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TrueLayer is Europe's fastest-growing Pay by Bank network, enabling smarter, safer, and faster payments by combining real-time bank payments with financial and identity data. The company operates across 22 countries with over $300 million in funding from investors including Stripe, Tiger Global, Northzone, and Tencent. Trusted by industry leaders like Ryanair and Just Eat Takeaway, TrueLayer is expanding rapidly across offices in London, Milan, and Dublin.
The Head of Compliance (PCF-12) is a senior leadership role responsible for the strategic direction and operational execution of the compliance framework. This individual holds the primary regulatory relationship with the Central Bank of Ireland and ensures TrueLayer remains fully aligned with evolving regulatory requirements.
Key responsibilities include: serving as the primary point of contact for the CBI and EU authorities, managing all regulatory engagements and filings; defining and executing the compliance roadmap and overseeing the firm's compliance framework, policies, and controls; providing the Board and Executive team with guidance on regulatory requirements and compliance implications of business developments; overseeing second-line compliance monitoring programs to ensure controls function effectively; maintaining and enhancing the firm's compliance policies; overseeing regulatory reporting to ensure accuracy and timeliness; developing and overseeing comprehensive compliance training programs to embed a culture of compliance; monitoring the European and Irish regulatory landscapes for legislative shifts; collaborating on AML/CFT processes, sanctions, and fraud prevention; and serving as the primary compliance lead for internal audits and third-party engagements.
The ideal candidate demonstrates a can-do attitude with willingness to be hands-on in a scaling environment, operates effectively within management teams and with Board-level stakeholders, proactively identifies improvement areas, and is comfortable building processes from the ground up. Particularly valuable experience includes managing third-party service delivery aligned with CBI and DORA regulatory mandates, implementing outsourcing and operational resilience frameworks, deploying AI-driven tools to optimize workflows, and scaling regulated operational infrastructure in fast-paced fintech environments.
This is a Pre-Approval Controlled Function (PCF-12) under the Central Bank of Ireland's Fitness & Probity regime and is subject to regulatory approval.
