Compliance Manager, Thunes
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4 days a week in office (Liverpool Street, London )
Simplifying international payments
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Simplifying international payments
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
More information about location
4 days a week in office (Liverpool Street, London )
201-500 employees
Company mission
To connect every corner of the world and make the global economy accessible to all.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate should be someone who has previously held payments’ compliance roles in organisations like: Payment Services Providers (incl. MTOs and Cross-Border money remitters, acquiring PSPs and BaaS), EMoney institutions, Banks or Financial Institutions
- 5/7 years of professional experience as Compliance in a financial institution, preferably in banking or payments
- Deep knowledge of the British payment services regulation as well as the AML/TF local framework
- Bachelor’s Degree or equ. in Banking, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management Law, or other relevant areas
- Experience in compliance areas within a financially regulated company including namely AML/TF, Risk & Permanent Control, Governance
- Business minded and able to support the development of innovative payment services
- Expertise with Crypto is a strong plus
- Experience working in an international and diverse environment
- Excellent written and verbal communicator in English (reading/speaking)
- Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills
- High level of autonomy and proactivity
- Ability to work well under pressure, different priorities, and tight deadlines
- Collaborative work approach
What the job involves
- Based in London, reporting to the Global Compliance Director based in France, this role will lead the compliance function in the United Kingdom and be appointed as MLRO (Money Laundering Reporting Officer) of Thunes’ Authorized Payment Institution in the UK, and will support Thunes activities all across the world where the license is used
- This role is expected to partner with the Global Compliance function (including the Chief Compliance Officer, the Financial Crime team, the KYC team, among others) and other cross-functional teams (Legal, Account Management & Business Development, Finance & Treasury, Product etc) based across the world
- A compliance expert based out of Miami, USA currently reports to this role
- The position provides an exciting opportunity to work on an international stage, alongside household names, and join a rapidly growing FinTech company making a real impact on the lives of people in developed and emerging markets alike
- Serves as MLRO for the UK Entity
- Actively engages in the deployment of Thunes’ Group Compliance framework in the United Kingdom, including for AML/CTF, Sanctions, and ABC policies
- Aligns such frameworks with the Thunes Global Policy House
- Applies existing frameworks to all the different cycles of the business relationship (onboarding, ongoing monitoring, reporting), and support the KYC and Transaction Monitoring teams in their daily activities
- Provides relevant and reliable risk analysis on clients, payment methods and global payment chains
- Prepares and communicates analysis and assessment to internal senior management
- Identifies, assesses, tracks, and escalates risks (namely regulatory) throughout Thunes’ business
- Communicates and trains relevant teams on compliance requirements
- Ensures a proper regulatory watch and anticipates evolutions of the compliance framework
- Serves as Point of Contact for the UK authorities (the FCA, namely) and act as local MLRO
- Interacts with Senior Management, partner banks, NCA, government authorities and payment schemes in the region
- Plays a role in the policy management process incl. creation and deployment of relevant policies
- Centralizes and coordinates the remediation of audit findings
- Creates, coordinates and communicates mandatory reportings to local authorities
- Being an actor in the establishment of a Risk & Compliance culture within the business line
- Involved in the governance of the British regulated entity (committees, reporting to authorities...)
- Spend time working alongside the operational teams in EU/UK, US and APAC to accommodate the British regulatory specificities within the Global Compliance Program
- Has knowledge on operational deployment of a compliance programme (KYC, sanction & PEP screening, AML/CFT alerts management)
- Has willingness to excel and grow within the organization, at both regional and global level
Salary benchmarks
Our take
The way we pay has changed considerably in recent years, but sending international payments online can still be time-consuming and overly complex. Thunes solves this problem by making cross-border payments quicker and easier.
Thunes allows businesses to process payments anywhere in the world, improving their revenue. The company has managed to differentiate itself from traditional payment platforms thanks to their flexibility, transparency and low cost. They have also avoided competing with payment giants such as PayPal, who they now number as a customer. Other clients include Uber, Deliveroo and Grab.
In 2023 Thunes opened offices in Beijing after entering the Chinese market in 2021. This coincides with $60 million in Series C funding that is going towards the expansion of Thunes into new markets via cross-border payments which, alongside China, include Latin America and the Middle East. This indicates a strengthened global reach for Thunes.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Apr 2025
$150m
SERIES D
Jul 2023
$12m
SERIES C
Total funding: $382m
Company benefits
- Bonuses
- Regular learning opportunities
- Volunteering opportunities
Company HQ
Downtown Core, Singapore
Leadership
Peter de Caluwe
(CEO & Executive Chairman)Previously served as CEO of Ogone and as CEO of Payments at Naspers.
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