Group Chief Compliance & Risk Leader for Crypto

Coinmerce; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 170,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Innovative work

Modern workspace

Daily perks: free lunch

Team events

Commuting & pension

Benefits & wellness

Home-office budget

L&D budget

Job summary

Coinmerce is seeking a Group Chief Compliance & Risk Officer (Group CCRO) to provide independent second-line oversight and strategy across the holding company. You will steer the group’s compliance and risk agenda, ensuring ethical conduct and robust control environments while collaborating with senior leadership.

You bring 15+ years of senior experience in regulated financial services, with deep crypto regulation knowledge and a proven ability to design risk governance frameworks.

Qualifications

• 15+ years in senior compliance and risk management within complex group structures and regulated financial services.
• Deep expertise in crypto-asset services, asset management (AIFMD), and liquidity provision/market-making.
• Extensive exposure to Dutch and EU frameworks, MiCAR, AML/CFT, DORA, AFM/DNB supervisory expectations.
• Proficiency in designing risk governance models and managing ICT/outsourcing risks.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to challenge the Board constructively.

Responsibilities

• Framework Design: Define and maintain the Group Compliance & Risk Framework, including Risk Appetite (KRI/limits) and minimum standards across all entities.
• Governance & Oversight: Appoint and oversee entity-level compliance/risk functions, ensuring their adequacy and the effectiveness of local control frameworks.
• Monitoring & Challenge: Perform group-wide monitoring activities and provide independent challenge to executive decisions at the group level.
• Culture Leadership: Define and promote a group-wide risk and compliance culture focused on accountability, 'speak-up' initiatives, and ethical conduct.
• Risk Mitigation: Manage group concentration and interdependency risks, including intragroup services, ICT (DORA), and critical third-party exit strategies.

Skills

Senior compliance

Crypto regulation

MiCAR AML DORA

Risk governance

Leadership

Job description

Coinmerce is seeking a Group Chief Compliance & Risk Officer (Group CCRO) to provide independent second-line oversight and strategy across the holding company. You will steer the group’s compliance and risk agenda, ensuring ethical conduct and robust control environments while collaborating with senior leadership.

You bring 15+ years of senior experience in regulated financial services, with deep crypto regulation knowledge and a proven ability to design risk governance frameworks.