Money Laundering Reporting Officer

**About**: Swan, a European fintech company, is the easiest way to embed banking features into your product. This can be called “Banking-as-a-Service” or “Embedded banking”. We built Swan so that anyone can start embedding banking features within just minutes of visiting our website. Swan is truly fast and easy to use. Swan already has 100+ customers across 10+ European countries, large enterprise and startups alike. They include Carrefour, Factorial, Alma, Pennylane and Agicap. We’re on track to take things much, much further, by expanding on Europe — localizing our product, and internationalizing our team and partner portfolio. Swan has received 58M€ funding from VCs like Lakestar, Accel, and Creandum. We’re a Mastercard principal member and a licensed financial institution, passported across Europe. We have a hybrid remote-work policy, with 150+ Swanees across offices in Paris, Bordeaux, Berlin, Barcelona and Amsterdam Wherever you’re coming from, come as you are We’re open to all kinds of people, from all walks of life. If you’re excited about joining a European fintech adventure, Swan is the way **To learn more about us**:About Swan** ; **Our story**. ***Job description**: Swan’s compliance team keep our banking features safe and secure, and always have to think about the best way to combine multiple areas: business, legal, regulatory, customer support, and more. Swan is both a technology company and a financial services company, and our Compliance team makes these pieces fit together As an Electronic Money Institution, Swan faces many legal and regulatory challenges when conducting its business and operations : Fighting money laundering, protecting clients' funds, working with legitimate partners, etc. Swan is looking for a Money Laundering Reporting Officer to lead our compliance program in regions including DACH, Benelux and Nordics. **Main tasks** - Spearheading regulatory change initiatives in your designated geography. - Serving as the primary point of contact for regulatory bodies in your assigned region, including the BaFin in Germany and the DNB in the Netherlands. - Validating compliance reviews conducted by our team of Compliance Managers. - Investigating the regulatory implications of various business use cases. - Analyzing the compliance aspects of new products and services and furnishing insights to the New Products Committee. - Overseeing local compliance requirements, such as reporting and suspicious activity reporting. - Crafting and refining compliance policies to ensure alignment with regulatory standards. - Approving operational processes with a keen eye on compliance considerations. - Maintaining a vigilant regulatory watch on banking supervision matters. **Your team** At Swan, you'll have the opportunity to join our dynamic compliance team, led by the experienced Lead Compliance professional. Our team, currently consisting of four members, is actively expanding, with ongoing recruitment for two additional team members. The compliance team operates within a department alongside the Risk, Legal, and Internal Control teams. In your role, you can anticipate close collaboration with the Sales and Product Teams, fostering an environment where cross-functional engagement is highly valued. **Preferred experience**: **You’re a great match if**: - You have significant experience (+5 years) in a Compliance position in a financial institution, ideally in a Fintech or another fast-paced work environment. - You have a good knowledge of German banking regulations. Knowledge of regulations in another EEA country is a plus, especially in Spain, Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy, where Swan has branches. - You possess the mindset of a "problem solver": You need to be a creative and resourceful thinker, maintaining a positive and can-do attitude towards challenges and obstacles. - Flexibility to adapt to changing requirements in an evolving and fast-paced environment. - You are fluent in English and German. Being fluent in Dutch could be a plus - Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door. - You need to be based in Germany for this position - ideally in our Berlin office _ It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying - Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief._ - When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area._ **About Swan**: **Perks of being a Swanee**: - VSOP packages available - Flexible remote policy, ask us about it - Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, t