Team Lead - Compliance

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Team Lead - Compliance 

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For our fast-paced Compliance Team, we are looking for an experienced Compliance leader with a proven track record in payments-, financial services or FinTech. In this role, you will lead a team of 3 Compliance Officers that help facilitate Adyen’s growth by solving complex compliance questions during customer onboarding and unlocking new strategic verticals for further commercial expansion. The successful candidate demonstrates strong leadership skills, the ability to set goals, drive timely and quality output and has excellent verbal- and written communication skills.

What you’ll do

• Leadership and management: lead and mentor a diverse team of compliance officers, focusing on performance management and talent recognition. Ensure alignment with company goals and establish a high-performing, cohesive and collaborative team.
• Foster and promote a team culture of continuous improvement to swiftly identify and respond to opportunities to enhance and scale Adyen’s global risk management framework in line with commercial and strategic objectives;  
• Monitor Output and quality of the team; by setting clear expectations, work flows and KPIs;
• Represent Compliance towards commercial, operational and leadership stakeholders and work closely with deeply specialized Compliance, Regulatory, Legal and Risk functions to ensure strategic alignment with business needs; 
• Serve as a point of Escalation for the team on complex ad-hoc Compliance advice to Adyen’s internal stakeholders and customers, deconstructing complex challenges and supporting the team in providing solutions that align with Adyen’s strategic objectives and overall risk appetite 

Who you are 

• You have 4+ years of leadership experience, which includes mentoring- and developing team members, drive the team’s performance and provide feedback and support as needed;
• You bring strong, applicable knowledge of the regulatory environment in which Adyen operates as a global Financial Technology Platform;
• You bring 3+ years of work experience in FEC Compliance in Financial services, FinTech or Payments company;
• Your project management experience allows you to take full ownership and guide the team to achieve long-term objectives;
• Your analytical- and communication skills allow you to structure and simplify complexity on a daily basis;
• You have solid interpersonal skills to communicate and interact with both internal and external stakeholders from varying disciplines and cultures;
• This role is based out of our San Francisco office and multiple times per week requires  early morning meetings with our global teams and partners
• Portuguese or Spanish speaker is a plus

The annual base salary range for this role is $210,000 to $245,000; to learn more about our compensation philosophy, please click here.

Who we are

Adyen is the payments platform of choice for the world's leading companies, delivering frictionless payments across online, mobile and in-store channels. It is the only provider of a modern end-to-end infrastructure, connecting directly to Visa, Mastercard, and consumers' globally preferred payment methods. With offices around the world, Adyen serves nine of the 10 largest U.S. internet companies and many worldwide retailers. Customers include Facebook, Uber, L'Oreal, Casper, Bonobos, and Spotify.

Ready to meet us?

If this role looks like your next challenge, apply by clicking the below link. We can’t wait to meet you!

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

Adyen is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any legally protected status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

San Francisco 

Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

This role is based out of our San Francisco office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration; we do not offer remote-only roles.