Our client is a global financial technology organization operating at the forefront of digital financial services. With a rapidly growing international presence, the business provides secure and innovative financial products to millions of customers worldwide. The organization maintains a strong commitment to regulatory integrity, risk management, and operational excellence, working constructively with regulators across multiple jurisdictions. Their culture combines high growth, innovation, and accountability, with a clear focus on building a sustainable and trusted financial ecosystem. Role Overview This is a senior leadership opportunity within a fast-growing global fintech environment. As Global Head of Regulatory Advisory & Compliance Strategy, you will shape and lead the organization’s global regulatory advisory capability, enabling responsible expansion across international markets. You will lead a distributed team of compliance leaders and act as a strategic partner to Product, Engineering, Legal, and regional business teams. The role balances regulatory rigor with commercial enablement, ensuring new products and market initiatives launch compliantly and at pace. This position offers significant strategic influence, global exposure, and the opportunity to define the advisory framework for a scaling financial platform. Key Responsibilities Lead, mentor, and develop a global team of regional and country compliance leaders, ensuring strong capability and effective coverage across jurisdictions. Define and embed the global Compliance Advisory framework, delivering consistent, scalable, and business‑aligned regulatory guidance. Act as the senior escalation point for complex regulatory questions relating to new products, services, and market expansion initiatives. Oversee core advisory activities including regulatory horizon scanning, gap assessments, assurance reviews, and policy development with appropriate local adaptation. Drive the global Compliance Risk Assessment process, ensuring robust methodology, quality inputs, and actionable outputs across regions. Provide strategic oversight of regulatory reporting obligations and standards across markets. Build trusted senior relationships with business leadership and key stakeholders on global compliance matters. Partner closely with Financial Crime, Legal, Risk, and Customer Operations teams to deliver integrated compliance support. Requirements Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Risk, or a related discipline. 10+ years’ experience in compliance, financial crime, or regulatory advisory within financial services, payments, or fintech. Proven leadership experience managing and developing geographically distributed teams. Deep expertise in global AML/CFT and sanctions frameworks (e.g., FATF‑aligned standards). Strong track record of balancing regulatory requirements with commercial and product objectives. Excellent stakeholder management and executive‑level communication skills across regions. High integrity, ownership mindset, and commitment to operational excellence. Advantageous Professional compliance or financial crime certifications (e.g., CAMS, ICA, or equivalent). Experience supporting digital financial products or multi‑jurisdictional financial platforms. Exposure to regulatory environments across multiple international markets. Experience engaging with regulators or external partners in regulated sectors. #J-18808-Ljbffr