Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Uber; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global technology company is seeking a Chief Risk and Compliance Officer to lead risk management and compliance initiatives. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in financial services, expertise in regulatory communication, and demonstrate strong leadership qualities. This role requires a deep understanding of risk governance and the ability to ensure compliance with industry regulations while fostering relationships with stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years relevant work experience in financial services, payments.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience.
• Impeccable judgment, integrity, and ability to set an ethical example.

Responsibilities

• Lead overall risk management of UPUK.
• Ensure compliance with regulations and best practices.
• Manage service provision of risk and compliance processes.

Skills

Risk management

Compliance oversight

Regulatory communication

Leadership

Job description

Overview

The Uber Payments UK (UPUK) Chief Risk and Compliance Officer (CRCO) role is a leadership position in the UK payments team with responsibility for leading its second line team across overall management of operational, financial and compliance risks and implementation of regulatory requirements. This leader reports to the CEO and Chairperson of the Board of UPUK.

What You'll Do

• Ultimate responsibility for overall risk management of UPUK as well as Customer Due Diligence, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing programs and ensuring compliance with regulations, good practices by regulators and other relevant prudential requirements applicable to UPUK.
• Establish and maintain relationship and communication with UPUK's regulators.
• Find the right balance of managing robust systems and controls, with enabling business goals.
• Motivate and lead a risk and compliance team to put a robust risk framework into practice, managing escalations and syndicate compliance across the organisation.
• Build and maintain effective controls, incident response and management thereof.
• Establish and maintain relationships with risk owners in other areas of Uber.
• Maintain strong relationships with other Uber leadership roles in the UK, as well as with leadership within Uber.
• Ensure that Financial Crime management is conducted according to industry best practice.
• Stay abreast of legislative, regulatory and corporate governance developments that might affect UPUK's operation.
• Manage and execute reporting and make recommendations; identify compliance risks associated with the business activities. Follow up on resolution of compliance issues that may arise.
• Manage the service provision of risk and compliance processes by Uber.
• Board member and company director.

What You'll Need

• Minimum 10 years relevant work experience in financial services, payments.
• Minimum 5 years of leadership experience.
• Statutory Managing Board, or equivalent, experience.
• Experience building solutions in a regulated industry in a fast-moving technology-savvy environment.
• Solid understanding and background in managing risk and governance issues.
• Experience managing relationships and proactive communication with regulatory bodies.
• Impeccable judgment, integrity, and ability to set an ethical example.
• Familiarity with the Payment Services Directive, E-Money Directive, and other relevant financial regulations, approved person regimes, and other relevant prudential requirements.

Bonus Points If

• Experience in start up cultures with a focus on efficiency and speed of execution.
• Ability to simplify requirements to make them easily translatable and relevant to a tech firm operating model.

Uber's mission is to reimagine the way the world moves for the better. Here, bold ideas create real-world impact, challenges drive growth, and speed fuelds progress. What moves us, moves the world - let's move it forward, together.

Offices continue to be central to collaboration and Uber's cultural identity. Unless formally approved to work fully remotely, Uber expects employees to spend at least half of their work time in their assigned office. For certain roles, such as those based at green-light hubs, employees are expected to be in-office for 100% of their time. Please speak with your recruiter to better understand in-office expectations for this role.

*Accommodations may be available based on religious and/or medical conditions, or as required by applicable law. To request an accommodation, please reach out to [e-mail].