Remote VP Risk Compliance

Summary

Join Token.io, the leading account to account payment provider in the UK and EU, as Vice President of Risk & Compliance (VP R&C) to manage the Security, Risk & Compliance team and oversee regulatory frameworks.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years experience in the risk & compliance function at a payments business
• Experience overseeing the risk & compliance team
• Knowledge of both UK and German payments regulation, laws, and AML requirements including PSD2, the Payments Services Act (ZAG), money laundering regulations and other associated regulations
• Excellent communication both written and verbal
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, demonstrating professionalism in all dealings
• Ability to work effectively on a cross functional basis - ensuring compliance is considered within each function and compliance deliverables are obtained from other departments as necessary
• Ability to manage assigned tasks in an assertive, efficient and timely manner
• Proven ability to deal with confidential matters and with discretion
• Team player
• Excellent attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Management and implementation of Token payments risk and governance strategy for both the UK (FCA) and EU (BaFin) regulated businesses
• Management and implementation of Token’s customer & merchant onboarding processes and tools
• Implementing a comprehensive regulatory compliance function including managing the three lines of defence and ensuring mitigation plans are on track
• Responsible for managing company enterprise risk registers - implementing and ensuring effective controls are in place
• Developing and implementing regulatory training programmes
• Keep up to date with regulatory changes and liaise with the FCA and BaFin as required
• Support compliance programmes across the Token Group