Compliance Operations Associate

Kota

Compliance Operations Associate in Operations team managing onboarding and screening processes for regulatory compliance. Joining a rapidly growing company redefining insurance and retirement benefits.

Posted 6/22/2026full-timeRemote • 🇮🇪 IrelandJuniorMid-LevelWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Oversee customer onboarding and screening, owning due diligence on businesses and individuals in order for them to use Kota, covering multiple regulated entities
Build out transaction monitoring setup, particularly as we grow payment flows to support new customer journeys while maintaining robust compliance
Build our and improve standard operating procedures across KYC, TM and screening to align with regulatory requirements and company risk appetite
Collaborate with second line of defence on investigations, escalations and reporting to authorities
Support compliance-related audits, outlining our processes and providing all required materials to achieve excellent outcomes
Drive process optimisation and automation, mapping existing workflows and identifying opportunities for improvement, collaborating with product and engineering teams to implement these

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in KYC/onboarding operations at a fintech or insurtech business
Strong attention to detail. You can dive into complexity and have the ability to spot and escalate red flags
Builder mindset. You are capable and willing to build processes across compliance operations
Data skills. You are comfortable working with larger data sets and using them to drive insight
Clear written communication skills. You thrive when working with different stakeholders
Comfort working in fast-paced environments. You are comfortable with ambiguity and evolving processes
Bias for action. You prefer to drive things to completion and achieve results
Customer-first mentality. Our customers are at the heart of what we do and everything we build contributes to industry-leading outcomes for them

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Insurance via Kota with a generous allowance
Workplace Pension with matched contributions up to 5% via Kota
WFH stipend to support your home office setup
25 days of Paid Time Off (PTO)
Annual company-wide offsite + dedicated team offsite
Attractive stock options for all employees

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Hard Skills & Tools

KYCtransaction monitoringcompliance operationsdata analysisprocess optimizationworkflow mappingdue diligencescreeningauditingautomation

Soft Skills

attention to detailbuilder mindsetclear written communicationadaptabilitybias for actioncustomer-first mentalityproblem-solvingcollaborationstakeholder managementresults-oriented