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title: 'Senior Compliance Officer at Trading212'
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# Senior Compliance Officer at Trading212

- **Company:** Trading212
- **Location:** Berlin, Germany
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-07-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/trading212/cf210bc8-ce93-4d95-ade2-5ea9e3e42a50

## Job description

OUR MISSION IS TO ENABLE EVERYONE TO BUILD WEALTH

We reinvent how trading and investing work by creating exceptional products people love.

Fostering a culture of excellence and high velocity is the key to our success.

Over the past few years, our client base has grown to over 5 million, and client assets have grown to over €30 billion.

We're now expanding into Germany and strengthening our Compliance Team to uphold the company's commitment to integrity and regulatory adherence.

## WHAT YOU'LL DO

- Ensure operational excellence in all relevant compliance areas while aligning with BaFin’s regulatory guidelines.
- Provide expert compliance advice on current and future products, services, and overarching compliance topics such as product governance, vulnerable customers, conflict of interest, outsourcing, and conduct risk.
- Support and drive compliance projects, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver results within agreed timelines.
- Oversee the financial promotions review process, ensuring all materials meet regulatory standards.
- Maintain and update compliance policies and procedures, ensuring effective implementation across the organization.
- Build and manage relationships with internal stakeholders, offering tailored compliance guidance to support business objectives.
- Collaborate with the Legal team to manage regulatory interactions, including the relationship with BaFin.

## WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE

- Proven experience in compliance, with a track record of driving operational excellence within a MiFID-regulated firm.
- Educated to degree level in Law, Finance, Business, or a related field.
- Professional proficiency in English, with German language skills considered a strong advantage.
- At least five years of experience in a compliance-focused role, with exposure to senior responsibilities.
- Strong understanding of regulatory compliance frameworks and guidelines, particularly those relevant to BaFin.
- Exceptional organizational skills, with the ability to take ownership and deliver under pressure.
- Experience working in international environments, coordinating across different time zones using digital tools.

## WHAT WE OFFER

- Challenges that will help you grow and realise your potential really fast
- Opportunity to make a big impact - you will build innovative services used by millions of investors to build wealth
- Work with smart, spirited, helpful, high-performing colleagues with a common goal
- An environment where nothing is set in stone
- Appreciation for your talent and ideas
- Generous remuneration package

Bring your ambition to Europe’s fastest-growing mobile broker!

## About Trading212

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Trading 212 is a fintech company that democratises financial markets by offering a commission-free, easy-to-use app for trading stocks, ETFs, forex, commodities, and crypto.
- **Entity Type**: Private (backed by organic growth, no disclosed external funding rounds)
- **Headquarters**: London, UK (with major offices in Limassol, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Sydney, Dublin, Sofia, and Plovdiv)
- **Founded**: 2004 (the company states 2004; some sources reference 2003)
- **Founders**: Not publicly available (the founding team is not named in public sources)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Fintech – stock brokerage and digital investing
- **Target Customers**: B2C retail investors and traders; also serves sophisticated traders through quant tools
- **Mission/Purpose**: “To enable everyone to build wealth” by making financial markets accessible through advanced technology and zero-commission trading

## Products & Services
- **Trading 212 App**: Mobile and web platform for commission-free trading in stocks, ETFs, forex, commodities, and cryptocurrencies. Supports fractional shares, 24/5 trading, and multi-currency accounts.
- **Trading 212 Invest**: Core investing account with zero commissions on real stocks and ETFs.
- **Trading 212 ISA**: UK tax-efficient Stocks & Shares ISA account.
- **Trading 212 CFD**: Contracts for difference product for leveraged trading on forex, indices, commodities, and crypto (offered through CySEC-regulated entity).
- **Features**: 24/7 customer support, fractional shares, instant deposits/withdrawals, social investing (planned), API access for algorithmic trading.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metrics**: Over 5 million lifetime funded accounts; €3+ billion in client assets; 650+ employees (global headcount); 17 nationalities represented
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: No external investors publicly listed (company is self-funded through revenue). Regulatory licences: FCA (UK), CySEC (Cyprus), BaFin (Germany), ASIC (Australia), FSC (Bulgaria).
- **Growth Signals**: Client base grew 20x and client assets grew 50x in the past few years; ranked UK’s #1 trading app since 2016 and Germany’s #1 in 2017; Trustpilot score of 4.6 with over 95,000 reviews

## Competitive Advantages
- **Zero-Commission Pioneer**: First broker to offer commission-free stock trading in the UK and Europe, disrupting the traditional brokerage model.
- **User Experience Obsession**: Built from the ground up with software engineering and product design at the core; consistently top-rated app.
- **Regulatory Trust**: Licensed and regulated in multiple jurisdictions (FCA, CySEC, BaFin, ASIC) with segregated client funds and compensation scheme coverage.
- **Client Support**: 24/7 support with average response time of 29 seconds.

## Strategic Focus
- **Global Expansion**: Opening offices in new markets (e.g., Australia, Germany) and scaling engineering/product teams.
- **Technology Innovation**: Investing in quant trading, crypto infrastructure, social investing, data science, and extreme scalability.
- **Product Diversification**: Expanding beyond core trading into social/community features and advanced algorithmic tools.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: “Ideas over hierarchy” – critical thinking and challenge are encouraged; “Freedom and ownership” – employees own their work and decisions.
- **Team & Diversity**: 650+ teammates from 17 nationalities; hiring exceptional individuals with a collaborative, flat environment.
- **Work Model**: Hybrid/remote-friendly with offices in London, Berlin, Sofia, Plovdiv, Limassol, Dublin, Sydney, and Düsseldorf.
- **Perks & Benefits** (location-dependent): Premium health insurance, sports & wellness package, regular office massages, catered food and stocked kitchen, epic seasonal team buildings, game room in some offices.
- **Engineering Culture**: Heavy focus on product engineering (Kotlin, React, React Native), data science, and infrastructure; open roles for senior/staff engineers and DevOps.

## Sources
1. [trading212.com](https://www.trading212.com/careers) – Careers page with stats, culture, and open roles
2. [trading212.com](https://www.trading212.com/about-us) – About us page with regulatory details and company description
3. [trading212.com](https://www.trading212.com/press) – Press page with key metrics
4. [builtin.com](https://builtin.com/company/trading-212) – Built In profile with headcount, offices, and recent growth data
5. [trading212.com](https://www.trading212.com/) – Homepage featuring product stats and features

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