Compliance Officer, Adyen
Escalations
$105-155k
Payments platform built to grow businesses
Posted today
Payments platform built to grow businesses
1001+ employees
Posted today
$105-155k
1001+ employees
Company mission
Adyen's mission is to make payments choices easy for merchants.
Role
Who you are
- A successful candidate has foundational experience in identifying and resolving compliance challenges, communicating effectively with stakeholders, and supporting risk-based decision-making
- We are looking for a proactive, detail-oriented individual who exercises sound judgment, takes ownership of tasks, and thrives in a dynamic environment
- The ideal candidate is structured, organized, and eager to develop their expertise in handling compliance escalations
- You have 2-4 years of experience in a compliance, regulatory, or risk function within a financial institution, regulatory body, payments company, audit firm, or financial crime investigation unit
- You have a foundational understanding of integrity risks in the payments and banking sector and how they materialize
- You possess knowledge of AML/CFT and/or consumer compliance risks and how to manage them effectively
- You are familiar with regulatory and licensing requirements governing payment/e-money institutions
- You are motivated to develop deep subject matter expertise in compliance, with a strong interest in understanding specific verticals, products, and regulations, and how they apply in a risk-based framework
- You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, breaking down compliance challenges into clear, actionable insights
- You exercise good judgment, proactively seek guidance when needed, and are eager to take on increasing responsibility
- You are organized and detail-oriented, able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- You have strong verbal and written communication skills—clear, direct, and concise
- You work well in collaborative environments, engaging with different teams while maintaining a solution-oriented mindset
- You are eager to learn, develop expertise, and grow within the Compliance team
What the job involves
- Our fast-paced Compliance Escalations team is looking for a Compliance Officer with a strong understanding of integrity risks applicable to regulated financial institutions, particularly within the payments, financial services, or FinTech industries
- Support the assessment and resolution of escalated compliance matters, ensuring timely and effective follow-up
- Work with internal teams—including legal, risk, and operations—to understand and analyze compliance risks related to AML/CFT, integrity, and regulatory obligations
- Assist in developing compliance frameworks that enable the business to unlock new verticals in a controlled and compliant manner
- Translate compliance challenges into clear, actionable next steps for internal stakeholders
- Help identify opportunities for automation and process improvements to optimize compliance workflows
- Contribute to the enhancement of escalation frameworks and procedures to improve the team’s effectiveness
- Support cross-functional collaboration with global colleagues across time zones to ensure seamless communication and execution of compliance initiatives
Application process
- 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
Our take
Adyen has been one of the most successful businesses in Europe over the last decade. When it went public in 2018 at a valuation of €7bn, it raised over €1bn and its share price popped on the first day, resulting in a valuation of €14bn. Its valuation has continued to climb by the billions.
Adyen competes with large players like PayPal, as well as outsized startups like Stripe, to power payments and provide other infrastructure to conduct digital transactions. Disrupters in the field have been buoyed by a strong rise in eCommerce activity, where some or all of a transaction by a customer is made either online or by mobile.
Adyen has been one of the companies riding the wave by helping to reduce the friction between a company choosing to take payments online, and actually being able to do it. That can take multiple steps and agreements across numerous countries — Adyen’s pitch is that it essentially handles all of it in the backend as a service for its users. Notable partners have included Autocanteen, a touchless self-checkout solution for the hospitality industry, and BILL, a small business-focused fintech platform.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
36% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Sep 2015
$52.4m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2014
$250m
SERIES B
Total funding: $319.2m
Company benefits
- Global exchange program
- Weekly happy hour
- Delicious healthy lunches
- Phantom share package
- Yearly trip to Amsterdam
- Paid holidays
- Work from home opportunities
Company values
- We build to benefit all customers (not just one)
- We make good choices to build an ethical business and drive sustainable growth for our customers
- We launch fast and iterate
- Winning is more important than ego; we work as a team - across cultures and time zones
- We don’t hide behind email, instead we pick up the phone
- We talk straight without being rude
- We include different people to sharpen our ideas
- We create our own path and won’t be slowed down by “stewards”
Company HQ
Nieuwmarkt en Lastage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Leadership
Pieter Van Der Does
(CEO)Previously Chief Commercial Officer at Bibit (payments company) before co-founding Adyen in 2006.
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