Country AML & Compliance Officer - Europe

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Requirements:

• Established Compliance Officer with experience in anti-money laundering and sanctions frameworks.
• Preferred experience in the Payments sector or broader Financial Services.
• Knowledgeable about Belgium and EEA AML Laws, 5th/6th AMLD, PSD2/PSD3/PSR regulations.
• Significant experience in CDD, EDD, and suspicious activity monitoring.
• Understanding of compliance frameworks for risk management and internal controls.
• Ability to implement best practices in AML/CTF and communicate with the global compliance team.
• Engaged and strategic, able to interact with C-suite level.
• Strong people management skills and talent attraction capabilities.
• Fluent in French and English and resident in Belgium.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the chief interface between the company and regulatory bodies.
• Maintain the Belgian entities’ licences to operate.
• Ensure compliance with country/jurisdictional laws and regulations.
• Contribute to global compliance policies and draft local compliance addenda.
• Implement and manage AML and CTF programmes, conduct audits, and oversee suspicious activity reporting.
• Manage the Belgium Compliance Analyst team.
• Produce and present compliance reports to the board.
• Represent Belgium Compliance in governance forums.
• Maintain the Regulatory Reporting Calendar and local risk register.
• Conduct due diligence on new partners and drive local partnerships.
• Create and manage the local compliance team budget.