Compliance Officer & MLRO at Ebury in Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania

Ebury helps ambitious businesses unlock global growth, and we take the same approach with our people. We encourage innovation and movement, collaboration and problem-solving, and foster an environment where everyone can feel they belong, are valued, supported and empowered to succeed.

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Compliance Officer & MLRO

Ebury Bucharest Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home per week

We are looking for a self-driven Compliance Officer & MLRO who has gained at least three years experience within the financial industry in regulatory and AML compliance, and someone who has the ability to take ownership of a Compliance framework in a fast paced Fintech environment and keep driving this forward. The person must demonstrate proven organisational and time management skills, have excellent communications skills (both written and verbal), with the ability to gain credibility fast and influence key stakeholders. The working environment is fast paced, agile and highly results orientated so the individual must be comfortable working within this type of highly rewarding, dynamic environment. In addition, the individual must be comfortable with working autonomously, have relevant Compliance/Legal qualifications and a good level of commercial awareness. It will be pivotal to have good interpersonal skills to be the first point of contact with the local regulatory bodies as well.

What you’ll do

• Reviewing policies and procedures. Conduct research on local requirements, gap analysis, and review translation. Scanning of new EU and local regulations and changes from regulators.

• Implementing local requirements in the firm systems and controls and follow up with the other departments.

• Drafting and preparing the regulatory periodic deliverables and drafting regulatory communications.

• Performing controls & monitoring of the 1LoD, when not already performed by another team.

• Liaising with the other departments and gathering all information and data necessary for the reports to Senior Management.

• Liaise with local regulators/FIUs in Romania.

• Review along the AMLCO the SARs and support drafting of external SARs where appropriate to the FIUs.

• Gathering information and liaising with all necessary departments where necessary (Audits, Regulators queries, etc).

• Translating local reporting requirements into operational guidelines, conduct research and help in the interpretation of the specifications.

• Conducting research for ad hoc regulatory queries from other departments or Senior Management.

• Assist the AMLCO on escalations relating to EDD, transactions, PEPs, exceptions, sanction review, dispensations and risk downgrades performing the first assessment.

• Liaise with the front office with any questions about the policies and procedures.

• Participating actively in workgroups, fora, and other meetings where compliance participation and inputs is required.

• Investigating potential breaches of policies and procedures.

• Keep up to date with relevant AML and Financial Crime regulations and changes.

• Help improve the operational compliance processes based on the local policies (liaise with the managers and local ops teams).

• Investigating complaints and preparing draft responses.

Why Ebury?

• Competitive Starting Salary with an annual discretionary bonus that truly rewards your performance from day one.
• Dedicated Mentorship: Learn directly from experienced managers who are invested in your success.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Leverage state-of-the-art tailor made tools and systems that enable you to perform at your best.
• Clear, Accelerated Career Progression: Defined pathways to leadership and specialist roles within Ebury.
• Dynamic & Supportive Culture: Work in a collaborative environment where teamwork and personal growth are prioritized.
• Generous Benefits Package: Access competitive benefits tailored to your location, which typically include health care and social benefits.
• Central Office: A fantastic location with excellent transport links.

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About us

Ebury delivers sophisticated, integrated solutions — business accounts, hedging, and financing — on a single platform with a seamless workflow. Our success is built on a simple premise and singular purpose: To help businesses operate and scale globally.

Since its founding in 2009, Ebury has always been a fast-growing leader in fintech. Today, we bring together 1,800+ Eburians across nearly 70 cities and we’re always looking to add to our team.

At the heart of our offering is a proprietary platform, purpose-built to help businesses seamlessly streamline and manage global cash flow. We focus on continuous product evolution and innovation to build the infrastructure for borderless growth and help our clients scale at every stage.

The opportunities at Ebury are as diverse as our people, ranging from business development to engineering roles across our tech pillars.

We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and are against the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story.