Swan’s compliance team keep our banking features safe and secure, and always have to think about the best way to combine multiple areas: business, legal, regulatory, customer support, and more. Swan is both a technology company and a financial services company, and our Compliance team makes these pieces fit together!
As an Electronic Money Institution, Swan faces many legal and regulatory challenges when conducting its business and operations : Fighting money laundering, protecting clients’ funds, working with legitimate partners, etc.
As our Compliance Officer, you will play a crucial role in ensuring our operations remain in line with regulatory requirements.
✨ Your mission
Here is a snapshot of the responsibilities you’d be trusted with :
Managing Regulatory Changes: Stay ahead of and implement regulatory changes in France.
Regulatory Submissions: Assist in submitting regulatory documents under the supervision of the AMLRO.
Escalation Point: Act as the escalation point for investigations conducted by Compliance Managers.
Business Use Cases: Explore regulatory aspects of various business use cases.
New Products and Services: Assess regulatory aspects of new products and services.
Compliance Documentation: Contribute to the maintenance of our internal documentation, ensuring accuracy and compliance with industry standards.
Regulatory Watch: Conduct regulatory watch on French banking supervision matters to keep the organization informed and compliant.
✨ Your team
The Compliance team operates within a department alongside the Risk, Legal, and Internal Control teams. In your role, you can anticipate close collaboration with the Sales and Product Teams, fostering an environment where cross-functional engagement is highly valued.
✨ You’re a great match if:
You have at least 3 years of successful experience in a Compliance position within a financial institution, ideally in a Fintech or another fast-paced work environment.
You possess in-depth knowledge of the French regulatory landscape. Knowledge of the Italian regulatory landscape is a significant plus.
You have a problem-solving mindset: you are a creative and resourceful thinker, maintaining a positive and can-do attitude towards challenges and obstacles.
You demonstrate flexibility to adapt to changing requirements in an evolving and fast-paced environment.
Fluency in French and English is required.
Our ideal teammate: Empathetic. Skilled. Frank. We love to challenge each other, and we leave our egos at the door.
It’s okay if you don’t tick all the boxes — don’t let imposter syndrome prevent you from applying! 🙌
Swan is committed to providing a caring work environment for all employees, regardless of age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, race, religion, or belief.
When it comes to recruitment, we’re interested in your work experience, skills, and overall personality. Because diversity makes the workplace stronger and is necessary for Swan’s success, we are intensifying efforts to incorporate concrete actions to help us improve in this area.
✨ Perks of being a Swanee:
Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2 days per week.
The best health insurance: Alan 🦭
Swan encourages you to have fun staying fit, thanks to partnerships with Classpass & Gymlib.
We respect your lunch break. Mid-day free-time is sacred and our French office even provides a Swile card to cover your meal on work days. 🥪
Twice a year we go somewhere gorgeous (a chateau, a mountain) where we reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax.
This isn’t a perk, it should be the rule, but diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.
✨ Our values:
Swan’s core values guide our actions daily. Individually, they may seem obvious, but together, they form a unique culture.
Simplicity: Leonardo Da Vinci said: “simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” If something’s convoluted or confusing, we work extra hard to break it down. - Making complex things simple is what we do.
Long Term: We always play the long game, whether it’s to support our partners in their growth journey, or make tangible commitments to climate action.
Excellence: We are a team of experts who consistently go all out to create pixel-perfect banking services and exceed our partners’ expectations— whatever it takes.
Be Human: We believe in the power of kindness and the importance of acting with integrity. But embracing our humanity extends beyond interpersonal interactions, it means caring about greater issues that affect our planet.
You can find out more about our culture.
A 30-min video call with our Talent Acquisition Manager, to get to know you, understand your career expectations and answer your questions
An interview with Chloé, our MLRO
A case study
An interview with our Head of Compliance and Chief Risk Officer
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