Regulatory Compliance Manager
"About The Role"
About This Role
VALR is looking for a Regulatory Compliance Manager to help the business navigate complex and fast-moving financial services regulation across its operating jurisdictions. The role involves researching laws globally, drafting legal opinions, monitoring regulatory developments, and supporting engagement with regulators to keep VALR's compliance frameworks current and sound.
What You'll Be Doing
Research complex financial services laws globally, including payment frameworks, data privacy, and crypto, virtual and digital asset regulation.
Draft clear legal opinions and risk assessments on how existing and emerging laws apply to current operations and new products, covering product viability, licensing thresholds and multi-country operational risk.
Analyse ambiguous or fast-evolving laws and turn them into concrete legal strategies for product design.
Translate legal findings into practical, plain-language guidance for Product, Engineering and other non-legal teams.
Track bills, consultation papers and updates from financial regulators, central banks and government bodies.
Identify regulatory shifts early and assess their strategic and operational impact on VALR.
Prepare regular horizon-scanning reports and briefs for executive leadership to inform long-term strategy.
Draft and coordinate VALR's responses to regulatory consultations and industry comment submissions.
Develop, record and manage Compliance Risk Management Plans (CRMPs) for the VALR Group.
Support engagement with regulators — including the FSCA, FIC, CIMA, MFSA, CMA and CBK — on information requests, regulatory returns and licence conditions.
Support regulatory inspections, audits and inquiries by compiling sound documentation and compliance records.
Update compliance policies, frameworks and procedures to reflect newly enacted laws and regulations, and track their implementation across the business.
Train internal teams on upcoming regulatory changes to build a strong culture of compliance.
What We're Looking For
At least 5 years' legal and/or compliance experience, preferably at a crypto asset service provider, fintech, tech-focused financial institution, or the financial services practice of a top-tier law firm.
A Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree or equivalent legal qualification.
Strong knowledge of financial services regulation relevant to VALR, including crypto asset and VASP regulation, digital payments, banking-as-a-service, open banking, AML/CFT and data protection laws.
A proven track record of drafting formal legal opinions that balance legal compliance with business agility.
Exceptional research skills using legal databases and primary regulatory sources to uncover nuanced legal positions.
Ability to analyse ambiguous, newly drafted or fast-evolving regulation and extract concrete business impacts.
Bonus Points
A professional compliance certification, such as one offered by the Compliance Institute Southern Africa or an international equivalent.
Experience across VALR's jurisdictions and regulators — South Africa (FSCA, FIC), Kenya (CMA, CBK), Malta (MFSA) and the Cayman Islands (CIMA).
Ready to Apply?
To submit your application for this position, please visit VALR's official website and follow their application process.