Head of Compliance, France

Circle is a financial technology company at the epicenter of the emerging internet of money, where value can finally travel like other digital data — globally, nearly instantly and less expensively than legacy settlement systems. This ground-breaking new internet layer opens up previously unimaginable possibilities for payments, commerce and markets that can help raise global economic prosperity and enhance inclusion. Our infrastructure - including USDC, a blockchain-based dollar - helps businesses, institutions and developers harness these breakthroughs and capitalize on this major turning point in the evolution of money and technology.

**What you'll be part of**:
Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we're expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values: Multistakeholder, Mindfulness, Driven by Excellence and High Integrity. Circlers are consistently evolving in a remote world where strength in numbers fuels team success. We have built a flexible and diverse work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

**What you'll be responsible for**:
Circle is looking for an experienced Head of Compliance, and Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) to join our growing team in France. In this role, you will be responsible for leading the compliance strategy for Circle France, in the process of being regulated as an Electronic Money Institution and registered as a Digital Asset Service Provider. You will partner with global compliance program colleagues to ensure appropriate local implementation and execution of financial crime and regulatory compliance controls. This role will support local regulatory engagements in the EEA and will serve as Correspondant et declarant. The role will also involve working with a broad range of cross-functional partners, including Finance, Tax, Legal, Business, Policy and other Compliance and Enterprise Risk Management team members to support the regulatory compliance and risk strategy design and implement the day to day functioning of our compliance programs.

**What you'll work on**:

- Support strategy formulation, framework design and execution of our Compliance program to ensure applicable regulatory requirements and our company's risk requirements are being met comprehensively
- Work closely with Compliance, ERM, Legal, Product, Operations and other cross-functional teams to understand the overall business environment and be the single point of contact for the day to day implementation and execution of Compliance policies related to Circle France
- Ensure adherence to all regulatory reporting obligations and responsiveness to any regulatory engagements
- Partner with other leaders to design and implement the entire Compliance framework and system for our business
- Interface with local regulators and other external stakeholders in explaining our Compliance and Risk Management program
- Serve as a main point of contact for Compliance and Risk Management with key stakeholders and partners with respect to relevant technology and operational process designs
- Monitor AML and other relevant regulatory developments, and maintain advanced knowledge of new and amended laws and regulations, and ensure processes are in place to keep the business updated on such developments
- Proactively analyze trends and patterns in alerts for AML and other parts of Compliance and effectively design our program
- Perform oversight over our processing environment to ensure local compliance requirements are being followed as expected
- Develop, maintain and review policies, procedures and processes to ensure compliance with applicable internal, legal and regulatory standards
- Be responsible for coordinating with teams to handle escalations and reporting of suspicious transactions pursuant to regulatory obligations
- Support the AML and Compliance Program through production of key performance indicators (metrics) and other reporting
- Report on and oversee internal and external investigations of money laundering and other financial crimes both alone and in collaboration with other internal stakeholders and outside counsel

**You will aspire to our four core values**:

- **Multistakeholder - **you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
- **Mindful - **you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.
- **Driven by Excellence - **you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals.
- **High Integrity - **you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

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