About The Client
Our client is a growing electronic money institution, providing multi-currency accounts, payment processing, card acquiring, and mass payout services for online businesses. Operating across sectors such as e-commerce, iGaming, affiliate marketing, and Forex, they offer services to high-risk verticals and are active participants in SEPA, SEPA Instant, and SWIFT networks.
Role Overview
Take on a challenging position as the Deputy MLRO / Head of Risk, where you will have the opportunity to drive the compliance and risk agenda within a fully remote setting. You will manage the entire merchant risk lifecycle, ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements and optimizing risk strategies to support the company’s growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the full merchant risk lifecycle: onboarding due diligence, ongoing monitoring, EDD reviews, escalations, and remediation.
- Prepare responses to EDD and compliance requests from IPS (Visa, Mastercard), including handling VIRP, BRAM, TLD, and merchant monitoring cases.
- Analyze complex merchant cases, including MCC accuracy, transaction laundering, website and traffic analysis, and business model validation.
- Draft defensible argumentation and remediation plans for IPS, sponsor banks, and commercial partners.
- Act as deputy to the MLRO on Financial Crime and AML matters: SAR reviews, escalations, sanctions, and PEP handling, transaction monitoring oversight.
- Support merchant onboarding and underwriting functions to ensure a balanced, risk-based approach.
Requirements
- Strong hands-on background in Acquiring Risk, AML, Financial Crime, and Compliance.
- Solid knowledge of the UK regulatory framework (FCA regime) and Visa/Mastercard scheme rules.
- Proven track record handling IPS EDD and compliance requests.
- Deep understanding of MCC classification, transaction laundering typologies, and high-risk business models.
- Demonstrated ability to independently analyze complex merchant cases and draft remediation plans.
- Languages: English, Russian.
- Experience in fintech.
Key Soft Skills
- Commercially oriented risk-based mindset.
- Ownership and autonomy.
- Strong written communication.
- Analytical rigour.
- Pragmatic and hands-on.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary aligned with experience.
- Collaborative and transparent team culture.
- High-impact role in a scaling fintech company.
- Recognition of personal milestones and achievements.
- Social benefits.