Compliance Analyst

Compliance AnalystLocation: Dublin, IrelandThis role is remote. Candidates must be based in Ireland.Welcome to Legend Trading, Pioneers in the Financial RevolutionLegend Trading is a leading global crypto trading and financial services firm, trusted by over 1,000 institutional clients worldwide. We provide institutional liquidity, OTC trading, fiat on/off-ramp, and stablecoin payment services across major markets.Our Irish entity, Legend Trading Europe, has been officially granted a MiCA licence by the Central Bank of Ireland, marking a key milestone in our expansion across the European Economic Area (EEA). We also have an Electronic Money Institution application in progress.At Legend Trading, we are innovators shaping the future of finance. With a strong global footprint and institutional-grade infrastructure, we bridge traditional finance and digital assets, offering seamless, regulatory-compliant, and secure solutions to our partners and clients.About the RoleWe are looking for a Compliance Analyst to support our Head of Compliance.This is a support role, and we are being straight about that. The Head of Compliance holds the PCF-12 responsibility and sets the direction of the function. Your job is to be the second pair of hands that makes the compliance function run day to day: preparing the drafts, pulling and reconciling the data, chasing the actions, holding the calendar, and making sure nothing arrives at a deadline unfinished.The weight of the role sits on regulatory compliance rather than financial crime operations. You will spend most of your time on monitoring, regulatory returns, board reporting and policy work, with financial crime as a secondary strand.Reporting line: Head of ComplianceWhat Makes You Successful in This RoleYou are organised in a way other people notice. You keep a calendar of deadlines and you are the reason things do not slip, including when the person holding the source data has not replied to you yet. You are comfortable holding colleagues to a date without needing to be asked twice.You are exact about detail, particularly with numbers. Regulatory returns are unforgiving, and you would rather spend an extra hour reconciling a variance than explain it after submission.You write well. A material part of this role is drafting documents that will be reviewed by the Head of Compliance and eventually read by a regulator. Clear, plain, accurate writing matters more here than it does in most analyst roles.You work well in a support capacity. You can pick up a task, get most of the way there on your own, and come back with specific questions rather than either stalling or guessing. You take review and correction as how you get better, not as a problem. Escalating early is the expected behaviour here, not a failure.You are genuinely interested in the regulatory side of digital assets. This is a small team inside a newly licensed MiCA entity with a second authorisation in progress. You will see the full cycle, from source data through to what goes in front of the board and the Central Bank.If you are looking for a role with independent sign-off authority and full ownership of a compliance function, this is not that role yet.Why Join Us•   Work directly with the Head of Compliance with visibility of the full compliance cycle•   Exposure across a live MiCA authorisation and an EMI application in progress, which is unusually broad at this level•   Help build out a fully authorised Irish entity at a formative stage, with a second authorisation in progress•   Support for professional qualification, including fees and study leave•   Work with a team that values integrity, innovation, and excellenceKey ResponsibilitiesCompliance monitoring and assurance•   Support delivery of the annual compliance monitoring plan: gathering evidence, carrying out testing under direction, and drafting up findings for review•   Maintain the issues and actions log, chase owners for updates, and flag slipping deadlines to the Head of Compliance•   Assist with maintenance of the compliance risk assessment as the business and regulatory perimeter change•   Deliver regulatory training and awareness programmes across the businessRegulatory reporting and returns•   Oversee the completion and submission of regulatory reporting, ensuring periodic Central Bank of Ireland returns are prepared in good time, including reconciling underlying data and investigating variances before they go up the line•   Own the mechanics of the regulatory reporting calendar: deadlines, source data requests, and internal chasing•   Draft responses to Central Bank queries and information requests for reviewBoard and committee reporting•   Compile the compliance section of the board and committee pack: management information, KRIs, issues log and supporting appendices•   Pull together briefing material ahead of board meetings and regulator engagementPolicy and framework•   Maintain the policy and procedure library: annual review cycles, version control, approval tracking and distribution•   Draft policy updates in response to regulatory change for reviewRegulatory change and authorisation support•   Monitor MiCA, PSD2, DORA, EU AML/CFT and Central Bank developments, and summarise what is relevant with a first view on impact•   Support the EMI authorisation workstream, including drafting, evidence gathering and document managementFinancial crime (secondary)•   Support the Head of Compliance on escalated CDD and EDD files, sanctions and PEP screening hits, and transaction monitoring alerts•   Assist with suspicious transaction reporting•   Support the AML/CFT and conduct elements of the training programmeRequirements•   Excellent proficiency in English, both written and spoken•   One to three years in a compliance, regulatory reporting or financial crime role within a regulated financial services firm, payments institution, EMI, fintech or crypto-asset service provider•   Working knowledge of the Irish regulatory environment, including the Central Bank's Fitness and Probity regime•   Familiarity with EU AML/CFT obligations under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Acts•   Strong written drafting skills and high attention to detail, particularly with numerical data•   Strong organisational skills and the ability to manage a reporting calendar independently•   Based in Ireland and eligible to work in IrelandNice to Have•   Exposure to MiCA, PSD2, EMD2 or DORA•   Experience preparing regulatory returns or board reporting packs•   Experience supporting an authorisation or licence application•   Understanding of crypto-asset specific risks, including the Transfer of Funds Regulation (Travel Rule), unhosted wallets and mixing services•   Exposure to blockchain analytics tooling such as Chainalysis or Elliptic, or KYC platforms such as Sumsub or Veriff•   Professional qualification in progress or completed: ACOI Professional Certificate or Diploma in Compliance, ICA, or ACAMSLegend Trading is an equal opportunities employer.