NSUS Malta Ltd Job Board
Head of Compliance - Global
St Julians, St Julians, Malta .
full-time . October 1, 2026
Description
Who are we?
From our humble beginnings, we have grown into a global organisation of over 500 people with offices spanning Canada, Malta, Dublin, Munich, Manila, and Seoul.
We specialise in creating world-class poker software and delivering the best possible gaming experience on our flagship brand, GGPoker, now the world’s largest poker room.
We are perpetually on the lookout for passionate, creative, and dedicated people who want to help shape the future of online poker.
We are seeking a Head of Compliance - Global to join our team in Malta, and be responsible for the compliance operations across several international markets. The primary responsibility of this role is to lead the licensing process and be responsible for day-to-day compliance duties for the target markets. Relevant regions include, but are not limited to the Philippines, New Zealand and South America. You will be the organisation’s main advisor on compliance in these international markets, including managing the licence conditions, reporting obligations, liaising with the regulator/s, drafting and implementing policies and procedures, and licence maintenance. You will be required to oversee and manage the tasks and issues in a timely manner, and be proactive in taking the lead on all matters relating to compliance matters in these markets.
Objectives:
- Regulatory & Licensing Management:
- Be responsible for the licensing process for gambling licences in key international markets;
- Be the main advisor for all matters relating to compliance in key international territories, and assist on other markets as may be required;
- Be proactive to identify, deal with, and escalate non-compliance situations to remediate as quickly as possible;
- Serve as the main contact point with the competent regulators;
- Build and maintain a relationship with the gambling regulators and other relative authorities;
- Maintain a close relationship with our legal advisors;
- Be responsible for the timely submission of all reports to the competent gambling, tax authorities and other competent authorities;
- Undertaking the end to end process of performing audits and reviews as and when required;
- Fulfill any compliance positions required with the regulator, as may be requested by the company;
- Proactively review product and advertising to ensure compliance;
- Provide additional support where required.
- Operations & Policies:
- Draft, manage and maintain all policies and procedures in key international markets, including those relating to AML and RG, and ensure that the respective teams are knowledgeable of the policies, ;
- Guide the AML & RG processes for these key international markets, together with the relevant teams;
- Internal Guidance & Support:
- Provide compliance advice, guidance and training to the company and company employees;
- Liaise with other departments within the company as may be required to fulfil the role;
- Assist the Technical Compliance team where necessary;
- Keep senior management up to date on regulatory updates and ensure compliance is maintained;
- Assist the Customer Support, RG & AML teams on complex cases which require the compliance team’s feedback.
Key Skills:
- At least 5 years proven experience within a gambling compliance role;
- Fluency in English;
- In-depth knowledge of the international gambling market and relative regulations, including anti-money laundering, consumer law and anti-money laundering law;
- Knowledge of the general Gambling industry - poker knowledge is preferred;
- Ability to work independently and meet deadlines;
- Willingness to learn;
- Manage own workloads and meet deadlines determined by the urgency of requests;
- Strong organisational skills;
- Attention to detail e.g. accurate capture of data;
- Analytical and risk assessment skills;
- Excellent computer skills;
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills;
- Flexible and the ability to develop compliance methodologies;
- Interacts with stakeholders in a professional, service-orientated manner.