
Teya · London
Hello. We’re Teya. Teya was founded on a simple belief: local businesses deserve better. They are the cafés, restaurants, salons, shops and entrepreneurs that...
Hello. We’re Teya.
Teya was founded on a simple belief: local businesses deserve better.
They are the cafés, restaurants, salons, shops and entrepreneurs that bring character to our high streets, create jobs and keep
communities moving. Yet for too long, financial services has made life harder for them - with clunky tools, poor support and
complexity that gets in the way of running a business.
Teya exists to change that.
We’re building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe - one built around simple tools, thoughtful design and real
human support. Our Members rely on us to help them run their business with confidence, and that responsibility shapes the way we
work.
We move fast. We care about quality. We stay close to the detail. And we believe great performance and genuine hospitality should
go hand in hand.
If you want to build meaningful products, solve real problems and make a genuine difference for local businesses, we’d love to
hear from you
At Teya, we’re building the future of fintech for small businesses, and our Compliance and Financial Crime team is at the core of
that journey. As a Senior Compliance Officer you will strengthen our second-line function, bringing regulatory product oversight
to ensure compliance robustness while enabling growth. You will collaborate closely across first-line Operations, Product, Legal,
and Risk teams to uphold our standards and safeguard integrity in a high-growth environment.
product development to ensure regulatory compliance is built into the design, delivery, and scaling of new offerings. Provide
strategic guidance that balances innovation with regulatory integrity.
practical solutions to meet local compliance obligations, including consumer protection standards and operational controls to
support cross-border growth.
supervisory bodies. Ensure timely, accurate, and complete submissions while maintaining strong relationships with regulatory
stakeholders.
frameworks. Monitor and test business operations to identify weaknesses, drive remediation and implement improvements that
enhance efficiency and reduce risk.
develop actionable internal guidance, deliver training and ensure effective implementation across business functions.
vulnerable customers, complaints handling, operational resilience). Deliver clear, insightful reports with root cause analysis
and actionable recommendations.
regulatory communications.
enhancements to tools, policies, or procedures.
(e.g. SQL, Excel) are desirable.
Teya is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to creating an inclusive environment where everyone regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity or expression,
sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, or background can thrive and do their best work. We believe that a diverse team
leads to better ideas, stronger outcomes, and a more supportive workplace for all.
If you require any reasonable adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process whether for interviews, assessments, or other
parts of the application—we encourage you to let us know. We are committed to ensuring that every candidate has a fair and
accessible experience with us.
ABOUT LENDABLE Lendable is on a mission to build the world's best technology to help people get credit and save money. We're building one of the world’s leading fintech companies and are off to a strong start: * One of the UK’s newest unicorns with a team of just over 700 people * Among the fastest-growing tech companies in the UK * Profitable since 2017 * Backed by top investors including Balderton Capital and Goldman Sachs * Loved by customers with the best reviews in the market (4.9 across 10,000s of reviews on Trustpilot) So far, we’ve rebuilt the Big Three consumer finance products from scratch: loans, credit cards and car finance. We get money into our customers’ hands in minutes instead of days. We’re growing fast, and there’s a lot more to do: we’re going after the two biggest Western markets (UK and US) where trillions worth of financial products are held by big banks with dated systems and painful processes. JOIN US IF YOU WANT TO 1. Take ownership across a broad remit. You are trusted to make decisions that drive a material impact on the direction and success of Lendable from day 1 2. Work in small teams of exceptional people, who are relentlessly resourceful to solve problems and find smarter solutions than the status quo 3. Build the best technology in-house, using new data sources, machine learning and AI to make machines do the heavy lifting About the role: As Compliance Monitoring Officer, you'll join Lendable's Compliance team to help ensure the firm meets its regulatory obligations and delivers good outcomes for customers. You'll design and deliver structured compliance monitoring reviews across the business, identifying risks and gaps, and working with stakeholders to track remediation to completion. This is a hands-on, detail-driven role for someone who understands consumer credit regulation and wants to build a strong second-line assurance function within a fast-moving fintech. You'll report into the Compliance and Governance Manager, working closely with teams across the business as well as external bodies including the FCA and ICO. Your team's objectives: * Deliver a robust, well-evidenced compliance monitoring programme across the firm * Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies at all times * Identify and escalate compliance risks, breaches, or suspicious activity before they cause harm * Provide second-line assurance over the effectiveness of Quality Assurance activities * Keep the business ahead of regulatory change through horizon scanning * Embed Consumer Duty and good customer outcomes across the organisation How you'll impact those objectives: * Design terms of reference, testing logs, and comprehensive final reports for each monitoring review * Present findings to senior management and drive agreed actions to completion * Maintain accurate, audit-ready records across all stages of monitoring activity * Review and validate the effectiveness of Quality Assurance work as second-line assurance * Support regulatory reporting, horizon scanning, and ad hoc compliance advice requests * Investigate and escalate potential breaches or unusual patterns to the right internal and external stakeholders What do you need to succeed in this role: * 2+ years' experience in compliance monitoring within consumer credit, ideally including secured lending products * Solid knowledge of financial services regulation (AML, KYC, GDPR, DISP, CONC, MCOB) * Strong grounding in risk assessment methodologies and compliance monitoring techniques * A 2:1 degree (finance, law, business, or related) plus 3 A-levels at grade B or above; ICA or similar a plus * Sharp analytical skills with strong attention to detail and the ability to interpret data and spot patterns * Excellent written and verbal communication, with the confidence to engage stakeholders at all levels Interview process * Screening stage: * 15 minute remote cognitive exercise * 30 minute Interview with the Talent Partner * A short