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Regulatory Compliance Officer

🕒 September 15

🇮🇪 Ireland – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🚔 Compliance

Where this job comes from

Posted on Sylvera's careers page, not through a job board

First seen by Remote Rocketship September 15

Still open on Sylvera's site. Checked 3 hours ago.

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Sylvera

51 - 200 employees

Founded 2020

☁️ SaaS

🔬 Science

🏪 Marketplace

💰 Venture Round - Sylvera on 2024-12

SaaS • Science • Marketplace

Sylvera is a data and analytics platform that provides independent ratings, geospatial earth analytics, and market intelligence for carbon credits and low-carbon commodities. It delivers products like carbon credit ratings, a Market Gateway marketplace, a Biomass Atlas, and facility-level carbon intensity assessments to help developers, buyers, investors and governments evaluate project quality, secure finance, and source lower-carbon supply. Sylvera combines remote sensing and scientific research with SaaS tools to increase transparency and integrity in carbon and commodity markets.

📋 Description

• Support Sylvera’s compliance framework in connection with the ESMA EU ESG Ratings Regulation. • Embed and maintain governance arrangements expected of an authorised ESG rating provider. • Support Sylvera’s ongoing regulatory obligations. • Work closely with the global team to address regulatory issues and ensure compliance. • Advise senior management and the board on regulatory compliance matters. • Provide regular compliance reporting. • Act as a primary point of contact with ESMA. • Manage regulatory correspondence, notifications and information requests. • Monitor developments in the ESG Ratings Regulation, associated Delegated Regulations and ESMA guidelines. • Assess the regulatory developments’ impact on Sylvera. • Develop, maintain and enforce compliance policies, procedures and monitoring programmes, including periodic assessments. • Maintain records demonstrating compliance to ESMA on request. • Identify, manage, mitigate and disclose actual and potential conflicts of interest. • Maintain a conflicts of interest register. • Deliver training to relevant staff on regulatory obligations and policies. • Monitor compliance internally. • Promote a culture of compliance across the Irish entity and wider Sylvera group.

🎯 Requirements

• A minimum of 3-5 years' relevant compliance experience • Is based in Ireland. • Experience developing a regulatory framework within a start-up or scale-up environment. • Working knowledge of the ESMA regulatory framework applicable to ESG ratings including governance, conflicts-of-interest and internal-control requirements. • Experience analysing, assessing and managing regulatory and compliance risks. • Experience designing and implementing effective systems and controls for regulatory and governance. • Experience of engaging with a regulator. • Strong drafting, verbal, analytical and stakeholder-management skills. • Ability to work autonomously while collaborating with a global team. • Familiarity with the voluntary carbon market and/or ESG data and analytics is desirable. • Must be legally authorised to work in the location applied for, as required by the application form. • Visa sponsorship requirements must be disclosed, as required by the application form.

🏖️ Benefits

• Equity in a rapidly growing startup • Private Health Insurance and Life Assurance • Unlimited annual leave - and encouragement to actually use it! • Enhanced parental leave • Up to 20 days paid sick leave • No corners cut in having the best tech to do your job • Access to Mental Health support • Monthly team socials

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