Compliance Operations Manager

Crossmint; Madrid; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in Madrid is seeking a seasoned Compliance Operations professional to own and run the regulatory program across jurisdictions. You will manage license maintenance, reporting, and responses to supervisory requests, while coordinating with internal teams and external counsel as needed.

You will track obligations, maintain an audit-ready controls environment, and drive implementation workstreams for new regulatory requirements. Fluent English is essential; Spanish is a strong asset.

Qualifications

• 4–7 years experience in compliance operations or fintech/regulatory environments.
• Experience managing regulatory reporting and license maintenance obligations.
• Structured multi-workstream project management with stakeholder accountability.
• Ability to read technical docs and translate regulatory needs into technical constraints.
• Experience evidencing internal controls (DORA, SOC 2, ISO 27001 or equivalent).
• Fluent written and spoken English; Spanish knowledge is a strong asset.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day operational running of Crossmint's regulatory and compliance program across all jurisdictions.
• Manage license maintenance and regulatory reporting, ensuring all periodic filings are prepared and submitted on time.
• Gather and consolidate information from internal stakeholders in response to regulatory requests and supervisory queries.
• Prepare and review regulatory reports, returns, and supervisory submissions, coordinating with external counsel where required.
• Track license conditions and ongoing obligations, maintaining a live compliance calendar.
• Maintain and evidence Crossmint's internal controls frameworks, ensuring controls are documented, tested, and audit-ready.
• Manage the production and organization of compliance documentation, policies, and procedures.
• Lead cross-functional implementation workstreams for new regulatory requirements and license applications.

Skills

Regulatory reporting

Project management

Technical literacy

Internal controls

English fluency

Job description

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day operational running of Crossmint's regulatory and compliance program across all jurisdictions.
• Manage license maintenance and regulatory reporting, ensuring all periodic filings are prepared and submitted on time.
• Gather and consolidate information from internal stakeholders in response to regulatory requests and supervisory queries.
• Prepare and review regulatory reports, returns, and supervisory submissions, coordinating with external counsel where required.
• Track license conditions and ongoing obligations, maintaining a live compliance calendar.
• Maintain and evidence Crossmint's internal controls framework, ensuring controls are documented, tested, and audit-ready.
• Manage the production and organization of compliance documentation, policies, and procedures.
• Lead cross-functional implementation workstreams for new regulatory requirements and license applications.

Requirements

• 4–7 years of experience in compliance operations or financial services project management, within fintech, payments, capital markets, or regulated financial services.
• Demonstrable experience managing regulatory reporting and license maintenance obligations — periodic returns, supervisory requests, condition tracking.
• Structured project management skills: ability to run multiple concurrent workstreams, maintain delivery plans, manage dependencies, and hold stakeholders accountable without formal authority.
• Technical fluency sufficient to work credibly with Engineering and Product: comfortable reading technical documentation, understanding system architecture, and translating regulatory requirements into technical constraints.
• Experience maintaining and evidencing internal controls frameworks (DORA, SOC 2, ISO 27001, or equivalent).
• Fluent English, both written and spoken. Spanish is a strong asset given the Madrid base and the EU regulatory perimeter.