Compliance Officer

Shine exists to help freelancers and small business owners reclaim the joy of working for themselves

Running a business shouldn't mean drowning in financial admin - it should be inspiring and rewarding. Our app brings banking, invoicing, accounting and admin together in one place, so entrepreneurs can focus on what matters most: growing their business and enjoying the freedom of working for themselves.

We're a multicultural team of over 500 people across France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands. By bringing together leading European fintechs like Shine, Kontist and Tellow, we've built a single, intuitive platform designed for simplicity, speed and accuracy - backed by local, award-winning support.

Your hiring experience matters

Just as we respect our customers' time, we respect yours. Your experience with Shine should feel simple, transparent and genuinely supportive.

If this sounds like somewhere you want to grow, we'd love to hear from you.

✨ Your Role as a French speaking Compliance Officer

By joining us you'll be part of a team of 5 (including you) and work closely with our other Compliance Officers. As a member of this team, you will have a direct impact on our internal processes and activities in order to keep them compliant with the various regulations that apply to us.

Your responsibilities will include

• Contribute to making sure our non-compliance risk management framework meets our regulatory requirements

• Know how to investigate french accounts and identifying suspicious behavior

• Correct suspicious activity reports to ensure consistency and forward them to the French financial intelligence unit (TRACFIN).

• Provide support to Compliance Officers and Transaction surveillance department in their daily tasks to handle the most complex cases.

• Ensure proper training for new hires and raise awareness across the Group of non-compliance risks.

• Serve as the expert on critical non compliance risks such as AML, FT or Sanctions& embargoes

• Participate in regulatory watch and define the impacts for the Group.

• Ensure the completeness and submission of our regulatory reports.

• Ensure compliance with financial security procedures: alert processing, suspicious activity reports, customer onboarding (KYC), etc.

• Participate in the improvement of processes and tools.

✨ About You

• You have at least 5 to 7 years of experience in compliance and/or legal, ideally within a payment institution.

• You speak French on a native level, at least professional German, and of course our corporate language English

• You have an excellent knowledge of French and European regulations applicable to the banking and payment sector (specially AML directive)

• You are analytical and proactive in proposing improvements to existing processes.

• You are rigorous, a good communicator, and you know how to simplify complex information to raise awareness among teams.

• You are stimulated and excited by teamwork, and you don't hesitate to ask for and offer help when needed.

• You are convinced that Shine can improve the lives of entrepreneurs and truly change the image of banking.

What we offer:

• A role with impact, with an international feeling across several countries

• The chance to take ownership and grow

• A competitive salary, depending on your experience and profile

• A multicultural environment with colleagues in France, Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands

• Nice modern offices in central locations

• Good environment with strong focus on a daily basis to fight against money laundering and financing terrorism

Equal Opportunity Employer We follow the principle of equal treatment to consider all job applicants and do not discriminate based on their gender, sexual orientation, color, racial or ethnic origin, religion, disability, etc. as per applicable law.

✨ Our Recruitment Process

• A first call (45') Talent Acquisition Specialist

• A video interview (45') with Director of Compliance

• A take-home case study that you'll present to us (max prep 3 hours).

• Cultural interviews, PTP (personality assessment) + meeting team members

• Offer! :-)