Manager, Compliance Advisory Compliance London

Checkout is looking for an experienced leader with deep expertise in financial crime compliance to establish, grow, and maintain a global second‑line team. This role will oversee the compliance frameworks supporting our rapidly evolving portfolio of mass market products. This opportunity is a perfect fit if you are excited by the prospect of leveraging the momentum and resources of a global scale‑up to support the launch and scale of high‑velocity products. As products expand and launch, there will be an opportunity to grow your team across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

• Build the Framework: Establish the global framework for second-line escalations for new products; working closely with relevant regional MLROs to ensure consistency and operational excellence.
• Drive Cross‑Functional Alignment: Partner with Risk, Operations, and Product teams to align compliance requirements with fraud mitigation and user experience goals.
• Monitor Emerging Trends: Maintain a deep understanding of financial crime typologies, regulatory guidance, and emerging industry trends, ensuring these are proactively factored into our control framework and knowledge base.
• Design & Deliver Training: Develop and deliver targeted training to business and compliance teams regarding complex financial crime and fraud risks inherent in high‑volume environments.
• Ensure Compliance‑by‑Design: Partner with our Regulatory Compliance function to integrate compliance requirements early in the product development lifecycle.
• Own Compliance Requirements: Assume central responsibility for mapping and maintaining SDD, CDD, and EDD requirements for our evolving product set, ensuring relevant factors are codified into global minimum standards.
• Strategic Advisory: Directly advise Product and Operations teams on the opportunities and risks associated with automation, AI deployment, and system scale.
• Integrate Risk Assessments: Collaborate closely with regional MLROs to ensure product‑specific risk profiles are accurately captured and factored into Business‑Wide Risk Assessments.
• Implement Assurance: Collaborate with our Assurance and Internal Controls team to design and execute robust compliance monitoring processes for new product lines.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of second‑line compliance experience in fintech, payments, or banking at scale (neobank/fintech experience strongly preferred).
• Deep expertise in financial crime (AML/CFT/Sanctions/Fraud) risk, with regulatory compliance experience as a strong plus.
• Experience growing and leading a team, with cross‑border/global management experience highly desirable.
• Proven track record in architecting frameworks for high‑volume environments and working directly with technical/product stakeholders to design solutions.

Personal Qualities

• Confident decision‑maker: Ability to quickly assess risks, weigh mitigations, and provide strong, defensible rationale for your decisions.
• Technical fluency: Comfortable working directly with technical leaders to drill down into the configuration of user journeys, systems, and tooling.
• AI‑first mindset: Experience deploying AI or automation tools to accelerate compliance processes at scale.
• Strategic thinker: Ability to immerse yourself in fine details while keeping the broader organisational picture in mind.
• Growth‑oriented: Relentlessly curious and driven; always learning and spotting opportunities to develop yourself and others.
• Proportionate and Collaborative: An obsession with balancing strong compliance with scalability and user experience, supported by exceptional interpersonal and communication skills.

Work Environment

Hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.