Chief Compliance Officer (UAE)
All-in-one Philippine e-wallet and cryptocurrency exchange combining crypto trading with payments, bills, QR checkout, mobile load, and remittances.
Funding history
About Coins.ph
Coins.ph is a regulated digital-asset and payments platform operating under the Coins.ph brand. Its services include buying, selling, and holding cryptocurrency; peso wallets; bill payments; mobile load; QR payments; money transfers; and remittances. The current user agreement identifies Betur, Inc. and DCPay Philippines, Inc. as the entities doing business as coins.ph.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
Own the compliance agenda end-to-end, ensuring readiness for VARA expectations, ongoing supervision, and scalable controls as volumes grow. Serve as VARA's day-to-day interface, establish regulator credibility, connect Dubai market realities with Coins.ph leadership, and build a strong compliance foundation during expansion.
Requirements
- Senior compliance leader resident in the UAE with 5+ years of relevant experience
- Hands-on experience in regulated financial services environments involving VASP, fintech, or payments
- Ability to operate as the primary regulator interface
- Prior UAE regulatory engagement experience preferred
- Ability to be accepted as a Responsible Individual
- Strong judgment, confidence, and comfort working in ambiguity
Responsibilities
- Own the compliance agenda end-to-end, including VARA readiness, ongoing supervision, and scalable controls
- Operate as VARA's day-to-day interface
- Establish credibility with VARA and support regulatory engagement
- Connect Dubai market realities with Coins.ph leadership and international expansion priorities
- Build momentum quickly from a standing start
- Balance commercial pace with regulatory credibility and control integrity
Benefits
- Cross-functional collaboration with relevant teams
- Career advancement opportunities in a fast-growing organization expanding beyond APAC
- Culture that welcomes data-backed ideas and meaningful change