exercise to complete at home with a 7 day deadline * 60 minute: Remote or in person (if preferred) interview: with Compliance and Governance Manager and Senior Compliance Monitoring Officer. * 30 minute: Final stage interview with the Head of Compliance LIFE AT LENDABLE * Winning team: the opportunity to scale up one of the world’s most successful fintech companies * Flexible working: flexible approach tailored to each role. Hybrid roles require three days in-office weekly; fully remote roles include regular opportunities for in-person connection through socials and off-sites * Socials & connection: opportunities and events to come together, socialise, and get to know each other beyond the office walls * Health coverage: support for your physical and mental wellbeing, including private health cover * Retirement & savings: long-term financial wellbeing through retirement savings plans * Employee referral programme: earn a competitive bonus when you refer successful new team members * Office meals & snacks: enjoy a fully stocked kitchen, plus complimentary lunches prepared by in-house chefs on in-office days at select locations * Sustainable commuting: cycle-to-work and electric vehicle salary sacrifice schemes available in select locations Please note: The availability and details of specific benefits vary by location and role. For more information, please speak to your Talent Partner. Check out our blog!
We're looking for a Legal and Compliance Director / Senior Director to own and build our legal, regulatory and compliance function as GetGround scales its regulated financial services and property investment platform. With ambitious plans to grow into new markets, this is a role for a highly commercial lawyer who has operated at a senior level, built or led a legal and compliance function, and is ready to help further shape the whole thing. You'll shape how a fast-growing business that operates at the intersection of fintech, proptech and wealthtech, manages risk, meets its regulatory obligations, and earns the trust of customers, regulators, and partners, including as we look beyond our current markets. This role reports directly to the COO. THE OPPORTUNITY GetGround has grown significantly since we last hired in this function. We now have £2Bn+ in assets on platform, 30,000+ users across 70 countries, and a portfolio of regulated products spanning mortgages, property management, and investment tools. Our ambition is to keep growing, including into new geographies, and our legal and regulatory function needs to be ready for that. You'll be shaping the function, not just running it. That means continuing to set the strategy, build frameworks that can scale into new markets, support the team, and being the person the business turns to when the stakes are high. You’ll champion the use of AI and legal technology tools across the function, from contract review and regulatory research to compliance monitoring to make us a faster, more scalable team WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING LEGAL LEADERSHIP * Own all legal matters across corporate, commercial, IP, employment, data, product, and fundraising * Drive and support geographic expansion, including navigating legal and regulatory requirements in new markets * Lead and negotiate high-value commercial partnerships, customer and supplier contracts * Advise the CEO and leadership team on legal risk as we launch new products and enter new markets * Manage external counsel relationships and budgets with rigour and commercial discipline * Build scalable legal infrastructure: templates, processes, playbooks, and training REGULATORY COMPLIANCE * Own GetGround's compliance with FCA regulations across all products and markets, including Consumer Duty, COBS, and MCOB * Act as (or appoint and oversee) the Compliance Officer and MLRO, with full accountability for AML, KYC, and financial crime controls * Lead proactive engagement with the FCA and other regulatory bodies, and build the relationships and frameworks that will underpin future market entry * Ensure all regulated communications, marketing, and customer-facing content meet compliance standards * Keep the business ahead of regulatory change, not scrambling to catch up RISK MANAGEMENT * Design and own the enterprise risk management framework, including risk appetite, policies, governance, and reporting. Leading risk identification, assessment, and mitigation across all business areas BUILDING THE TEAM AND CULTURE * Develop and manage a high-performing legal and compliance team as GetGround scales * Foster a compliance culture that enables the business rather than blocking it: pragmatic, proportionate, and trusted * Be a visible partner across every function: Finance, Product, Engineering, Operations, and Marketing ABOUT YOU You are a qualified solicitor with significant post-qualification experience and crucially, you have moved well beyond pure legal delivery. You are deeply commercial, a leader, and someone who can run the whole legal, compliance, and risk function independently. You bring: * Senior legal leadership experience: 6 + Years of PQE experience and experience heading up the legal function * Commercial instincts: you think like a business person first and a lawyer second, and you are trusted by leadership to make calls that balance risk with growth * FCA expertise: deep, hands-on knowledge of operating within FCA-regulated environments, including Consumer Duty, COBS, and MCOB * Compliance and financial crime: proven experience with AML, KYC, and financial crime frameworks, implemented proportionately and pragmatically * International outlook: you are comfortable thinking across jurisdictions and have the curiosity and commercial mindset to help GetGround navigate new markets as our expansion plans take shape * People leadership: you are as strong with people as you are with legal matters, and you know how to build culture, develop talent, and influence across a business * Board-level credibility: you are comfortable advising executives and presenting to boards, and you know how to influence without authority Highly desirable: * Experience with property, mortgage, or investment products * Familiarity with international or emerging market regulatory frameworks * Having held a named FCA-approved person status We know that great candidates don't always match every point on a job description. If this role excites you and you meet most of the criteria, we'd encourage you to apply anyway. What we are building: The first end-to-end real estate investment offering - making the dream of owning real estate more accessible to everyone globally. Diversity & inclusion at GetGround: We encourage applications from all sections of society and we believe in the criticality of an inclusive culture. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other basis as protected by law. * 42% of our employees identify as female or non-specified, 58% as male * 22 nationalities represented across offices in 5 countries * Our work on Design Accessibility * Inclusion is at the heart of our culture - we celebrate and reflect on key D&I and cultural events such as: Black History Month, International Women's Day and Pride For more information on how we store your candidate data, please see our recruitment privacy policy.
