Senior Compliance Officer

Adyen provides payments, data, and financial products in a single solution for customers like Meta, Uber, H&M, and Microsoft - making us the financial technology platform of choice. At Adyen, everything we do is engineered for ambition.

For our teams, we create an environment with opportunities for our people to succeed, backed by the culture and support to ensure they are enabled to truly own their careers. We are motivated individuals who tackle unique technical challenges at scale and solve them as a team. Together, we deliver innovative and ethical solutions that help businesses achieve their ambitions faster.

Our fast-paced FEC Governance Team (part of the wider AML Compliance Team) is looking for a FEC Counsel with solid experience in Financial Economic Crime (FEC) matters. The FEC Governance Team is tasked with keeping track of regulatory developments, digesting and translating them into actionable guidance, maintaining and enhancing the FEC policies and procedures, and conducting the enterprise‑wide integrity risk assessment across the Adyen Group.

For this position, we are specifically seeking a candidate with strong expertise in US FEC regulatory frameworks, particularly OFAC sanctions and AML/CFT requirements, who can translate these into practical guidance for a global business.

• Identify and interpret (new) obligations under applicable US and international laws and regulations related to Financial Economic Crime, including sanctions, anti‑money laundering (AML), and countering the financing of terrorism (CFT);
• Provide counsel on US sanctions regimes (including OFAC regulations, Executive Orders, and related measures), with particular attention to potential secondary sanctions risks for non‑US affiliates, customers, or counter parties;
• Translate identified obligations into relevant policies and procedures to be effectively communicated and implemented across the business, ensuring alignment with both US requirements and Adyen’s global framework;
• Perform integrity risk assessments in accordance with applicable triggers, assess impact (including potential US sanctions violations), and coordinate follow‑up actions in line with the overall integrity risk assessment process;
• Support and advise in connection with regulatory inquiries, external and internal audits, and interactions with US and other relevant supervisors;
• Represent the wider AML Compliance Team on a variety of work streams to establish governance strategies that align with global objectives and ensure controlled and compliant growth; and,
• Consider opportunities and risks from a variety of angles to achieve compliant solutions that align with commercial and strategic objectives.

• You have 5+ years of relevant experience in a compliance and/or regulatory function within the financial services or payments industry, and/or at a US regulatory agency;
• You possess strong knowledge of US FEC laws and regulations, including OFAC sanctions, AML/CFT, and related enforcement frameworks, with the ability to place these in an international context;
• You have excellent research, analytical, critical thinking and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to assess FEC risks and propose practical, business‑oriented solutions;
• You have strong interpersonal and communication skills. Specifically, you are able to liaise and connect with a wide variety of internal and external stakeholders, and you can draft a wide range of documents with precision, sensitivity to audience, and a focus on clear messaging;
• You have an affinity for technical details related to FEC compliance, including sanctions screening, geofencing, transaction monitoring controls, and data‑driven approaches to risk management;
• You have a strong sense of initiative, independence, and ownership, while also being a people person who enjoys collaborating across levels of seniority, cultures, and backgrounds; and,
• You have a strong ability to adapt to a dynamic and fast‑paced environment, being able to handle continuous changes and strict deadlines by working in an organised manner; and,
• You hold a US Bar membership in good standing.

Please note that this role is…