💰 🇩🇰 up to 75,000 DKK gross/month (depending on seniority level)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced financial-crime leader to be our registered MLRO / Hvidvaskansvarlig (HVL § 7, stk. 2) for Monta Pay ApS under our EMI license and to lead Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) across Monta, group-wide for the Danish/EEA EMI plus UK and US compliance as those markets scale. The role is registered with Finanstilsynet, so the appointment is subject to a fit & proper assessment as a change of key function holder.

Monta Pay ApS holds an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) license, granted by Finanstilsynet in April 2026. We are now migrating our financial services from Monta ApS to Monta Pay ApS, with go-live planned for Q2 2027. This is the moment the AML/FCP framework moves from build to live operation, and you will own it.

This is a high-profile, senior role. You sit at the centre of our financial-services compliance strategy as we scale, "directly exposed to the fire." You must balance obligations against resources with a risk-based approach, communicate complex issues clearly to senior leaders and the Board, and run your work-streams with strong, solution-oriented project management. In return, you have an outsized impact on how Monta builds and operates financial services compliance, and direct exposure to decision-making at a fast-growing scale-up.

You report day to day to Nick Skovsen, COO of Monta Pay ApS, with direct, independent access to the CEO and executive management of Monta Pay ApS and to its Board and Governance, Risk & Compliance Committee.

Key responsibilities

• Registered MLRO / Hvidvaskansvarlig: Act as the statutory AML-responsible person for Monta Pay under the EMI license. Approve AML/CTF policies and high-risk customer relationships escalated by the first line (PEPs, and business involving high-risk third countries). Receive internal escalations, decide on and file SARs/STRs with the FIU, and be the primary AML contact for Finanstilsynet.

• Own the Financial Crime Prevention framework: Steward Monta's FCP model (our nine-pillar "FC9" framework) covering AML/CFT, sanctions, fraud, and anti-bribery & corruption. Propose the risk appetite and risk-based approach for Board approval and monitor against it, and keep the framework effective and proportionate to our activities, customer types (B2B & B2C), and transaction flows.

• Fraud, transaction monitoring & customer due diligence: Own the frameworks for fraud prevention, transaction monitoring, and KYC/KYB (CDD/EDD, PEP and sanctions screening) across onboarding and the lifecycle (EU and US). Set the rules, thresholds and procedures the Financial Operations team runs in the first line, and assure their quality and effectiveness.

• Sanctions & screening: Set the screening standards (lists, thresholds, re-screening frequency) and assure the quality of first-line alert handling.

• Policy suite, risk assessment & governance: Maintain the AML/CFT policy suite in the Centralised Policy Register (with version control and Board-approval tracking), and own the Business-Wide Risk Assessment (BWRA) and the AML risk assessment underpinning the framework.

• Regulatory reporting: Deliver AML and payments regulatory reporting (for example Section 99 Payment Act, KPSD, AML/CTF returns) and ensure CESOP readiness.

• Technology, controls & assurance: Work with Product and Engineering on case management, screening and monitoring tooling and AI/automation, oversee AML-relevant third parties, and run the internal-controls framework (monitoring, QA, remediation).

• Training, culture & Board liaison: Build AML/FCP training and a strong compliance culture, and advise Senior Management and the Board GRC Committee on financial-crime risk, regulatory change, and performance.

• Build and lead the team: Build out and lead the second-line FCP/AML team as volumes grow post go-live.

What You’ll Walk Into (first 6 to 12 months)

• The foundations are in place; the job is to make them operational for go-live.

• On AML: everything required to obtain the EMI license has been submitted and approved. The remaining gap is operational readiness, and that is the focus: embedding the framework in day-to-day operations and rolling it out with our customers and with colleagues across Monta.

• On FCP: This role brings centralised ownership and direction, consolidating what already exists, formalising it into clear Standard Operating Procedures, and training the relevant teams on them ahead of go-live.

• Concrete early priorities include standing up transaction monitoring and fraud detection, locking v1.0 of the policy suite (Sanctions, PEP, EDD, Outsourcing, and the Sanction-Screening and SAR/STR filing SOPs) into the Centralised Policy Register, building the regulatory-reporting data structure and CESOP readiness, finalising KYC/KYB (EU + US), and securing your Finanstilsynet fit & proper approval ahead of go-live. A structured focus-areas plan accompanies this role.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years (ideally 5+, given this is a registered key-function role) of relevant experience in the prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing, ideally in a licensed EMI, payment institution, bank, or regulated fintech. Comparable experience in public authorities, AML consulting, or other AML-regulated sectors (for example gaming/gambling) will also be considered.

• Strong, current understanding of Danish AML law (Hvidvaskloven) and the EU framework (AMLD/AMLR, EBA guidelines), plus sanctions regimes. Awareness of the incoming EU AML package (AMLR + AMLD6, applying July 2027) is a plus.

• Eligibility to pass a Finanstilsynet fit & proper assessment. Prior approval in a fit & proper / key-function role at an EU financial institution is a strong advantage.

• Hands-on experience with fraud prevention and transaction monitoring, and with the underlying tooling (KYC/KYB, screening, monitoring, case management). Data literacy and comfort with AI/automation are a plus.

• Experience across risk controls, compliance, the payments area, credit management, or lines-of-defence leadership. Fintech/scale-up experience is a plus.

• Strong communication skills, autonomy, and sound decision-making, with the ability to build from a blank page and then scale a function and team.

• Analytical and investigative skills to detect patterns and anomalies in financial transactions and to investigate suspicious activity.

• Danish speaking, or willing to learn (the role is regulator-facing).

• Relevant education (economics, mathematics, law, or financial-sector training) is a plus.

• No prior convictions or legal issues that would make the candidate unfit for the role, particularly offences related to financial crime, fraud, money laundering, or other criminal activities undermining trust and integrity.

If this sounds like you, we look forward to receiving your application.

Why Monta

• Impact, not easy mode — your work matters, and you’ll feel it every day.

• Ownership from day one — we don’t micromanage, we expect you to deliver.

• The grind is real — priorities shift, and flexibility is sometimes needed to get things across the finish line. But so are the rewards: impact, growth, and a team that has your back.

• The people are extraordinary — talented, driven, and fun to work with. You’ll be challenged, supported, and inspired in equal measure

What We Offer

• A yearly education budget and extra days off to use it.

• A friendly and social company culture with movie nights, Friday bars, pub crawls, and more.

• Free lunch every day.

• Pension & health coverage to keep you secure for today and tomorrow.

• Paid parental leave to support life’s big moments.

• Warrants program - be part of our growth story.

• Flexible working hours; as long as you’re at key meetings and delivering great work, we trust you to manage your schedule.

Please send us your application in English.

To succeed in this position, your spoken and written English skills need to be proficient. Since Monta is a globally active company, you’ll be communicating often and regularly with our co-workers and partners around the world, making your professional English knowledge essential.

Please note that we don’t accept unsolicited applications from headhunters or recruitment agencies. Unsolicited applications sent to our company or co-workers are considered to be the property of Monta, and we won’t agree to pay any referral compensation or recruiter fee without a signed agreement.

Find out more by visiting https://monta.com/uk/careers/