Compliance Lead (Fintech)

TL;DR

Compliance Lead (Fintech): Owning and shaping the compliance and financial crime framework for innovative invoice finance, BNPL, and embedded credit products within a regulated UK banking group, with an accent on implementing enterprise-wide policies into proportionate, product-specific frameworks and ensuring regulatory consistency. Focus on translating group-level bank policy into a fast-scaling product environment, managing AML/CTF compliance, and serving as a primary compliance and financial crime advisor.

Location: Hybrid (London, United Kingdom). Deep practical knowledge of the UK regulatory landscape is required, suggesting a strong preference or requirement for a UK presence or work eligibility.

Company

hirify.global is the UK’s fastest-growing financial technology firm, focused on helping established SMEs through innovative financial products.

What you will do

• Own and shape the end-to-end Compliance and Financial Crime Framework for Kriya’s digital lending products.
• Implement, adapt, and operationalize the Bank’s group compliance, AML, sanctions, and financial crime policies.
• Act as financial crime manager for Kriya, responsible for AML/CTF compliance under the MLRs.
• Ensure customer due diligence (CDD/KYC), sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring align with bank standards.
• Serve as the primary compliance and financial crime advisor to product, engineering, and commercial teams.
• Manage regulatory interactions relevant to AML supervision and contribute to group-wide initiatives.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a compliance role within fintech or digital lending.
• Proven experience in building or enhancing compliance frameworks for specific products.
• Deep, practical knowledge of the UK regulatory landscape.
• Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, able to translate regulatory text into actionable requirements.
• Confident and influential communicator, able to engage stakeholders at all levels.
• High integrity, strong organisational skills, and unwavering attention to detail.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible and hybrid working options available.
• Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities.
• Pension contributions and discretionary bonus scheme.
• Private health cover and life assurance.
• Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave.
• Regular social activities.