Regulatory Compliance Specialist

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Addi

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Addi es una empresa de tecnología que busca impulsar y habilitar el comercio digital en Latinoamérica. En Addi queremos que las personas compren lo que quieran, cuando quieran, de forma fácil, rápida y transparente. Como debe ser.

201 - 500 employees

📋 Description

• Serve as the legal guardian for Addi’s transformation into a regulated Financial Company, designing and executing a comprehensive compliance framework (CBJ, CBC) to ensure 100% SFC adherence. • Implement and certify the foundational compliance program against the CBJ and key risk systems (SARLAFT, SARC, PTEE), resulting in zero material regulatory findings from internal audits. • Establish a proactive regulatory change management process for all new/amended SFC circulars, ensuring 100% of internal policies are updated and operationalized *prior* to their effective date. • Design and embed a 'Compliance by Design' sign-off workflow for new product launches and tech features, ensuring 100% of major initiatives are legally sanctioned. • Centralize and digitize the full regulatory documentation and control repository, achieving a 100% 'audit-ready' state within 6 months. • Automate or heavily streamline the preparation and submission for the top 3 highest-volume mandatory regulatory reports, reducing the end-to-end preparation time through cross-functional collaboration.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong experience in Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, or Legal Risk within a SFC-regulated entity (e.g., Bank, Financial Company). • Law Degree (Abogado) with a formal specialization in Financial, Administrative, or Economic Law (Colombian legal context is non-negotiable). • 4+ years of dedicated experience in Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, or Legal Risk within a SFC-regulated entity (e.g., Bank, Financial Company). • Deep, verifiable command of the full regulatory scope, including the Circular Básica Jurídica (CBJ), Circular Básica Contable (CBC), and the implementation/monitoring of risk systems (SARLAFT, SARM, SARL, SAC). • Demonstrated ability to design and implement a new mandatory SFC system (e.g., SARLAFT) from scratch and successfully train the relevant business units on the new procedures. • Proven Ability to Translate Complex Regulatory Norms into Operational Procedures • Converts official SFC concepts (like the Circular Básica Jurídica) into clear, auditable internal controls that eliminate ambiguity. • Drafts and implements Standard Operating Procedures that guarantee compliance integrity and are practical for immediate execution by Product and Tech teams. • Designs necessary control mechanisms and workflow amendments in response to new or revised legislation. • Demonstrates Outstanding Ownership and Legal Viability Guardrails • Takes autonomous, end-to-end responsibility for compliance outcomes, proactively anticipating regulatory risks, and driving necessary solutions. • Acts as a trusted decision-maker and internal consultant, ensuring that all major product and operational choices prioritize regulatory soundness. • Exhibits strong initiative in seeking out potential gaps and developing pre-emptive mitigation strategies ahead of any audit or official mandate. • Has Solid Expertise in Cross-Functional Regulatory Articulation • Proficiently articulates complex legal requirements and their operational implications to non-legal stakeholders (e.g., Engineering, Product Managers) in a clear, concise, and business-focused manner. • Successfully presents compliance findings, necessary actions, and strategic justifications professionally and concisely to leadership and regulatory bodies. • Develops effective training or briefing materials to embed compliance awareness and responsibility across the organization. • Track Record of Delivering Compliance Rigor in a Fast-Paced Fintech Environment • Highly effective at managing concurrent regulatory implementation deadlines and driving assigned tasks to completion autonomously and reliably. • Balances the requirement for meticulous regulatory rigor with the high-speed execution necessary for rapid product iteration and scale-up. • Quickly incorporates urgent regulatory changes into the compliance framework, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing business initiatives while maintaining adherence.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation & meaningful ownership • Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible working arrangements • Professional development opportunities • Stock options