Papaya Global

Who are we

Papaya Global is a rapidly growing, award-winning B2B tech unicorn with an ambitious mission to revolutionize the payroll & payments industry. With over $400M raised from multiple tier-one investors, our innovative technology provides a comprehensive solution for managing global workforces, encompassing everything from hiring and onboarding to managing and paying employees in over 160 countries.

The role

We are looking for a Compliance Manager to join our Compliance Team. This would be a stand-alone position that would report into the Global Head of Payments Compliance, although with a dotted line to other senior stakeholders within the team. Ideally, the role will be based in Poland (Krakow), London or Barcelona. Working remotely can be considered for the right candidate but, in such case, regular travel to the main hubs would be required.

This role will be filled in Krakow or Barcelona and operate a hybrid work model.

We will consider remote candidates in Poland and Spain based on experience.

Responsibilities

You will be:

• Supporting the management, development, and implementation of the payments’ compliance program for the Group globally (2nd line of defence).
• Maintain & update all relevant compliance standards andpolicies, and procedures across the payments business to meet all relevant regulatory requirements.
• Support the team on the regulatory mandatory audits as part of the compliance programme.
• Be one of the points of interaction with and handle requests from banking and other payments partners (e.g. requests for information). 
• Collaborate closely with our team of Regulatory Experts as there will be overlaps with them in certain instances. 
• Support the Global Head of Compliance and the local Compliance Officers when they engage with local regulators so they timely meet their requests and maintain good relationships with them.
• Support the Global Head of Compliance and the local Compliance Officers when they orepare, submit any regulatory license application based on business needs. 
• Support the team in renewing and maintaining existing licenses.
• Support the Global Head of Compliance and other team members in the process of risk assessing the products (i.e. collaborate with product and provide expert opinion on compliance implications so that compliance is embedded since product’s inception).
• With the help of the regulatory experts, keep abreast of changes in the regulatory environment and appropriately assessing the impact to the business.
• Collaborate with the KYC team (1LOD Compliance) frequently to:
• Help assess their activities
• Provide them with guidance
• Request info from them for us to reply to internal and external requests.
• Share knowledge constantly to improve the quality of the compliance advice
• Cooperate across functions within the company to provide compliance advice or to gather intel need to reply to external request or to file regulatory reports. 
• Minimum 3 years of experience in compliance,
• Extensive background in Financial Services & regulatory expertise 
• Payments knowledge is a strong positive
• All aspects of financial crime; KYC, AML, CFT, sanctions screening
• Works effectively and collaboratively across functions within a matrixial organization like Papaya Global.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Bachelors’ Degree in Law, Business or similar.