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# Global Vertical Head of Regulatory Compliance – Financial Institutions at Nium

- **Company:** Nium
- **Location:** London, United Kingdom
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-04-02
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-05
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/nium/57c4c34e-0516-4c48-93fc-295d129a699d

## Job description

Nium provides global infrastructure for real-time cross-border payments. We were founded on the mission to deliver the global payments infrastructure of tomorrow, today. Our platform enables banks, fintechs, and global businesses to move money instantly, everywhere. Co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore with offices in 14 markets worldwide, we are entering one of the most exciting chapters in our journey. In March 2026, we delivered the largest month in our 11-year history with record revenue, record volumes, and EBITDA profitability. Today, Nium moves nearly $60B in payments annually, almost entirely for enterprises, while continuing to strengthen an already healthy balance sheet. It is an incredible time to join us, and we are only just getting started. Our payout network spans 190+ countries and 100 currencies, with 100 + corridors in real time. We power seamless transfers to accounts, wallets, and cards, support local collections in 35 markets, and as a principal card issuer on Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and UATP, Nium issues over 50 million card tokens every year. Backed by regulatory licenses in 40+ markets, we make it simple for our partners to onboard, integrate, and scale globally. This scale and innovation have earned us recognition as one of CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2025, winner of Best Cross-Border Payments Solution at the PayTech Awards, and inclusion in FXC Intelligence’s Top 100 Cross-Border Payments Companies list. In 2024, we raised US$50 million in Series E funding at a US$1.4 billion valuation to accelerate network expansion, product innovation, and talent growth. With the B2B payments market projected to hit US$175 trillion by 2030, Nium offers ambitious builders the chance to shape the future of global money movement with the scale of a leader and the energy of a high-growth company.

## About the Role

As the Global Vertical Head of Regulatory Compliance for the Financial Institutions segment, you will be working as part of Nium’s global, dynamic compliance team. This role will lead the compliance strategy for Financial Institution businesses and is responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the compliance framework. You will ensure that product innovation and commercial expansion are supported by robust, scalable compliance controls.

## Responsibilities

- Compliance Strategy & Framework Development: Work with MLROs for various licensed entities to design and operate a comprehensive compliance framework for FIs, covering AML/CTF, sanctions, KYC/KYB, and transaction monitoring, tailored to financial institutions.

- Commercial & Product Advisory: Proactively partner with sales, marketing, and product teams to embed compliance-by-design into new products, services, and expansion initiatives.

- Regulatory Commercialization: Translate global regulatory changes (e.g., stablecoin settlement, AI-driven payments) into actionable commercial opportunities for the FI vertical.

- Risk Assessments: Conduct regular risk assessments and internal audits of commercial activities to identify vulnerabilities.

- Due Diligence: Strengthen due diligence processes for third-party relationships.

- Contractual Review: Support legal teams in reviewing high-risk commercial contracts to ensure compliance with trade controls and anti-bribery laws.

- Monitoring & Surveillance: Implement automated monitoring, trade surveillance, or reporting systems to detect potential violations.

## Requirements

- Fintech Veteran: 10+ years in compliance, with deep expertise in cross-border payments, commercial banking or fintech. Experience in compliance within a complex international financial institution or for financial institution businesses.

- Commercial Mindset: You view compliance as a foundational product feature that helps win deals, not a barrier that stops them.

- Global Navigator: Expert knowledge of global regulatory frameworks in major markets, including Singapore, United Kingdom, Europe, North America.

- Tech-Forward: Comfortable working with AI-native tools and stablecoin settlement rails.

- Technical Knowledge: Deep expertise in international banking regulations, AML/KYC requirements, market conduct rules, and institutional product knowledge.

- Hands-on Capability: Proven experience implementing compliance technology solutions (automation, transaction monitoring) rather than just advisory roles.

- Leadership Presence: Strong ability to influence senior management and work effectively with cross-functional teams (Legal, Risk, Product).

## What we offer at Nium

We Value Performance: Through competitive salaries, performance bonuses, sales commissions, equity for specific roles and recognition programs, we ensure that all our employees are well rewarded and incentivized for their hard work.

We Care for Our Employees: The wellness of Nium’ers is our #1 priority. We offer medical coverage along with 24/7 employee assistance program, generous vacation programs including our year-end shut down. We also provide a flexible working hybrid working environment (3 days per week in the office).

We Upskill Ourselves: We are curious, and always want to learn more with a focus on upskilling ourselves. We provide role-specific training, internal workshops, and a learning stipend.

