dLocal is a leading cross-border payment processor specializing in emerging markets across Latin America, Asia, and Africa. The company provides a single API platform that enables global enterprise merchants to accept and send payments using local methods, serving major tech giants like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. As a publicly traded company on NASDAQ, dLocal operates at a massive scale, facilitating complex financial transactions in high-growth regions. In Spain, dLocal maintains a strategic hub in Madrid that serves as a key center for its European and global operations. The company is highly relevant for international professionals due to its multicultural workforce and English-centric business environment. Their Madrid office offers a dynamic fintech atmosphere where employees work on global-scale infrastructure, making it an ideal destination for expats looking to build a career in international finance and technology.

Founded in 2016 in Montevideo, Uruguay, dLocal was created to solve the complexity of payments in emerging markets. It became Uruguay's first unicorn in 2020 and successfully launched its IPO on NASDAQ in 2021.

Regulatory and Licensing Officer - EMEA (francophone countries )

dLocal

Requirements

What skills do I need?

1. Advanced degree in (preferably) law, compliance, finance, or a comparable study.

2. 5+ years experience in a regulatory or compliance officer role or legal advisor.

3. You are fluent in English and French(written and spoken) is mandatory.

4. Experience gained in an international company, Payments, financial institution, or law firm is a must.

5. Highly analytical with strong attention to detail.

6. Professional, flexible, and highly responsible and hands-on.

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What's the opportunity?

As our Regulatory and Licensing Officer based in with the Francophone African region, you will support all Compliance and Regulatory matters related to Dlocal's business and operation and will help maintain oversight for Dlocal's legal entities. In this role, you will help enable business growth while serving as a gatekeeper to prevent regulatory, legal, and reputational harm.

What will I be doing?

1. Provides legal knowledge and expertise on financial, payments, and fintech regulations in MENA countries.

2. Provide effective advice to all the internal teams to find solutions and identify potential risks on implementing the regulatory requirements for Dlocal's entities, advising in any regulatory impact from the initial stage to the end, enabling the business to scale and grow.

3. Advice relevant stakeholders in identifying laws and regulations that could impact to the company, training on material and method to be used, assessing training competence, and monitoring adherence to and compliance with training plans.

4. Advise line management on possible legal and regulatory impact across all divisions of regulatory developments and trends while highlighting potential revenue generation/cost-saving opportunities.

5. Liaising with relevant stakeholders across Dlocal´s business divisions to drive compliance with identified regulatory and statutory requirements and obligations.

6. Supporting activities to create company-wide awareness of regulatory and statutory requirements and the importance of complying with these requirements.

7. Contribute to drafting company policies and internal processes.

8. Maintaining a compliance calendar and submitting legal and regulatory returns when due, in collaboration with the respective teams.

9. Assess and continuously advise the respective departments on AML & CFT, Data Privacy, and fintech regulations.