Regulatory Risk and Compliance Specialist
Speedinvest is a European venture capital firm that invests from seed to growth stage (Series B to pre-IPO), backing founders with sector-specific expertise and a large network of operational support. It leads the majority of its initial investments and continues to support portfolio companies through multiple follow-on rounds as they scale.
About Speedinvest
Speedinvest is a pan-European venture capital investor with specialist investment teams organized around core sectors including AI & Infra, Climate Tech & Industrial Tech, Deep Tech, Fintech & DeFi, Health & Bio, and Marketplaces & Consumer, alongside a dedicated Growth team writing checks from Series B to pre-IPO. The firm emphasizes leading with conviction and long-term capital from day one, leading 85% of its initial investments, participating in 100+ follow-on rounds each year, and backing 70+ Series A companies over the past four years. Speedinvest works with startup founders across Europe and beyond, providing not just capital but network access and growth support, and counts companies like Bitpanda, Moove, cylib, Tide, Gigs, Upvest, and GoStudent among its portfolio.
Skills
About the Role
You will provide regulatory guidance on products and services, assess regulatory developments, and advise stakeholders on required actions. You will execute compliance monitoring, support regulatory submissions and reporting, maintain policies, coordinate training, manage regulatory interactions, and help remediate oversight and audit findings.
Requirements
- At least four years of mid-level experience in compliance, regulatory risk, or risk management within financial services.
- Experience interacting with regulators, managing responses and notifications, and supporting inspections, audits, and thematic reviews.
- Familiarity with regulatory submissions, licence applications, and reporting.
- Experience with oversight functions, key risk indicators, and compliance advisory for new initiatives, products, and services.
- Background in banking, fintech, payments or e-money firms, or regulatory consultancy.
- Experience with FCA-regulated firms is preferred.
- Ability to interpret complex regulations, research requirements, and advise internal stakeholders.
- Strong organisational, drafting, analytical, and risk-assessment skills.
- Fluency in English.
Responsibilities
- Provide regulatory guidance on product and service development and conduct compliance assessments for new initiatives.
- Research UK regulatory developments, assess their impact, and advise on necessary actions.
- Execute the Compliance Monitoring Plan and address monitoring findings with stakeholders.
- Support regulatory submissions, licence applications, periodic reports, and responses to information requests.
- Ensure accurate and timely regulatory reporting and conduct oversight checks.
- Maintain and update compliance policies in line with UK and FCA regulations.
- Support regulatory engagements, strategic planning, and governance.
- Lead and participate in Regulatory Risk and Compliance working groups.
- Liaise with external partners and service providers on oversight requests and regulatory expectations.
- Coordinate and deliver compliance and risk-related training.
- Prepare management information for governance reporting and regulatory submissions.
- Track regulatory deadlines, maintain regulatory interaction logs, and prepare for inspections.
- Respond to compliance-related requests and regulatory inquiries with internal teams.
- Remediate regulatory oversight findings and enhance controls with the first line of defence.
- Identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate regulatory risks.
- Support audits and compliance reviews and oversee remediation of findings.
Benefits
- Generous annual leave in addition to bank holidays.
- Paid maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
- Paid and unpaid sabbatical options after milestone years.
- Private health insurance with extra dental care.
- Access to therapy sessions, courses, meditations, and workshops.
- Paid volunteering and personal-growth days.
- Work from abroad for up to 90 days annually.
- Home office setup contribution.
- Laptop ownership upon replacement.
- Fully covered multi-sports card.
- Monthly food vouchers.
- Daily breakfast, coffee, tea, and juices.
