UPUK Money Laundering Reporting Officer / Head of Compliance

As an FCA-authorised Electronic Money Institution (EMI), Uber Payments UK (UPUK) is looking for a strategic MLRO and Head of Compliance leader. Operating and registered under the Electronic Money Directive (EMD), this critical role ensures rigorous management and reporting of financial crime while driving UPUK's overarching compliance framework. 

Primary role responsibilities:

• Core MLRO Function: Ensure rigorous delivery of MLRO mandates, encompassing financial crime prevention, suspicious activity investigations/reporting, AML/CTF program oversight, and essential governance and Board reporting.
• Compliance Management and Strategy: Manage, continuously enhance, and operationalise UPUK’s Compliance program and policy framework,  ensuring alignment with current and emerging regulatory obligations. Support the risk assessment and the risk appetite setting process of UPUK in matters related to the Compliance domain.
• Regulatory Framework: Prepare, maintain and review internal compliance policies, procedures, systems, and processes, to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements and guidelines.
• Business Partnership: Foster trust, work closely together and build sustainable relationships with key stakeholders within UPUK and Uber. Provide expert guidance and support to various functions within UPUK and Uber with designing and implementing appropriate processes to support the business in achieving objectives while ensuring overall compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Governance and Reporting: Coordinate Compliance reporting to UPUK Board of Directors, as well as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and other key stakeholders.
• Culture and Training: Manage the Compliance training program for UPUK and build a strong compliance culture across UPUK and relevant Uber teams.
• Audit & Assurance: Coordinate external and internal compliance and regulatory audits and examinations. 
• Talent and Matrix Leadership: Drive execution by coordinating cross-functional teams and internally / externally outsourced activities, while supporting UPUK’s growth through strategic talent acquisition.

What You’ll Need 

• More than 6 years of experience with compliance and/or payments compliance, in an AML / Financial Crime Compliance related role in the UK
• Strong understanding of compliance concepts and experience with operationalising such in complex environments
• Strong sense of ownership, accountability and entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong teaching and mentoring skills, able to effectively grow reports in their careers
• Strong sense of integrity
• Able to drive change and solution oriented
• Great communicator, quick thinker and confident in decision making
• Enthusiastic, self-starting and thrives in changing, agile environments
• Fully comfortable working in English, both written and spoken

Bonus Points if

• Exposure to a dynamic and agile environment
• Exposure to financial technology 
• Experience working with product and engineering teams in a technology set up
• Proven track record of holding SMF16 (Compliance Oversight) and SMF17 (MLRO) regulatory accountabilities.