Head of Compliance & MLRO (Ireland, Hybrid)

Seccl; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary €110k–€150k with annual review

Private medical insurance

MacBook and home office allowance

Learning budget €750 per year

Wellbeing support and Headspace

Job summary

Seccl Ireland is seeking a Head of Compliance and MLRO to lead the Irish compliance and financial crime framework. You’ll work across product, design, and engineering to embed regulatory thinking in new products and services, while liaising with the Central Bank of Ireland and other authorities.

This hybrid Dublin-based role oversees PCF-12/PCF-52 responsibilities and requires independent challenge and collaboration with senior stakeholders for customer and regulatory outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant compliance and financial crime experience within a regulated financial services business.
• Experience acting as MLRO or leading AML/regulatory compliance responsibilities.
• Strong working knowledge of Irish and European financial services regulation, including MiFID II and AML requirements.

Responsibilities

• Building and continuously improving Seccl Ireland’s compliance framework through authorisation, launch and ongoing supervision.
• Leading AML, counter-terrorist financing and financial crime framework as MLRO, including risk assessments, due diligence and monitoring.
• Owning regulatory obligations framework, including risk assessment, horizon scanning and embedding regulatory change across the business.
• Designing and maintaining a risk-based Compliance Monitoring Programme with testing and reviews.
• Providing independent second-line oversight across conduct, product governance, complaints and MiFID II requirements.
• Collaborating with product, design and engineering to embed regulatory thinking in Irish products and services.
• Building strong relationships with the Central Bank of Ireland and other stakeholders.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Financial crime

MLRO experience

PCF-12/PCF-52

MiFID II knowledge

Stakeholder management

Job description

Seccl Ireland is seeking a Head of Compliance and MLRO to lead the Irish compliance and financial crime framework. You’ll work across product, design, and engineering to embed regulatory thinking in new products and services, while liaising with the Central Bank of Ireland and other authorities.

This hybrid Dublin-based role oversees PCF-12/PCF-52 responsibilities and requires independent challenge and collaboration with senior stakeholders for customer and regulatory outcomes.