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Head of Risk & Compliance

Permanent contract
Paris
Salary: Not specified
No remote work
Experience: > 3 years

Bitstack
Bitstack

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The position

Job description

tl;dr

  • Lead Risk & Compliance @ Bitstack to help us build the best bitcoin-native neobank in Europe

  • Competitive salary + equity

  • Full-time position

  • Paris-based (Station F) but remote-friendly

About the role 👋

Bitstack’s risk & compliance team is focused on managing the implementation of our AML-CFT policy and positioning Bitstack at the forefront of our evolving regulatory landscape.

What you’ll do

  • Provide strategic insights, guidance, and decisions on compliance matters to protect our company, products, and our customers

  • Manage the implementation of our AML-CFT policy and maintain it up to date

  • Develop and update our risk classification system

  • Analyze identified suspicious activity

  • Monitor and update the lists used for the implementation of due diligence obligations

  • Build and advocate for product compliance requirements

  • Ensure regulatory monitoring for our client base, handle complex KYC cases & client alerts

  • Monitor service providers, changes in e-money, payments & digital assets regulation and assess their impact on our activities

  • Ensure that all company processes and procedures are in line with all applicable regulations

  • Enforce internal controls & train employees on compliance-related subjects

  • Be the primary compliance contact with all external partners and maintain partner relationships

  • Scale the Risk & Compliance team to support our growth

Company benefits ☀️

  • Location: Paris (Station F) or Remote

  • Competitive package & meaningful equity grant

  • Flexible working hours

  • Medical insurance with Alan Blue (100% employer contribution)

  • Bitstack Plus for free & exclusive swag

  • Monthly team activities & yearly offsites


Preferred experience

Skills we are excited about ⭐

We are looking for people that are genuinely friendly and ambitious.

  • Experienced - 3+ years in a senior Compliance management role, ideally in Fintech or other financial institutions, with experience on how to manage independent audits and regulatory examinations
  • Certified & Knowledgeable - You are AMF certified (or similar) and have excellent knowledge of the regulations in e-money (EMI), payments (PSD2, PSP) and digital assets (DASP, MiCA) to ensure that we are always compliant
  • Team player - you are humble, open to challenge, and like to help others grow. The most important is the progress of the team and the product
  • Owner mentality - You like to take initiative and find new creative solutions to problems
  • Perpetual learner - You are excited about talking to users, potential partners, learning about our finance in general
  • Fluent in French & English

Bonus points 📈

  • You are passionate about Bitcoin & personal finance
  • You want to work in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment

Recruitment process

Hiring process ⚙️

  1. Call with our CEO
  2. A test task that is similar to tasks you would do on a daily basis
  3. Meet the rest of the team
  4. Decision time!

How to apply ❓

Tell us why you want to join Bitstack and why you generally care about the problem we’re solving. Share with us what excites you, what you’ve built in the past, and how you envision your role at Bitstack.

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