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Aspora is a borderless financial operating system founded in 2022, backed by Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, and Y Combinator. The company serves the global diaspora (starting with Indians abroad) with 150+ employees across India, the UK, UAE, EU, and US.
You will lead Aspora's global regulatory compliance function, reporting to the COO and working alongside the Global MLRO. This is a foundational role building regulatory frameworks from first principles for a multi-jurisdictional fintech platform.
Key responsibilities:
- Own licensing and regulator engagement: lead permissions, perimeter analysis, applications and variations with accurate filings and a clear register of regulatory commitments
- Shape products before launch: assess launches and changes against UK PSRs, EMRs and FCA rules; turn horizon scanning into implementation plans
- Hold safeguarding to high standard: challenge design, test evidence, keep the company audit-ready, partner with Finance on reconciliations and governance
- Make customer protection measurable: drive Consumer Duty, fair value, vulnerable customer protections, complaints handling and partner oversight; use outcome data to spot harm
- Own regulatory view on resilience: partner with operations and technology on service mapping, testing, outsourcing oversight, and incident reporting decisions
- Build one global framework: set shared standards across markets, add local differences only where law requires them, bring in local expertise as needed
You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations, Finance and local compliance owners to translate regulatory requirements into working controls and customer journeys.
Requirements:
- Proven track record scaling fintechs: experience helping payments, remittance or e-money businesses grow (in-house or as consultant), with demonstrated impact
- Deep expertise in UK payments and e-money regulation: strong knowledge of UK PSRs, EMRs, FCA rules, safeguarding and customer protection frameworks
- Licensing and regulatory reporting ownership: demonstrated experience owning licensing or variation work, regulatory reporting, and keeping applications, governance and operating reality consistent
- Regulator engagement experience: fluency in regulatory communication; proven ability to handle supervisory questions, inspections or remediation; sound decision-making under pressure
- Multi-market compliance framework building: experience setting standards at HQ level across distributed teams and multiple markets; ability to distinguish legal requirements from habit
- Controls implementation: deep practical knowledge of how controls work in practice; ability to follow gaps through to verified fixes
- Career progression: demonstrated quick progression, growing ownership and real depth; judgment based on work done, not title held
