Compliance Officer – France (m/f/d) in Paris

Role Overview

We are looking for a Compliance Officer to drive financial crime compliance for our French branch .

You will own suspicious activity reporting to Tracfin, act as the local point of reference for AML/CFT matters, and work hand in hand with our Fin Crime Operations team on investigations, escalations and quality while closely working with Group Compliance with regulatory matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Review cases escalated by Fin Crime Operations, decide whether a déclaration de soupçon is required, and keep an auditable record of every decision, including non-filings.
• Draft, quality-check and file SARs with Tracfin via ERMES within regulatory timelines, and handle droit de communication requests and follow-ups.
• Act as déclarant and correspondant Tracfin for the branch, once designated.
• Be the escalation point for complex cases involving French customers or French-specific typologies, and help raise the bar on investigation quality and case narratives.
• Contribute to transaction monitoring tuning, alert typologies and red-flag guidance for the French market.
• Support asset-freeze and sanctions escalations under the French national regime (DG Trésor).
• Make sure group AML/CFT policies meet French requirements (Code monétaire et financier, ACPR guidance) and flag gaps.
• Contribute to the French branch risk assessment and annual regulatory reporting, including the ACPR AML/CFT questionnaire.
• Track French regulatory changes and AMLA/AMLR developments, explain their operational impact, and train local staff and analysts on French specifics.
• Prepare for and progressively lead exchanges with the ACPR and Tracfin, including inspections, information requests and remediation.
• Report key metrics and risks to the Head of Fin Crime Operations and Group Compliance.

Requirements

• 3+ years in product management, including meaningful experience applying LLM / agentic AI to digital products.
• Experience in B2B/B2C fintech or another regulated digital product.
• Proven ownership of client-facing platforms (mobile and/or web) from discovery through delivery.
• Strong grasp of UX and customer-journey design; able to reduce friction in complex flows.
• Fluent in product analytics; comfortable defining metrics and making data-driven decisions.
• Skilled in both qualitative and quantitative research (interviews, usability testing, experimentation).
• Track record of shipping with Design and Engineering in an agile environment.
• Experience with automation, AI, or workflow / CRM platforms.
• Excellent stakeholder management across technical and non-technical functions.
• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Nice to Have
• Familiarity with regulated customer journeys (for example KYC/AML or similar).
• Exposure to product-led growth and adoption strategies.
• Experience serving SME / SMB customers alongside consumer segments.
• Hybrid or remote way of working.

Benefits & Perks

• Learning & development budget to support your professional growth.
• Fully paid vacation and sick leave.
• Real growth prospects, significant responsibility, and the ability to make an immediate impact from day one.
• AI-first culture - we use it every day, not just talk about it.
• Hybrid or remote way of working.
• Company Culture

If you're looking for an exciting new opportunity to make an impact in the world of finance, Vivid is the perfect place for you.

Join our talented team of professionals and help us revolutionize how people and companies think about their money!

Final compensation is determined individually, based on your experience, skills, and the scope of the role, assessed against objective, gender-neutral criteria.

At Vivid, we're on a mission to change how businesses and individuals manage their money across Europe.

For businesses, we build tools that actually make a difference: multi-IBAN accounts, high-yield savings, business cashback, team cards, and accounting integrations that save real time - all in one place.

And for individuals, we offer a simple way to manage and grow your wealth: access to global stocks, ETFs and 150+ cryptocurrencies, cashback, and personalised financial insights.

Our mission?

Your success.

Everyone deserves the chance to see their finances flourish, and we're dedicated to empowering our customers to make this a reality.

Founded in 2019 in Berlin by Alexander Emeshev and Artem Iamanov, Vivid has quickly grown into one of Germany's top financial platforms for SMEs and private accounts.

Since then, we've expanded rapidly across Europe, earning the trust of over 500,000 customers - and with over €200 million raised and a valuation of €775 million, we're just getting started.

We're building Vivid as an AI-native organization - across every function, from product to compliance to operations.

Automation handles a growing share of day-to-day execution.

For us, this means our teams can focus on architecture, strategy, and high-impact decision-making.

This changes how we work: less manual execution, more ownership in building systems that scale.

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