Head of Compliance.

A completely unique opportunity has arisen to work for a growing business that is located in Istanbul to head their Compliance team. 

The company operates out of Istanbul and has just been granted a  Master license to operate a 'Game of Chance'.

Responsibilities:
 

• Development and management of Turkish compliance policies and processes.
• Ensure ongoing monitoring and reporting for Turkish exchange transactions.
• Focusing on internal compliance policy review, including ongoing assessments, assisting with, internal audit reviews, and ongoing or ad hoc reviews for users or transactions.
• Providing statistics on monitoring completion and maintaining register as needed.
• Making recommendations for enhancing the firm’s systems, controls and processes.
• Responsible for the business’s overall risk management
• Key contact in the organization of local risk operations.
• Perform risk identification and assessment.
• Develop policies and standards to eliminate or minimize key risks
• Implement a strategic plan to prevent, eliminate and mitigate risks
• Identify key metrics for risk monitoring and conduct regular reporting for management and executive leadership.
• Fulfil all compliance regulatory and risk reporting requirements

Requirements:
 

• University degree in business administration, (business) law, finance, risk and treasury or similar.
• At least 7 years experience in risk, fraud, compliance, AML or regulatory function and experience working with any regulated financial services business in legal or compliance roles preferred.
• Certification in compliance or risk management is a big plus but not required.
• Proficiency in compliance applications and tools.
• Good overview of relevant legal and regulatory requirements as well as ICAAP and risk management KPIs and measures.
• Team spirit, very good analytical skills, a critical mindset and the ability to solve complex problems as well as a sense of responsibility and a proactive attitude are appreciated.
• Excellent problem-solving, analytical and organizational skills.
• Passionate about crypto; fintech industry experience would be an advantage.
• Fluent English language skills are a must.