WHO WE ARE ABOUT STRIPE Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform for businesses. Millions of companies – from the world’s largest enterprises to the most ambitious startups – use Stripe to accept payments, grow their revenue, and accelerate new business opportunities. Our mission is to increase the GDP of the internet, and we have a staggering amount of work ahead. That means you have an unprecedented opportunity to put the global economy within everyone's reach while doing the most important work of your career. ABOUT THE TEAM Stripe's Financial Crimes, Compliance and Risk Oversight (FinCRO) organization serves as Stripe's second line of defense, ensuring we operate as a responsible steward of the global financial ecosystem. Within FinCRO, the Product Enablement team sits at the intersection of compliance and product — partnering directly with product and engineering teams to build innovative, compliant financial products from the ground up. WHAT YOU’LL DO We’re looking for a Product Compliance and Enablement Advisor experienced in the fintech and payments industry to partner closely with cross-functional stakeholders to design and enhance Stripe’s products in a way that both delights users and meets all relevant compliance obligations. You will embed with Stripe’s product teams, building new and innovative products to help identify, track and implement compliance requirements, while supporting those teams in building and deploying monitoring tools to ensure ongoing compliance. The role provides an excellent opportunity for a talented candidate to deploy their cross-functional product compliance skills in a fast-paced and rigorous environment, enhance their compliance skills, and to carve out opportunities to grow and develop. The successful candidate will gain wide-ranging exposure to Stripe's diverse range of business lines, senior leadership, and the governance and workings of the organization. Responsibilities: * Embed with product teams to provide guidance on compliance requirements during the design and build phases to ensure a compliant go-to-market strategy * Lead product governance efforts on behalf of FinCRO, including documenting requirements and tracking them through implementation * Conduct compliance reviews and product risk assessments for material new product launches and feature expansions * Provide subject matter support as they design and implement workflows, tooling, and reporting * Liaise closely with Regional Compliance Officers and Money Laundering Reporting Officers to support execution of our compliance oversight programs * Inform and educate product and business teams on relevant compliance and regulatory requirements to foster a "compliance-by-design" mindset across the organization * Contribute to building a strong culture of compliance across Stripe’s teams * Leverage AI and agentic tools to scale compliance product enablement — including accelerating product risk assessments, regulatory research and requirements documentation — while maintaining rigorous judgment over AI-generated outputs Minimum Requirements * 7+ years of experience building and managing compliance programs in regulated financial services, preferably in fintech, payments and banking * Experience evaluating emerging products for compliance risk, working with product and business stakeholders to implement creative solutions for compliance requirements, and conducting relevant product risk assessments * Working knowledge of regulatory compliance and financial crimes/AML practices, with a strong understanding of the compliance landscape applicable to a company like Stripe * Proven ability to manage distinct projects and programs, with strong stakeholder management and communication skills * Ability to interpret regulations and regulatory guidance and incorporate them into a comprehensive, proportionate compliance program * Strong written and verbal communication skills — including the ability to translate complex regulatory concepts clearly for non-compliance audiences * Excellent cross-functional collaboration skills, including senior leadership relationships and managing competing priorities * Intellectual curiosity and a willingness to explore unfamiliar markets, product types and regulatory frameworks * Ability to work efficiently and independently in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment * Genuine interest in financial regulation and an eagerness to drive the industry forward through responsible innovation * Demonstrated AI fluency — actively uses AI tools, including agentic workflows, to enhance the quality, speed, and rigor of compliance work; able to critically evaluate AI outputs, iterate on results, and select the right tool for the task rather than defaulting to manual methods PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS * Experience using AI or agentic tools in a compliance or regulatory context (e.g., for policy drafting, risk assessments, regulatory research, or workflow automation) * Experience with stablecoin, crypto, or emerging payments product compliance * ACAMS, CRCM, ICA (Diploma or Advanced Certificate) or equivalent certification * SQL abilities