Nium21d ago

Director – Regulatory Compliance & MLRO

MaltaFull-timeexecutive

Legal & ComplianceOtherCompliance

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Nium is the global infrastructure company powering real-time cross-border payments. Founded to deliver the payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today, we are building a programmable, borderless,

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Nium is the global infrastructure company powering real-time cross-border payments. Founded to deliver the payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today, we are building a programmable, borderless, and compliant money-movement layer that powers transactions between people, businesses, and intelligent systems — enabling banks, fintechs, payroll providers, travel platforms, marketplaces, and other global enterprises to move money instantly, anywhere in the world.

Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with offices in 14 markets and team members across 20+ countries, we take pride in a culture anchored in Keeping It Simple, Making It Better, and Winning Together. 2025 was the strongest year in our 10-year history, with record revenue, record transaction volumes, and EBITDA profitability — and we are now entering one of the most dynamic chapters in our journey. We believe the best work happens face-to-face, and we operate a hybrid model with three in-office days per week to strengthen collaboration, alignment, and innovation.

We move over $50B annually across a network that spans 190+ countries, 100 currencies, and 100 real-time corridors. We power fast payouts to accounts, wallets, and cards; enable local collections in 35 markets; and support card issuance in 34 countries — all backed by licenses across 40+ markets.

With over $300M raised to date, Nium offers ambitious builders the opportunity to shape the future of global money movement — at scale.

As the Director – Regulatory Compliance & MLRO Malta, you will be working as part of Nium’s global, dynamic Compliance team. The Compliance team is responsible for advising the business on all compliance matters and ensuring the regulatory requirements for Malta are met. In addition, this team is also responsible for client onboarding, Transaction Monitoring, and for the detection and prevention of financial crime including, money laundering, and terrorist financing.

Develop and manage Financial Crime and AML methodology to manage all sources of regulatory risk to meet the needs of our Maltese/EU regulators and ensure they remain up to date with all regulatory and international standard

Develop country specific risk assessment highlighting control gaps

Build up compliance reporting as per regulatory and governance requirements and issue internal reports to Senior Management (AML/CTF internal control report, Fraud, periodic internal reports etc.)

Act as a subject matter expert for the business and management on compliance-related matters in Europe

Develop and improve the company’s policies and procedures on an ongoing basis

Lead AML external audits

Perform ongoing risk assessments and horizon scanning for applicable regulatory requirements

Act as point of contact for the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) and law enforcement agencies

Ensure proper regulatory and AML/CFT reporting to MFSA

Assist in to improve and streamline end to end compliance operational processes through automation and technology

Lead the roll out and ongoing management of the Compliance Training Framework

Participating in Compliance or business-driven projects, including regulatory developments and strategic initiatives

10+ years’ experience within regulated companies, in senior compliance role(s) with robust knowledge on Compliance topics (KYB / KYC, AML/CFT, Sanctions etc.)

Good understanding of the Payments/Fintech industry

Knowledge and experience (preferably within Payments/Fintech) in Malta

ACAMS/ICA certified (preferably)

Strong analytical skills with experience in problem solving and being able to implement and deliver solutions

Demonstrate clear sense of accountability in performing the role and a positive demeanour

Ability to identify inefficiencies, see the bigger picture, challenge the current status quo and define scalable and sustainable processes and methodology

Able to prioritize quickly and meet deadlines even under pressure

Strong stakeholder management and communication skills

Team player with strong collaborative qualities

Ability to lead and motivate high-performing individuals.

Willingness to learn continuously and keep up to date with the Payments industry and its regulatory landscape (globally).

Fluent English