Senior Compliance Officer (Fintech)

Location: Must be based in and resident in the Netherlands for regulatory reasons; hirify.global work.

Annual salary range: €112,900–€127,000 for this full-time EMEA position.

Company

hirify.global builds infrastructure for global payroll and employment, including a financial services subgroup with regulated payments entities.

What you will do

• Manage the compliance team of the Dutch regulated payments entity, including the MLCO, and report to the General Manager.
• Own the compliance framework, annual Compliance Plan, Compliance Monitoring Plan, budget, resources, recruitment, performance management, and succession planning.
• Lead second-line oversight and oversee first-line compliance effectiveness across the European Economic Area.
• Advise the General Manager, Management Board, Supervisory Board, and stakeholders on financial crime and compliance risks.
• Draft and maintain policies and controls covering KYB, customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, screening, risk assessments, transaction monitoring, suspicious activity reporting, fraud, anti-bribery and corruption, sanctions, authentication, and AML/PF training.
• Deliver regulatory reporting and remediation programmes, escalate KYB and transaction-monitoring cases, and support compliance technology effectiveness.

Requirements

• Extensive second-line-of-defence experience in the financial sector with demonstrable Financial Crime Compliance expertise.
• Expert knowledge of European payments legislation, including Payment Services Directive II, and Dutch financial legislation, including Wet Financieel Toezicht and Wet Witwassen Financiering Terrorisme.
• Previous experience in both Compliance and Compliance Operations roles within a global financial services company.
• Must be a Netherlands resident and based in the Netherlands.
• Professional AML / MLRO certifications.

Culture & Benefits

• Entirely hirify.global work across a globally distributed organisation.
• High ownership, autonomy, and support tied to results and professional growth.
• Locally competitive compensation with geo-based salary ranges and a commitment to pay equity.
• Full-time position reporting to the General Manager of hirify.global Payment Services.
• Start date is as soon as possible.

Hiring process

• Recruiter interview, future-manager interview, team-member interview without managers, and Bar Raiser interview.
• Prior employment verification check is required.