FasterPay is a fast-growing fintech company helping businesses expand globally while providing secure and seamless payment experiences. We’re transparent, flexible, and committed to building trust and security in the global payments ecosystem.
We’re on a mission to make global commerce smarter, safer, and more efficient — and we want you to join us.
Who We’re Looking For
We’re looking for a reliable, detail-focused, and integrity-driven Compliance Officer who thrives in regulated, fast-paced environments and is committed to ensuring our operations meet the highest standards of legal and ethical conduct. You should be proactive and analytical—energized by the challenge of monitoring regulatory developments, implementing compliance frameworks, and guiding teams through risk-aware decisions that protect our business and customers. Your work will be essential in upholding trust, promoting transparency, and maintaining our reputation within the fintech ecosystem.
Position Overview
As a Compliance Officer, you'll be working with our global compliance team and play a pivotal role in ensuring regulatory compliance and operational excellence. You'll coordinate regulatory activities, drive improvements in key compliance areas such as KYC and AML, assist in audit preparations, conduct risk assessments, and oversee internal procedures related to merchant onboarding and transaction monitoring.
What You Will Do
- Compliance Procedures Development: Draft, coordinate, and monitor regulatory inspections, investigations, thematic reviews, inquiries, self-assessments, surveys, questionnaires, reporting, and consultations to ensure timely and quality submissions; Help with the application for payment licenses.
- Audits and Risk Assessments: Drive improvements in KYC, AML, privacy regulations, and general compliance awareness through evaluating needs, and delivering a training and development program, with input from compliance and risk-based monitoring programs. Conduct periodical risk assessments concerning money laundering and terrorist financing risks and advise the company's governing body/senior management on necessary actions to mitigate those risks.
- Reporting Obligations: Investigate, monitor, and report transactions and accounts, including when required using monitoring tools, to monitor, detect, prevent, and report on possible money laundering, terrorism financing, corruption, and other suspicious activity.
- Training and Guidance: Provide training to employees on compliance matters, ensuring awareness and adherence to legal requirements.
- Stakeholder Communication: Ensure smooth communication and timely information sharing with internal stakeholders and company management.
- Regulatory Communication: Past experience in communicating directly with financial regulators and/or obtaining financial licenses is a significant advantage.
Skills & Competencies Required
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to interpret complex regulations and identify compliance risks.
- Exceptional attention to detail and a high level of integrity when handling sensitive data and regulatory matters.
- Effective communicator, able to convey regulatory requirements clearly across various levels of the organization.
- Confident, self-motivated, and proactive in identifying compliance gaps and proposing risk-mitigating solutions.
- Comfortable working independently and collaboratively in a cross-functional, fast-paced fintech environment.
- Strong ethical judgment and commitment to promoting a culture of compliance and accountability.
Who Should Apply
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in Finance, Business, Law, International Studies, or other related fields.
- At least 3 - 5 years of relevant working experience
- Relevant compliance certifications, such as ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent
- Prior experience in compliance, AML, or regulatory roles, ideally within financial services or fintech
- Solid understanding of AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial crime prevention frameworks
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal
- No restrictions on business travel
Why Join Us?
If you are eager to take your career to the next level in the payment industry, this is the opportunity for you. We offer:
- Competitive compensation depending on experience and skills
- Individual career path and growth opportunities
- Work with an international team and gain in-depth knowledge about payments in different markets
- Exposure to the fintech and gaming industries
- Paid vacation and health insurance
- Hybrid based role Lisbon, Portugal.
This role is the ideal opportunity for someone looking for new challenges that would allow them to make a noticeable, positive impact in the company while learning and adapting to our fast-paced scale-up environment.
As part of our growing team in Lisbon, you will have a lot of opportunities to develop your career further with us. With future expansion plans, now is a great time to join us on our journey to change the way we pay.
Notes: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: 45,000.00€ - 55,000.00€ per year
Work Location: In person
