good reputation suitable for regulatory approval as a key function holder.
• Strong English communication skills; candidates must be EU citizens or already hold valid Lithuanian work authorization.

Nice to have

• Lithuanian language ability.
• An existing working relationship with the Bank of Lithuania or the FNTT.
• Knowledge of Lithuanian AML law and Bank of Lithuania instructions.
• Experience with clients across several EEA countries.
• CAMS/ACAMS or ICA certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time hybrid work based in the Vilnius office, with at least 3 office days per week.
• English is the main working language across global teams representing more than 20 nationalities.
• The role offers direct reporting to the management board and ownership of a function being built from day one.
• The company aims to complete the hiring process and make an offer within 1 week from the start of interviews for strong candidates.

Hiring process

• Online assessment or practical task.
• Role-specific interview.
• CEO/final round; candidates who complete assessments quickly are prioritised.