We Celebrate Together: We recognize that work is also about creating great relationships with each other. We celebrate together with company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, team offsites, and much more!

We Thrive with Diversity: Nium is truly a global company, with more than 33 nationalities, based in 18+ countries and more than 10 office locations. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to providing a safe and welcoming environment for everyone.

Beware of recruitment scams: Be cautious of individuals impersonating Nium via WhatsApp, social media, email or unofficial websites. Do not respond, share personal or financial information, or make any payments. Nium will never ask candidates to transfer money or cryptocurrency as part of our recruitment process.

## About Nium

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Nium provides a global real-time payments infrastructure that enables businesses to collect, convert, and disburse funds across borders instantly.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series E, $314M total funding)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Prajit Nanu (CEO)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Fintech, Cross-Border Payments, Card Issuance
- **Target customers**: B2B – banks, fintechs, payroll providers, travel companies, marketplaces, AI platforms, and other businesses needing global payment capabilities.
- **Mission**: "To build the first global infrastructure for real-time payments."
- **Vision**: "A world where money moves instantly to everyone, everywhere."

## Products & Services
- **Multi-Currency Accounts**: Manage, hold, and convert funds in multiple currencies from a single platform.
- **Global Payouts**: Deliver funds to bank accounts, cards, or wallets across 190+ countries, with real-time capability in over 100 markets.
- **Nium Verify**: Instant bank account verification across 50+ countries to reduce failed payments.
- **Global Card Issuing**: Issue physical and virtual cards in 34+ countries, processing 41+ million card tokens annually.
- **Stablecoin-Backed Cards**: An end-to-end suite connecting digital assets to real-world payments.
- **Nium API**: A powerful, easy-to-use API for automation and growth, with comprehensive documentation and code snippets.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Not publicly disclosed (last raised a $50M Series E extension in September 2024, per reports).
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of $314M.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include Visa, Bpifrance, Global Founders Capital, Vertex Ventures, and others. Partners include leading names in banking, travel, payroll, and blockchain.
- **Growth Signals**: Processes $60B+ in annual transaction volume. Named to CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies 2024 and Forbes Fintech 50 for two consecutive years. Increased headcount by 6.7% YoY (639 employees). Secured a Type 1 Funds Transfer License from Japan's FSA and was approved as a Registered Financial Service Provider in New Zealand in 2024. Serves 1,000+ customers.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Regulatory Moat**: Holds licenses and authorizations in 40+ countries, a significant barrier to entry for competitors.
- **Broad Reach**: Payout network spans 190+ markets in 100+ currencies, with 100+ real-time markets.
- **One-Stop Platform**: Combines multi-currency accounts, payouts, card issuing, and verification in a single API, replacing multiple legacy systems.
- **First-Mover in Digital Assets**: Pioneered stablecoin-backed cards and a full suite connecting digital assets to real-world payments.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding regulatory footprint (e.g., Japan, New Zealand, Australia), deepening stablecoin/blockchain infrastructure, and scaling its card issuance business. The company is focusing on enabling on-demand payments for the new workforce (gig workers, creators) and embedding compliance as a competitive advantage.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Emphasizes three core values: "Keep It Simple," "Make It Better," and "Win It Together." Has a strong "Women @ Nium" community and a stated commitment to diversity and inclusion.
- **Work policy**: Hybrid – most team members are in the office 3 days per week globally.
- **Perks & Benefits**: Competitive salary and bonus plans, comprehensive benefits, generous parental leave, global socials and team-building events, year-end company-wide time off, peer and company recognition programs, and a learning and development stipend.
- **Global Environment**: A workforce distributed across 26 countries with offices in San Francisco, Singapore, the UK, the Netherlands, India, Malta, and more. Opportunities for global career mobility.
- **Engineering & Product Focus**: CEO Prajit Nanu leads product strategy, and the company is building next-generation payments infrastructure at scale, offering the chance to work on high-impact, real-time systems.

## Sources
1. [nium.com](https://www.nium.com/about-us)
2. [nium.com](https://www.nium.com/)
3. [nium.com](https://www.nium.com/careers)
4. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/nium-global)
5. [jobs.lever.co](https://jobs.lever.co/nium)
6. [crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/nium) (implied via funding data)
7. [forbes.com](https://www.forbes.com) (cited as "Forbes Fintech 50")
8. [cnbc.com](https://www.cnbc.com) (cited as "CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies")

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