Chief Risk and Compliance Officer Job at Uber (London)

Job Responsibility

Ultimate responsibility for overall risk management of UPUK as well as Customer Due Diligence, Anti-Money Laundering and Counter Terrorism Financing programs and ensuring compliance with regulations, good practices by regulators and other relevant prudential requirements applicable to UPUK
Establish and maintain relationship and communication with UPUK's regulators
Finding the right balance of managing robust systems and controls, with enabling business goals
Motivating and leading a risk and compliance team to put a robust risk framework into practice, managing escalations and syndicate compliance across the organisation
Building and maintaining effective controls, incident response and management thereof
Establishing and maintaining relationships with risk owners in other areas of Uber
Maintaining strong relationships with other Uber leadership roles in the UK, as well as with leadership within Uber
Ensuring that Financial Crime management is conducted according to industry best practice
Staying abreast of legislative, regulatory and corporate governance developments that might affect UPUK's operation
Managing and executing reporting and making recommendations
and identifying compliance risks associated with the business activities. Follow up on resolution of compliance issues that may arise
Managing the service provision of risk and compliance processes by Uber
Board member and company director

Minimum 10 years relevant work experience in financial services, payments
Minimum 5 years of leadership experience
Statutory Managing Board, or equivalent, experience
Experience building solutions in a regulated industry in a fast-moving technology-savvy environment
Solid understanding and background in managing risk and governance issues
Experience managing relationships and proactive communication with regulatory bodies
Impeccable judgment, integrity, and ability to set an ethical example
Familiarity with the Payment Services Directive, E-Money Directive, and other relevant financial regulations, approved person regimes, and other relevant prudential requirements

Experience in start up cultures with a focus on efficiency and speed of execution
Ability to simplify requirements to make them easily translatable and relevant to a tech firms operating model