Manager, Compliance Advisory

About the role

Checkout.com is seeking an experienced financial crime compliance lead to establish, grow, and maintain a global second-line team. This role will oversee compliance frameworks supporting a rapidly evolving portfolio of mass-market products and partner with cross-functional teams to ensure operational excellence. The successful candidate will drive strategic advisory on product risks and integrate compliance requirements into the product development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Establish the global framework for second-line escalations for new products.
• Partner with Risk, Operations, and Product teams to align compliance requirements with fraud mitigation and user experience goals.
• Maintain a deep understanding of financial crime typologies, regulatory guidance, and emerging industry trends.
• Develop and deliver targeted training to business and compliance teams regarding complex financial crime and fraud risks.
• Partner with the Regulatory Compliance function to integrate compliance requirements early in the product development lifecycle.
• Map and maintain SDD, CDD, and EDD requirements for the evolving product set.
• Advise Product and Operations teams on the opportunities and risks associated with automation, AI deployment, and system scale.
• Collaborate with regional MLROs to ensure product-specific risk profiles are captured in Business-Wide Risk Assessments.
• Collaborate with the Assurance and Internal Controls team to design and execute compliance monitoring processes.

Required skills

• Financial crime compliance
• AML
• CFT
• Sanctions
• Fraud risk
• Compliance frameworks
• Team leadership

Nice to have

• Regulatory compliance
• AI deployment
• Automation tools
• Cross-border management

Qualifications

• 6+ years of second-line compliance experience in fintech, payments, or banking at scale

About the Company

Checkout.com is a global fintech company that powers payments for businesses like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony. With 20 offices across six continents and its headquarters in London, the company enables over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers.