Compliance Officer iGaming North America

About Paysafe

Paysafe is a leading payments platform with an extensive track record of serving merchants and consumers in the global entertainment sectors. Its core purpose is to enable businesses and consumers to connect and transact seamlessly through industry-leading capabilities in payment processing, digital wallet, and online cash solutions. With 29 years of online payment experience, an annualized transactional volume of $152 billion in 2024, and approximately 3,300 employees located in 12+ countries, Paysafe connects businesses and consumers across 260 payment types in 48 currencies around the world. Delivered through an integrated platform, Paysafe solutions are geared toward mobile-initiated transactions, real-time analytics and the convergence between brick-and-mortar and online payments. Further information is available at www.paysafe.com. 

To help us fuel accelerated growth, we are looking for an experienced Compliance Officer iGaming North America.  This role is based in Jacksonville, Florida and offers a flexible hybrid environment where you will have a blend of three in office days and two remote working days during the work week.

The responsibilities of this position primarily include enterprise compliance program and policy development for the North America iGaming business vertical for our digital wallets and US acquiring business.  This position will develop strategies for compliance risk management and design and implement internal controls, policies, procedures, and training to assure compliance with applicable laws, corporate standards, and third-party guidelines. This position also oversees the iGaming risk assessment process for our digital wallet product as well as supporting the teams managing iGaming initiatives in North America.
 
Key Accountabilities:

• End to end Policy and Program development, delivery and maintenance for gaming payment vertical (Policies, procedures, training, monitoring, assurance)
• Stay abreast of changes to provincial, state and federal iGaming regulations and third party  guidelines, conduct impact assessments and keep teams updated and educated on changes
• Cross functional product support for new or expanding gaming initiatives
• Manage state gaming license regulatory obligations, including license applications, license renewals and license modifications, for multiple Paysafe entities in the US and Canada.
• Develop third party due diligence programs for gaming partners and merchants
• Review and assess acceptability of legal opinions from iGaming operators seeking payment services
• Regulatory outreach, industry outreach & examination support

 
Skills & Qualifications:

• 3-5 of compliance experience in a risk management, compliance, or internal control related function in a multi-national, fast paced complex financial services environment; Preferably working with higher risk market verticals
• 2-5 years of multi state compliance experience in the financial industry working with iGaming merchants or within the iGaming providers is preferred.  Experience in implementing virtual currencies (crypto, utility tokens, security tokens) as funding source for iGaming activity is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability in developing, delivering and managing compliance programs and product controls in a fast-paced industry 
• Demonstrated understanding of end-to-end iGaming regulated vs nonregulated business models, customer KYC processes and related regulatory requirements
• Demonstrated ability to uncover root causes and key risk trends from a wide variety of data sources and create detailed action plans to improve Fraud and AML risk as it relates to Skrill’s gaming vertical
• Strong team player comfortable with matrix reporting lines
• Proficient in English, excellent communication, writing and presentation skills
• Experience with stored value, money transmission, alternative payments, and crypto currency a plus
• CAMS, CFE, or equivalent certification is preferred

  
Life at Paysafe:
One network. One partnership. At Paysafe, this is not only our business model; this is our mindset when it comes to our team. Being a part of Paysafe means you’ll be one of over 3300 members of a world-class team that drives our business to new heights every day and where we are committed to your personal and professional growth. 
 
Our culture values humility, high trust & autonomy, a desire for excellence and meeting commitments, strong team cohesion, a sense of urgency, a desire to learn, pragmatically pushing boundaries, and accomplishing goals that have a direct business impact.  
 
Equal Employment Opportunity
Paysafe provides equal employment opportunities to all employees, and applicants for employment, and prohibits discrimination of any type with regard to ethnicity, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other protected characteristics. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of recruitment and employment. If you need any reasonable adjustments please let us know. We will be happy to help and look forward to hearing from you.