Senior Compliance Monitoring Officer

This is Adyen

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition. 

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

We took an unobvious approach to starting a payments company, building a platform from scratch. Today, we're the payments platform of choice for the world's brightest companies. Our unobvious approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity, of backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business challenges are unique, we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. So no matter where you’re from, who you love, or what you believe in, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen.

Senior Compliance Monitoring Officer

Our fast-paced Compliance team is looking for an experienced Senior Compliance Monitoring Officer with experience in performing compliance monitoring procedures in the payments and/or finance industry. The successful candidate must possess strong fundamentals in risk and control and would function as a business partner to connect with a wide range of teams, including risk, legal, finance and sales. The candidate will be expected to drive and manage multiple projects and provide pragmatic advice and guidance on maturing compliance processes in a sustainable way. 

What you’ll do

• Lead in the planning and execution of the annual compliance monitoring program;
• Drive the development of a monitoring methodology over first line business processes;
• Supervise team members in the execution of second-line quality assurance testing procedures in line with the compliance monitoring program; 
• Lead in the creation, planning, and execution of new quality assurance programs;
• Pro-actively drive the development of efficient and data-driven monitoring solutions; 
• Collaborate with the compliance team on the further development of the compliance program; 
• Advise the business on enhancement of compliance procedures as required. 

Who you are

• You have 5 years experience in a senior role within a second line compliance function and/or internal/external audit function;
• Your knowledge of the finance and/or payment industry will be well established;
• You are an analytical thinker who can both draft, and monitor on the implementation of, relevant Policies;
• You have solid interpersonal skills, specifically you will be able to liaise and connect with a variety of internal and external stakeholders and Merchants from varying disciplines and cultures;

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion commitments 

Our unique approach is a product of our diverse perspectives. This diversity of backgrounds and cultures is essential in helping us maintain our momentum. Our business and technical challenges are unique, and we need as many different voices as possible to join us in solving them - voices like yours. No matter who you are or where you’re from, we welcome you to be your true self at Adyen. 

Studies show that women and members of underrepresented communities apply for jobs only if they meet 100% of the qualifications. Does this sound like you? If so, Adyen encourages you to reconsider and apply. We look forward to your application!

What’s next?

Ensuring a smooth and enjoyable candidate experience is critical for us. We aim to get back to you regarding your application within 5 business days. Our interview process tends to take about 4 weeks to complete, but may fluctuate depending on the role. Learn more about our hiring process here. Don’t be afraid to let us know if you need more flexibility.

This role is based out of our Amsterdam office. We are an office-first company and value in-person collaboration (3 days a week); we do not offer remote-only roles.