Head of Compliance Platforms
Nium provides global real-time payments infrastructure for businesses, banks, fintechs, marketplaces, payroll providers, and travel companies.
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About Nium Pte. Ltd.
Nium is a global payments infrastructure company that enables businesses and financial institutions to collect, hold, convert, and disburse funds across borders. Its offerings include multi-currency accounts, global payouts, foreign exchange, beneficiary account verification, physical and virtual card issuance, stablecoin-backed cards, the Nium Portal, and APIs for payment integration. Nium serves banks, money transfer operators, marketplaces, payroll providers, spend-management companies, creator-economy platforms, airlines, hotels, and online travel agencies.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will act as the senior compliance advisor for the Platforms business. You will identify regulatory considerations early, translate local requirements into practical commercial guidance, assess complex and higher-risk opportunities, and develop scalable compliance frameworks. You will also support platform, marketplace, bank, card-network, stablecoin-network, and payment-infrastructure relationships.
Requirements
- 12+ years of progressive experience in compliance, regulatory risk, financial crime, legal, or a related function within payments, fintech, banking, or financial services
- Experience advising commercial, sales, business-development, partnership, or account-management teams
- Experience with compliance matters involving bank partners, card networks, stablecoin networks, or payment infrastructure partners
- Knowledge of cross-border payments, money movement, payment platforms, bank partnerships, and complex B2B relationships
- Experience supporting platforms, marketplaces, embedded-finance providers, payment facilitators, or businesses with underlying merchants or customers
- Understanding of AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC/KYB, customer due diligence, licensing, and payments regulation
- Experience working with an MLRO, BSA Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, or country compliance leader
- Ability to develop practical risk-based solutions and balance commercial objectives with regulatory obligations
- Executive stakeholder-management, judgment, and communication skills
- Experience in a global, matrixed, fast-paced organization
Responsibilities
- Serve as the senior compliance advisor to Platforms commercial leadership and go-to-market teams
- Identify compliance considerations early in sales and business-development processes
- Bridge commercial priorities with local regulatory requirements, risk appetite, and compliance guidance
- Advise on platforms, marketplaces, enterprise clients, bank partners, and complex commercial relationships
- Own compliance outcomes for bank, card-network, stablecoin-network, and payment-infrastructure partnerships
- Evaluate compliance implications of two-tier platform business models
- Develop compliant solutions for new platform models, use cases, products, and payment flows
- Provide guidance on AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC/KYB, due diligence, licensing, and payment regulations
- Assess higher-risk opportunities and recommend controls and risk-mitigation measures
- Develop compliance frameworks, playbooks, and decision-making standards
- Deliver compliance training to customer-facing teams
- Provide leadership visibility into material commercial compliance risks and decisions
Benefits
- Performance bonuses
- Sales commissions
- Equity for specific roles
- Recognition programs
- Medical coverage
- 24/7 employee assistance program
- Generous vacation programs
- Year-end shutdown
- Hybrid work environment with three office days per week
- Role-specific training
- Internal workshops
- Learning stipend
- Company-wide social events
- Team bonding activities
- Happy hours
- Team offsites
