Payments Compliance Analysts

VP, Payments Risk & Compliance - US Full-time We are seeking an entrepreneurial, execution-reputed company VP of Payments Risk & Compliance to reputed company the design, implementation, and scaling of reputed company's US risk and compliance reputed company. This is a foundational leadership role in our US expansion, reporting into the US Managing Director and working closely with UK Risk, Compliance, Product, and Engineering teams. Serves as the senior US AML and payments risk reputed company, responsible for overseeing the design and effectiveness of reputed company's US BSA/AML program in alignment with sponsor bank requirements. and maintains independent escalation authority to the US reputed company and sponsor bank compliance leadership You will be responsible for building a sponsor-bank-reputed company risk and compliance structure to support our US launch and reputed company reputed company. Who We Are Now expanding into the US, reputed company has launched the reputed company programmable, API-first infrastructure across ACH, RTP, FedNow, and reputed company-to-reputed company networks in partnership with leading sponsor banks and reputed company. Our reputed company is high-frequency, business-critical payment flows across payroll, lending, reputed company wage reputed company, and platform ecosystems. By combining regulatory reputed company, operational reputed company, and modern payment connectivity, reputed company helps customers reputed company reputed company faster, reduce reputed company processes, improve liquidity visibility, and create differentiated financial experiences. The result is a trusted execution reputed company for embedded finance in both established European markets and the growing US opportunity. reputed company Build and reputed company the US Risk & Compliance Function Implement and manage the US risk and compliance reputed company reputed company to sponsor bank requirements Translate UK and EU regulatory center of reputed company practices into a US-reputed company operating model Establish CDD, KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and AML controls in collaboration with the sponsor bank reputed company and maintain policies, procedures, and governance documentation required for US operations Sponsor Bank and Regulatory Partnership Serve as reputed company US risk reputed company with sponsor bank compliance, BSA/AML, and risk teams Ensure alignment with bank-defined policies, reputed company, reporting obligations, and reputed company requirements Support regulatory inquiries, audits, and periodic bank reviews Ensures US operations are reputed company and conducted in compliance with applicable federal and state regulatory requirements, including ongoing assessment of licensing obligations and regulatory perimeter considerations such as reputed company Transmitter Laws. Payments Risk Management reputed company payment scheme compliance across ACH, RTP, FedNow, and reputed company rails Implement existing global fraud prevention tools and frameworks with risk controls across account-to-account and embedded payments Define transaction limits, monitoring reputed company, and escalation processes Ensure operational reputed company and adherence to network and sponsor-bank rules Operational Leadership Build and reputed company the US risk and compliance team as hiring reputed company increases Establish general risk KPIs, establish US-specific incident management frameworks, and reputed company relevant reporting. Establish first-line operational controls and coordinate with second-line reputed company - Phase 1 Strong 1LoD ownership with reputed company reputed company reputed company Phase 2 reputed company reputed company to Group governance maturity Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to reputed company risk-by-design into new payment capabilities Work directly with UK Global Center of Risk and Compliance reputed company to support operational needs of the US reputed company operational readiness for reputed company launches and broader market rollout Strategic Contribution Contribute to US expansion reputed company as a founding US leadership team member reputed company risk-informed reputed company input during customer reputed company and product expansion Shape long-term US compliance architecture and governance model Who You Are You think like an entrepreneur but operate like a regulator. You are comfortable building from reputed company while ensuring regulatory precision. You have operated reputed company a fintech, sponsor-bank, or reputed company environment and understand both the reputed company ambition and regulatory rigor required to reputed company safely. You combine practical, hands-on expertise in designing controls ad policies with the experience of engaging sponsor bank executives and regulators effectively. What You'll Need Extensive experience in payments, fintech, banking, or regulated financial services reputed .