Chief Compliance Officer (UAE)

***Join the Pioneer Crypto Brand in the Philippines!*** Coins is the most established crypto brand in The Philippines and has gained the trust of more than 18 million users. Through the easy-to-use mobile app, users can buy and sell a variety of different cryptocurrencies and access a wide range of financial services. Coins is fully regulated by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and is the first ever crypto-based company in Asia to hold both Virtual Currency and Electronic Money Issuer licenses from a central bank. ### Responsibilities - **Regulatory leadership and governance** - Own the compliance agenda end-to-end: readiness for VARA expectations, ongoing supervision, and scalable controls as volumes grow. - Operate as VARA’s day-to-day interface, with the CEO still expected to demonstrate clear judgement and credibility during regulator engagement. - **Stakeholder management** - Establish credibility with VARA early; preference for leaders with prior UAE regulatory engagement—an existing relationship materially de-risks the set-up. - Act as connective tissue between Dubai market realities and [](http://Coins.ph) leadership, keeping the build aligned to international expansion priorities. - **Leadership expectations** - Builder mentality: hands-on, comfortable with ambiguity, able to create momentum fast from a standing start. - Commercial + compliance maturity: move fast, but never at the expense of regulatory credibility and control integrity. ### Qualifications - Senior compliance leader (UAE resident) with 5+ years relevant experience and hands-on exposure to regulated financial services environments aligned to VASP / fintech/ payments. - Comfortable operating as the primary regulator interface, with the confidence and judgement to build credibility early and maintain it as volumes scale. - Strong senior compliance leader from a comparable regulated environment in the UAE provided they clearly satisfy the experience threshold and can be accepted as a Responsible Individual.