Head of Corporate Due Diligence

Your role: Head of Corporate Due Diligence

Reporting to: Chief Operations Officer

Location: London

 

Who are we?

We are building a universal financial infrastructure to power the growth of the

digital economy. Our rails-agnostic approach empowers any business to move and manage money globally - across both traditional rails and stablecoins – at scale, and in real time.

 

Our platform delivers a suite of banking and payments infrastructure: accounts in

over 40 currencies, FX, on/off ramp, international and domestic payments, Open Banking services – all via a single API.

 

A global network of licences alongside our best-in-class tech is why we're trusted by 800+ enterprise clients to process over €130 billion annually.

 

How will you add value to the OpenPayd journey?

 

Governance, Procedure & Risk Framework

 

• Own, maintain, and enhance corporate due diligence–related compliance procedures, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations and industry standards.
• Contribute to the ongoing development of our risk-based approach to customer due diligence.

 

Corporate Due Diligence Oversight

 

• Oversee the onboarding, periodic review, and event-driven reviews of corporate clients across multiple jurisdictions.
• Ensure cases are prioritised appropriately based on risk, commercial needs, and regulatory deadlines.
• Act as a senior escalation point for complex, high-risk, or sensitive due diligence cases.
• Supervise day-to-day CDD/EDD activities, including client change requests, queries, terminations, and account closures.

 

Team Leadership & Development

 

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of due diligence analysts, ensuring consistent quality and efficiency of outputs.
• Ensure team members are appropriately trained and remain up to date with regulatory developments, internal policies, and systems.
• Provide hands-on guidance and subject-matter expertise to analysts on complex cases.

 

Stakeholder Management

 

• Work closely with Compliance, Sales, Customer Success, Operations, Product, and
• Technology teams to ensure alignment between regulatory requirements and business objectives.
• Liaise with banking partners and third parties to respond to due diligence requests.
• Coordinate internal and external audits related to customer due diligence and onboarding processes.

 

Process & Systems Improvement:

 

• Identify opportunities to improve onboarding and review processes, driving efficiency while maintaining robust risk controls.
• Partner with Product and Technology teams to implement scalable, integrated compliance solutions and tooling.
• Monitor operational performance and recommend enhancements to controls, workflows, and reporting.

 

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Significant experience in corporate due diligence (CDD/EDD) within a regulated financial services, fintech, payments, or banking environment.
• Minimum 10 years’ experience within a business, including at least 5 years in operational onboarding and a leadership role.
• Proven experience managing and developing teams in a compliance or operational risk function.
• Strong working knowledge of AML/CTF regulations, including UK/EU/CAD MLRs, AML frameworks, sanctions, and financial crime risk management.
• Experience overseeing due diligence across multiple jurisdictions.
• Exposure to regulatory audits, due diligence, and risk assessments.
• Strong risk-based decision-making and sound regulatory judgement.
• Ability to balance regulatory rigor with commercial awareness in a fast-growing business.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• High attention to detail with the ability to operate at both strategic and operational levels.
• Comfortable acting as an escalation point and making defensible decisions.
• Experience working with compliance systems, onboarding tools, and risk scoring methodologies.

 

Our perks and benefits

• Personal training budget - £3000
• Cycle to Work scheme, Travel Loan
• Discounted gym membership - £80 towards any gym
• Corporate discounts via PerkBox
• Company Pension plan 5.75% employer 3.75% employee contribution
• Health, Dental & Life Insurance
• 25 days annual leave plus the Bank Holidays, extra day off for Birthday & Social Volunteering