Head of Compliance and AML

BUILD THE COMPLIANCE FOUNDATION FOR ONE OF DENMARK’S FASTEST GROWING FINTECHS At Endavu, we are building a new generation of investing. Our goal is to make investing as easy as listening to music on Spotify. We have built what we believe is one of the world’s strongest platforms for stock trading, offering fractional shares, extended trading hours, and access to 30+ markets through an awardwinning UX. As we continue to scale across Europe, we are looking for a Head of Compliance and AML to take ownership of our compliance, AML, and legal foundation. You will join as our first dedicated compliance hire, act as key function holder, and help shape how a modern, regulated fintech operates and grows. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants real ownership, direct influence, and the mandate to build a strong, pragmatic compliance function close to the business. The role reports to our Co-founder & COO with direct access to the Board.

THE ROLE

You will take overall ownership of Endavu’s compliance and AML function, ensuring that we continue to meet our regulatory obligations as a licensed investment firm. We already have a framework in place, but you will strengthen, rebuild, and scale it as needed. The role is primarily focused on compliance and AML, but you will also support regular legal matters where relevant. We love to grow through partnerships, and that requires a bit of legal work, too.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Own, operate, and continuously improve Endavu’s compliance and AML framework.
• Act as key function holder, subject to fit and proper approval by Finanstilsynet.
• Take responsibility for AML, KYC, policies, procedures, controls, monitoring, and reporting.
• Advise management and the business on regulatory matters.
• Work with areas such as MiFID II, SRD II, AML/KYC, DORA.
• Translate regulatory requirements into practical, scalable, business-friendly processes.
• Support product, operations, partnerships, and expansion initiatives with regulatory input.
• Prepare reporting and documentation for management, the board, and relevant stakeholders.
• Help shape how compliance works in a high-growth fintech: structured, risk-based, pragmatic, and close to the business.
• Assist with legal matters where relevant.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You may already be in a senior compliance or AML role, or you may be ready to step into your first ‘Head of’ role. What matters most is that you are sharp, structured, hands-on, and motivated by the opportunity to build something important. We imagine that you:

• Have around 4–5+ years of experience from financial services, fintech, investment services, brokerage, banking, consultancy, or similar. Nordnet / Saxo Bank are obvious, but can also be other types of financially regulated businessess.
• Have practical experience with compliance and/or AML.
• Understand Danish financial regulation and are comfortable operating in a regulated environment.
• Have broad regulatory exposure, rather than experience from only a narrow area of a large organisation.
• Are familiar with areas such as MiFID II, AML/KYC, outsourcing, DORA, governance, and financial crime prevention.
• Are structured, detail-oriented, and precise.
• Take ownership and enjoy being accountable for important work.
• Can balance regulatory requirements with commercial realities.
• Communicate clearly.
• Have a low-ego, high-ownership mindset and thrive in a fast-moving scaleup environment.

Experience with corporate law or broader legal matters is a plus, but the core of the role is compliance and AML.

WHY THIS ROLE IS SPECIAL

This is not a narrow compliance role in a large organisation. You will be building and owning the function in a company where compliance is central to how we scale. You will work close to the business, close to management, and close to the strategic decisions that shape Endavu’s future. You will have the mandate to challenge, improve, and rebuild what needs to be better. You will help us move fast, but in the right way. For the right person, this is an opportunity to take real ownership of the compliance and AML foundation behind a new generation of investing and become a central part of a journey that most people only get to dream about.

ABOUT ENDAVU

Endavu is a Copenhagen-based neobroker building the best investment experience in the world. We are a team of product builders, technologists, investment nerds, and operators passionate about making investing easier, cheaper, and more accessible. We move fast, care deeply about quality, and believe that the best financial products are built by people who are truly passionate.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

• Role: Head of Compliance and AML
• Location: Copenhagen, with a flexible work-from-home policy
• Start date: As soon as possible
• Employment type: Full-time
• Reporting line: Co-founder & COO
• Regulatory status: Key function holder role, subject to fit and proper approval by Finanstilsynet

INTERESTED?

If you want to take ownership of compliance and AML in a fast-growing fintech, help shape how Endavu scales, and play a central role in building one of Denmark’s most ambitious investment platforms, we would love to hear from you.