Head of Compliance & Internal Control

<p class="p1"><strong>ABOUT OUR COMPANY</strong></p> <p class="p1">At Alma, we’re reinventing finance to serve those who matter most: merchants and consumers. Our instalment and deferred payment solutions help merchants boost sales by up to 20%, increase customer loyalty, and deliver a seamless shopping experience — all without encouraging debt. As the BNPL leader in France and active in 10 European countries, we’ve empowered over 23,000 merchants and 9 million consumers. With a team of 350+ and a €115M Series C funding round, Alma is rapidly scaling across Europe — and this is just the beginning...</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>ABOUT THE POSITION  </strong></p> <p><strong>Your mission</strong> will be to lead the Regulatory, Financial Security & Internal Control teams by identifying and evaluating the areas of risk within Alma, defining key policies to comply with regulatory obligations and supervising the internal control framework accordingly.</p> <p>As the Head of Compliance & Internal Control, you will define Alma policies and positioning as a market leader in compliance and Internal control:</p> <ul> <li>Define the top management position on high-stakes compliance and control projects impacting all Alma and/or several departments;</li> <li>Proactively addresses and adjusts for project-related compliance risks and blockers;</li> <li>Sets standards for project quality and ensures alignment with both regulatory requirements and organizational objectives / key battles;</li> <li>Drives a culture of compliance and control by modelling and advocating compliant practices and processes across the company;</li> <li>Builds consensus in the organization, fostering cooperation and understanding of compliance as a shared responsibility;</li> <li>Define Alma’s best practices for compliance and control;</li> <li>Represent Alma as the key contact person at Alma</li> </ul> <p>As the Head of Compliance & Internal Control, you will manage the following teams:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Financial security:</strong> <ul> <li><strong>Supervise the AML-CFT framework,</strong> especially the definition, update and accuracy of the consumer and merchant Risk classification;</li> <li><strong>Oversee the following actions executed by the Financial Security team</strong>: <ul> <li>Definition and implementation of the key KYB and KYC processes with all stakeholders’ teams (mainly Risk & Ops);</li> <li>Treatment of KYB/KYC request escalations;</li> <li>Support and challenge the AML-CFT monitoring operated by Fraud & AML-CFT team;</li> <li>Report of the Suspici