Senior Compliance Officer — E-Money & Payments

Senior Compliance Officer — E-Money & Payments

Paybis is looking for a senior regulatory compliance specialist to own live EMI and payment-institution authorisation work across Latvia and the UK.

This is not an operational KYC or transaction-monitoring role. You will personally draft regulator-facing materials, respond to regulatory questions and build the governance and safeguarding framework behind regulated payment products.

What you will own

• The Latvian EMI application and the UK authorised EMI workstream with the FCA.
• Post-authorisation implementation of Paybis' Latvian Payment Institution licence.
• Programmes of operations, governance and internal-control narratives.
• Safeguarding methodology, account structure, segregation, reconciliation evidence and breach handling.
• Own-funds, initial-capital and wind-down documentation.
• Regulatory assessment of payment products, payment-flow changes, agents, distributors and outsourcing arrangements.
• Responses to regulatory RFIs, document maps, evidence rooms and verified closure of regulatory commitments.
• Audit and inspection readiness for the payments perimeter.

What we are looking for

• At least five years of regulatory compliance experience, including significant experience inside an authorised EMI, payment institution, bank or comparable regulated payments business.
• Hands-on EMI/PI authorisation experience in the UK, EU or another comparable regulatory regime.
• Experience taking an authorisation through submission and regulator review.
• Personal authorship of substantive regulator-facing application materials, governance documents, safeguarding methodology or wind-down plans.
• Ability to explain how safeguarding works in practice: method, segregation, reconciliation evidence, breach handling and audit readiness.
• Ability to navigate primary legislation and regulatory guidance independently.
• Strong professional English and concise written drafting.

Operational KYC, CDD or transaction-monitoring experience alone is not sufficient. CAMS, ICA or similar certifications are welcome, but drafting quality and authorisation experience matter more.

Why join Paybis

• Own live EMI and PI programmes rather than support an operational case queue.
• Build the regulatory architecture that enables new permissions, payment products and market access.
• See your policies and controls translated directly into business and product decisions.
• Work directly with Compliance, Legal, Product, Finance, Risk and Operations.
• Take broad ownership without automatically carrying statutory MLRO responsibility.

Working model

• Location: approved European engagement locations; remote or hybrid.
• Working hours: at least four hours of overlap with the European working day.
• Travel: occasional trips to Riga.
• Contract: long-term B2B, or employment where legally and operationally available.
• Compensation: EUR3,000–EUR4,000 gross per month.
• Start: as soon as possible.

Interview process

HR screen → interview with the Global Chief of Compliance → practical regulatory drafting exercise → references.

Compensation

The base pay range for this role is €3,000 – €4,000 per month.