Principal Compliance Associate at Kraken

<h1><strong>Building the Future of Open Finance</strong><br /></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em">Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry, built to advance an open, global financial system.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><br />Before you apply, we encourage you to explore our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.kraken.com/culture"><u>culture page</u></a> to understand what drives us and how we work.</p><h1></h1><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The team</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are recruiting for a Principal Compliance Associate to support compliance activities across both a Crypto-Asset Service Provider (CASP) and an Electronic Money Institution (EMI), playing a key role within the European-focused Compliance team.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role is suited to a self-starter who is comfortable operating as a strategic partner to the business, with the capability to scale a robust compliance framework in a fast-moving environment.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You will report to EU Compliance leadership and work closely with global stakeholders (Operations, Product, Engineering, Finance, Risk) and Kraken’s broader Compliance teams.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The opportunity</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own and deliver BAU compliance support across IE-regulated entities, including activities subject to CASP and EMI requirements, and relevant conduct and market integrity considerations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Maintain and enhance the IE-regulated entities compliance framework (policies, procedures, governance materials, reporting calendar) to reflect business changes and IE regulatory expectations</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Act as a trusted partner to Product, Design, Engineering and Markets teams to assist them to structure and launch products and services and controls</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead and execute assurance monitoring and testing (risk-based), document findings clearly, and drive pragmatic remediation with accountable owners and timelines</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Support regulatory engagement, including responses to information requests, examinations/audits, and routine/periodic reporting obligations where relevant</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Review and advise on customer-facing communications and mark