Chief Compliance Officer (UAE)

3 months, 1 week ago
Contract
Senior
Operations
Coins.ph at Bitcoin Island Retreat 🏝

Coins.ph at Bitcoin Island Retreat 🏝

Coins.ph at Bitcoin Island Retreat 🏝 provides a secure and user-friendly cryptocurrency wallet and exchange service in the Philippines, enabling users to buy Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, send money, pay bills, and load mobile phones with ease, a...

Capital Markets
251-1K
Founded 2014
$40M raised

Description

  • Own the compliance agenda end to end, including readiness for VARA expectations and ongoing supervisory requirements.
  • Serve as the day-to-day interface with VARA and support regulator engagement with clear judgment and credibility.
  • Establish early credibility with UAE regulators and help de-risk the market setup through prior regulatory engagement.
  • Act as the link between Dubai market realities and Coins.ph leadership to keep the program aligned with international expansion priorities.
  • Build scalable compliance controls as business volumes grow.
  • Bring a hands-on, builder mindset to create momentum quickly in a new environment.
  • Balance commercial speed with regulatory credibility and control integrity.
  • Work cross-functionally with relevant teams to implement changes that improve customer experience and support growth.

Requirements

  • UAE resident with 5+ years of relevant compliance experience.
  • Hands-on experience in regulated financial services environments aligned to VASP, fintech, or payments.
  • Experience operating as the primary regulator interface.
  • Strong judgment and confidence to build and maintain regulator credibility as the business scales.
  • Prior UAE regulatory engagement is preferred.
  • Experience in a comparable regulated environment in the UAE is acceptable if the candidate can be accepted as a Responsible Individual.
  • Senior compliance leadership experience is required.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity and building from a standing start is expected.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to join a well-established crypto brand with more than 18 million users.
  • Work with a fast-growing organization expanding beyond APAC.
  • Cross-functional collaboration on implementations that improve customer experience.
  • Opportunity for career advancement as the company scales into new territories.
  • A culture that welcomes new ideas backed by data.
  • The role supports meaningful business impact through regulatory and operational buildout.

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