Compliance Specialist (MiFID / Crypto)
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As a Compliance Specialist at Change, you support the daily compliance function within the company's MiFID II and MiCA activities. You join a small, experienced team at a fintech that has operated since 2010, holds a MiFID II investment firm licence, serves approximately 120,000 registered users across Europe, and is among the first CASPs authorised in the Netherlands under MiCA.
What you'll do
- Support practical implementation of MiFID II and IFR/IFD requirements in daily operations
- Help maintain AML/CFT and transaction monitoring processes
- Translate regulatory and supervisory requirements into internal processes and procedures
- Support ongoing supervision and related activities
- Conduct compliance assessments of product changes and new features before launch
- Communicate with the AFM and DNB, including preparing responses to supervisory information requests
- Monitor and ensure internal policies and procedures are followed in practice
- Maintain and continuously improve the company's compliance framework
- Identify potential compliance issues and escalate them to relevant senior team members
- Track relevant regulatory and legislative developments and support their implementation
- Work closely with other teams across the organisation
What you bring
- At least 2 years of experience in compliance, financial services, legal, risk, or a comparable field
- Basic knowledge of MiFID II and AML/CFT with motivation to develop your expertise further
- Ability to understand regulatory and supervisory requirements and translate them into daily practice
- Precise and structured working style
- Curiosity, willingness to learn, and readiness to take ownership of assigned tasks
- Fluent Dutch and English
Nice to have
- Basic knowledge of or interest in MiCA and crypto-related regulations
- Experience in fintech, crypto, or another fast-changing regulated environment
- Experience in an international or rapidly growing organisation
What we offer
- Hybrid role based in Amsterdam
- Competitive salary appropriate for a fast-growing fintech
- Perks and benefits
- Learning budget to develop your expertise
- Significant ownership and direct influence
- Fast decision-making with minimal bureaucracy
- Long-term opportunity to grow with the company
About Change
Change is a fintech investment firm founded in 2010 and a MiFID II investment firm since 2015. It serves approximately 120,000 registered users across Europe through an investment app for retail traders in crypto and CFDs on equities, indices, currencies, gold and oil. Change is among the first CASPs authorised in the Netherlands under MiCA.
