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Compliance Officer – Digital Asset Management Firm

📍 London / Hybrid

🕒 Full-Time / Permanent

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth, pre-IPO financial services business operating in a forward-thinking, fast-moving sector. The role sits as the No.2 to the General Counsel & Head of Compliance , giving the right candidate high visibility, responsibility, and influence across the European compliance function.

They are looking for a Compliance Officer (5–7 years’ experience) who wants more than advisory work — someone who can roll up their sleeves and be involved in everything from hands-on administrative tasks to strategic projects . This is a role for someone who is excited to own key compliance processes and help build out a function from the ground up , supporting a growing international business that is currently unregulated but preparing for licensing.

This is a fully hands-on role , combining operational delivery with strategic oversight :

• Reviewing and approving marketing, sales, distribution, and financial promotions activity
• Ensuring processes, controls, and audit trails are robust and scalable
• Managing compliance training programs across the business, including operational rollout
• Maintaining risk registers, policies, and procedures , ensuring governance standards are met
• Supporting DDQ processes and liaising with external partners
• Providing pragmatic compliance advice to business teams
• Helping build the compliance function , from administrative processes to strategic initiatives
• Acting as the right-hand to the GC & Head of Compliance , supporting both day-to-day operations and longer-term projects

• Qualified Compliance professional with 5–7 years’ experience in financial services
• Strong working experience of supporting marketing material from a compliance / audit perspective.
• Comfortable working hands-on , supporting the team on operational tasks while also contributing to strategic planning
• Strong understanding of UK and EU financial regulation , with ability to make independent compliance decisions
• Excited to shape a growing compliance function in a fast-scaling, international environment
• Confident working in an unregulated environment with licensing ambitions

• Competitive base salary
• Share options / equity – Pre-IPO upside
• Hybrid working (London)
• Strong wider benefits
• The chance to be instrumental in shaping a growing compliance function at a pivotal stage

If you’re interested in applying, we’re shortlisting candidates as we speak , as the client is keen to review CVs ahead of the Christmas break .

Drop me an email at luke.masih@thesjp.co.uk or click “Apply” below!