dLocal is a fintech company building payment infrastructure for global businesses that serve customers in emerging markets. Its platform brings together local payment methods and currencies across more than 40 countries, with services covering payins, payouts, and real-time fraud management. By streamlining cross-border transactions, dLocal helps businesses in eCommerce, shared economy, digital media, financial services, and other sectors reach consumers across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and other high-growth markets.
Regulatory Compliance Assurance Specialist – Hybrid in Malta
Join dLocal’s fintech compliance function in Malta, supporting risk-based monitoring across global payment operations. The role focuses on control testing, remediation tracking, regulatory reporting, and submissions to financial authorities.
Description
- Support the planning and delivery of risk-based compliance monitoring across core business functions
- Record and report compliance gaps, control weaknesses, and opportunities for improvement
- Track remediation plans and follow up to confirm findings are closed on schedule
- Assist with root-cause analysis and thematic reviews to identify recurring issues and emerging trends
- Keep monitoring files, test results, and management responses complete and audit-ready
- Work with internal teams to strengthen compliance awareness and promote continuous improvement
- Help develop monitoring methods, testing scripts, and compliance reporting tools
- Prepare internal compliance updates and reports for senior management and relevant committees
- Assist with drafting, coordinating, and submitting periodic returns, questionnaires, and ad hoc regulatory materials
- Review internal policies and procedures to keep them aligned with regulatory, legal, and business developments
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Economics, or a related discipline
- At least two years of regulatory, compliance, or risk experience, ideally in fintech, financial services, or payments
- Working knowledge of European regulatory requirements, including PSD2, AMLD, MiCA, and related guidance
- Strong organizational and time-management abilities
- Comfort working independently and partnering with cross-functional teams
- Excellent written and spoken English communication skills
- Spanish or another additional language is an advantage
Benefits
- Flexible schedules that combine self-directed focus time with in-person collaboration, depending on the role and location
- Opportunity to work in a fast-moving fintech environment
- Employee referral bonus program
- Work from anywhere while traveling for up to three months each year