Regulatory Compliance Officer

About Deblock: Deblock is an innovative, fast-scaling digital finance platform transforming the Electronic Money Institution (EMI) and cryptocurrency sectors across the European Union. Operating at the frontier of Web3 compliance and modern banking, we combine traditional asset protections with distributed technology. Deblock values an agile culture built on high accountability, cross-border autonomy, and structural transparency, offering top-tier remote benefits designed for builders who take pride in outsmarting adversaries and safeguarding financial ecosystems.

Position Overview

We are seeking a highly analytical, strategically minded Regulatory Compliance Officer to lead and scale our financial crime, AML/CFT, and compliance governance frameworks from within France. In this business-critical role, you will take absolute technical ownership of our post-sales compliance matrix—ensuring all multi-border activities strictly align with French and EU regulatory boundaries. Serving as a primary authority within our Second Line of Defence (2LoD), you will critically review product features, challenge first-line compliance controls, and maintain direct communications with regulatory bodies. This position demands a legal or financial champion who can fluidly translate complex legislative texts into concrete workflows for our engineering and product squads.

Key Responsibilities

• Compliance Framework Governance: Maintain, execute, and continually optimize the core compliance framework, internal policies, and operational controls across the enterprise.
• Second Line of Defence (2LoD) Oversight: Run the annual compliance plan and perform thematic reviews focusing on conduct risk, actively challenging first-line AML/CFT implementations.
• Regulatory Workflows Translation: Analyze shifting French and EU financial crime regimes, converting dense legal texts into actionable requirements for product and developer teams.
• Regulatory Advisory Support: Act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior management regarding product change initiatives, onboarding governance, and compliance exposure.
• Authority Relations & Reporting: Serve as a direct point of contact for financial regulatory authorities, managing documentation requests, inquiries, and timely reporting within the France/EU scope.
• Change Management Tracking: Own and scale our Regulatory Change Management system, ensuring upcoming legislative shifts are mapped to internal owners and deployed ahead of deadlines.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• A verified professional qualification from an internationally recognized compliance body (such as **ICA or ACAMS**).
• Deep, practical technical knowledge of the French and EU regulatory landscapes, with specific experience handling **EMI (Electronic Money Institution) or Crypto/Web3 assets**.
• Proven tracking background managing cross-border regulatory compliance architectures for financial entities operating across multiple EU borders.
• Language Fluency: Native-level command of **French** (for legal interpretation and regulatory reporting) combined with full professional **English** proficiency for group-level documentation.
• A Master’s or advanced degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration, or an equivalent quantitative discipline.
• Location Context: 100% remote-first full-time operational flexibility restricted exclusively to qualified compliance professionals permanently located inside France.

Preferred Strategic Indicators (Nice to Have)

• Prior asset management or compliance tracking history operating across additional European jurisdictions (fluency in **German** is highly preferred).
• Familiarity navigating cloud-native fintech auditing environments or collaborating directly with software engineering teams.

What We Offer

• The exceptional professional runway to govern the compliance blueprint for a fast-growing digital finance and crypto pioneer.
• Highly competitive base salary tiers supplemented by a lucrative corporate stock options sign-on bonus.
• Complete work-from-home remote independence backed by a 4-month per year global work-from-abroad flexibility allowance.
• Generous paid time off bracket encompassing 30 days of paid holidays (excluding local bank holidays).
• Direct access to top-tier hardware and premium tech infrastructure setups to guarantee seamless remote execution.