Chief Compliance Officer (UAE)
Coins.ph
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Remote
Manager or above
7 months ago
7 months ago
Coins is the most established crypto brand in The Philippines and has gained the trust of more than 18 million users. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, users can buy and sell a variety of different cryptocurrencies and access a wide range of financial services.
Coins is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and is the first ever crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank.
Responsibilities
- Regulatory leadership and governanceÂ
- Own the compliance agenda end-to-end: readiness for VARA expectations, ongoing supervision, and scalable controls as volumes grow.
- Operate as VARA’s day-to-day interface, with the CEO still expected to demonstrate clear judgement and credibility during regulator engagement. Â
- Stakeholder managementÂ
- Establish credibility with VARA early; preference for leaders with prior UAE regulatory engagement—an existing relationship materially de-risks the set-up.
- Act as connective tissue between Dubai market realities andCoins.ph leadership, keeping the build aligned to international expansion priorities. Â
- Leadership expectations
- Builder mentality: hands-on, comfortable with ambiguity, able to create momentum fast from a standing start.
- Commercial + compliance maturity: move fast, but never at the expense of regulatory credibility and control integrity.
Qualifications
- Senior compliance leader (UAE resident) with 5+ years relevant experience and hands-on exposure to regulated financial services environments aligned to VASP / fintech/ payments.
- Comfortable operating as the primary regulator interface, with the confidence and judgement to build credibility early and maintain it as volumes scale.
- Strong senior compliance leader from a comparable regulated environment in the UAE provided they clearly satisfy the experience threshold and can be accepted as a Responsible Individual.
Meaningful Collaborations- The successful candidate will work cross-functionally with other relevant teams to carry out implementations that will improve and create an impact on customer experience.
Scalable Growth - Be part of a fast-growing organization with the vision to expand its territories outside APAC which will provide opportunities for career advancement.
A Space For Bright Ideas - Let your bright ideas be converted into meaningful changes! Coins culture welcomes new ideas backed up by data to create an impact.
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