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Head of Corporate Due Diligence

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Who are we? At OpenPayd, we are building a universal financial infrastructure to power the growth of the digital economy.

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Who are we?
 
 At OpenPayd, we are building a universal financial infrastructure to power the growth of the digital economy. Our rails-agnostic approach empowers any business to move and manage money globally - across both traditional rails and stablecoins — at scale, and in real time.​
The OpenPayd platform delivers a suite of banking and payments infrastructure: accounts in over 40 currencies, FX, on/off ramp, international and domestic payments, Open Banking services – all via a single API.
 
A global network of licences alongside our best-in-class tech is why we're trusted by 1000+ enterprise clients to process over $180bn volume annually.
  • Own, maintain, and enhance corporate due diligence–related compliance procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and industry standards.
  • Contribute to the ongoing development of OpenPayd’s risk-based approach to customer due diligence.
  • Oversee the onboarding, periodic review, and event-driven reviews of corporate clients across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Ensure cases are prioritised appropriately based on risk, commercial needs, and regulatory deadlines.
  • Act as a senior escalation point for complex, high-risk, or sensitive due diligence cases.
  • Supervise day-to-day CDD/EDD activities, including client change requests, queries, terminations, and account closures.
  • Lead, coach, and develop a team of due diligence analysts, ensuring consistent quality and efficiency of outputs.
  • Ensure team members are appropriately trained and remain up to date with regulatory developments, internal policies, and systems.
  • Provide hands-on guidance and subject-matter expertise to analysts on complex cases.
  • Work closely with Compliance, Sales, Customer Success, Operations, Product, and Technology teams to ensure alignment between regulatory requirements and business objectives.
  • Liaise with banking partners and third parties to respond to due diligence requests.
  • Coordinate internal and external audits related to customer due diligence and onboarding processes.
  • Identify opportunities to improve onboarding and review processes, driving efficiency while maintaining robust risk controls.
  • Partner with Product and Technology teams to implement scalable, integrated compliance solutions and tooling.
  • Monitor operational performance and recommend enhancements to controls, workflows, and reporting.
  • Significant experience in corporate due diligence (CDD/EDD) within a regulated financial services, fintech, payments, or banking environment.
  • Minimum 10 years’ experience within a business, including at least 5 years in operational onboarding and a leadership role.
  • Proven experience managing and developing teams in a compliance or operational risk function.
  • Strong working knowledge of AML/CTF regulations, including UK/EU/CAD MLRs, AML frameworks, sanctions, and financial crime risk management.
  • Experience overseeing due diligence across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Exposure to regulatory audits, due diligence, and risk assessments.
  • Strong risk-based decision-making and sound regulatory judgement.
  • Ability to balance regulatory rigor with commercial awareness in a fast-growing business.
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • High attention to detail with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
  • Comfortable acting as an escalation point and making defensible decisions.
  • Experience working with compliance systems, onboarding tools, and risk scoring methodologies.

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    January 23, 2026
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