Compliance Manager

You will be the on-the-ground owner of compliance for Outpost in Turkey. In Turkey we act as commercial agent for international merchants, concluding sales in Turkish lira on their behalf while a licensed local payment provider handles the payments. Your job is to keep that model compliant and trusted: by our partners, by our merchants and by the authorities. This is a hands-on role spanning merchant due diligence, AML and fraud controls, consumer-law compliance and regulatory relationships. You'll work closely with our global legal, compliance, finance and operations teams, plus Turkish legal counsel.

Responsibilities

Own the local compliance programme for Outpost in Turkey: policies, controls, monitoring and reporting, aligned with the global compliance framework; Apply global AML and sanctions standards locally, including merchant due diligence (KYB), ongoing monitoring and escalation of unusual activity; Review merchants for compliance with Turkish consumer-protection and e-commerce rules before and after go-live; Oversee refund, chargeback and dispute patterns from a compliance and fraud perspective, working with payment partners; Maintain the Turkey compliance obligations tracker and ensure one-off and recurring obligations are met on time; Act as the local point of contact for compliance matters with the licensed payment provider and banking partners, including due-diligence and audit requests; Support correspondence with the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) and other authorities, together with global legal and local counsel; Monitor Turkish regulatory developments (payment services, e-commerce, consumer protection, data protection, foreign exchange) and flag implications for Outpost and merchants; Work with the local finance and operations team on tax, invoicing and fund-repatriation compliance; Train local and global colleagues on Turkish compliance requirements as the team grows

Requirements

5+ years in compliance at a Turkish payment institution, e-money institution or PSP; Hands-on AML/KYC and fraud experience, including merchant onboarding and transaction monitoring; Strong working knowledge of Turkey's payment-services framework, CBRT regulations and financial-crime expectations; Experience dealing with regulators, acquirers or bank compliance teams; Comfortable operating in fast-moving, internationally distributed teams; Fluent Turkish; working English required for global team communication

Nice to have

Familiarity with Turkish consumer-protection, e-commerce and data-protection rules