Chief Compliance Officer

BlackBull Markets; Auckland; On-site; NZD 200,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive incentive

Office in Auckland

Regional travel

Job summary

BlackBull Markets, a New Zealand fintech group, is seeking a Chief Compliance Officer in Auckland. You will own the compliance framework across all licensed jurisdictions, work with the executive team on new products and markets, and maintain primary regulator relationships including NZFMA and other authorities.

You will report to the CEO and sit on the Executive Leadership Team, shaping the Group's compliance agenda as the business grows globally and scales its licence footprint.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in compliance, legal or regulatory roles within financial markets.
• Experience leading a compliance function in a multi-entity group.
• Strong AML/CFT and conduct obligations knowledge across regimes.

Responsibilities

• Set Group compliance strategy and framework across jurisdictions.
• Partner with executive team on products, markets, and initiatives.
• Hold senior accountability for regulatory licences across NZ, Seychelles and future markets.
• Manage regulator relationships and lead inspections, audits, variations.
• Lead AML/CFT programme and compliance reporting to Board and committee.
• Oversee policies, controls testing, change management, governance.
• Build and grow the compliance team (start with a Compliance Manager).

Skills

12+ years in compliance

Multi-licence experience

Regulatory engagement

Executive team involvement

Commercial mindset

Education

Tertiary qualification in law/finance/risk

ICA/ACAMS certification welcome

Job description

About the Company

BlackBull Markets is one of New Zealand’s standout fintech success stories. Founded in Auckland in 2014, it has grown at pace into a multi-regulated, multi-asset broker giving traders in more than 180 countries institutional-grade access to hundreds of markets. It now has offices across Cyprus, Mexico and Dubai, and has placed several times on the Deloitte Fast 50.

Still founder-led, the business has kept its entrepreneurial, agile edge, with strong technology, a commercially driven team and a clear appetite for new markets. It moves quickly and thinks globally, and compliance plays a critical role in its growth plans.

The Role

Reporting to the CEO, with a direct line to the Board and Audit and Risk Committee, the Chief Compliance Officer is the Group’s most senior compliance appointment. You will sit on the Executive Leadership Team as a peer to the CFO and other C-suite leaders.

You will own the compliance framework across every jurisdiction in which BlackBull holds a licence. That means turning differing regulatory regimes into one coherent, defensible Group standard as the business matures and prepares for its next stage. It also means working inside the commercial agenda: shaping new products and markets early and finding the compliant route to the outcome.

This is an office-based role in Auckland.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set the Group compliance strategy and framework across all jurisdictions
• Partner with the executive team on new products, markets and initiatives, finding the compliant route to the commercial outcome
• Hold senior accountability for regulatory licences across New Zealand, Seychelles and future markets
• Act as primary relationship holder with the FMA, the Seychelles FSA and other regulators, leading inspections, audits and licence variations
• Act as designated AML/CFT Compliance Officer, with ultimate accountability for the Group AML/CFT programme
• Report on compliance to the Board, the Audit and Risk Committee and the executive team
• Approve Group compliance policies, adapted for local law where required
• Oversee controls testing, regulatory change, conduct, marketing compliance and breach governance
• Lead, develop and grow the compliance team, starting with a Compliance Manager in Auckland

Key Skills & Experience Required:

• 12+ years in compliance, legal or regulatory roles within OTC derivatives, CFDs, FX or broader financial markets, including at least 5 years leading a compliance function
• Proven track record leading compliance for a multi-entity or multi-licence group, including a CO, MLRO or equivalent regulated role
• Strong working knowledge of AML/CFT and conduct obligations across several regimes, such as New Zealand, Seychelles, ASIC or CySEC
• Direct regulator engagement, including licence applications, inspections and audits
• Experience as part of an executive team, credible at Board level
• Commercially minded and solutions-focused. You build trust with sales, marketing and operations and hold the line when it matters
• Experience in a fast-moving trading environment is ideal
• Tertiary qualification in law, finance, risk or a related discipline; ICA or ACAMS certification highly regarded

What’s in it for you

This is the opportunity to set the compliance agenda for a New Zealand-built business with genuine global reach. You will sit on the executive team, reporting directly to the CEO, with a clear mandate to build a Group compliance function as BlackBull matures and expands into new jurisdictions.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and executive incentive structure
• A mandate to build a best-practice compliance function within a growth business
• Office-based in Auckland, with flexibility around international time zones when the work needs it
• Regional travel as required