Kerry Gillitt.
Head of Practice - Professional Services
I have recruited for the last twenty years, building a high profile network and an outstanding reputation of delivery.
With most of my attention focused on Legal and Compliance, I have also successfully delivered senior searches in Finance and HR to support C-suite requirements across iGaming and Fintech markets.
Known for an honest and open approach, my strength of character has allowed me to win and fulfil the most entrepreneurial requirements. In addition, I have delivered strategic hires to drive first and second stage growth in disruptive technologies. I am a member of a number of professional networks and continue to believe that people buy people.
Latest Kerry Gillitt Jobs.
Compliance Manager - MGA
Posted 4 days ago- Malta, EUROPE
- Competitive Salary
An established iGaming company is looking to hire an experienced Compliance professional. You will know the Regulatory requirements relating to the MGA in depth liaise with the Regulator as required. Reporting to the Director of Legal and Compliance you will oversee and manage all matters Compliance. Regulatory Compliance: Monitor and interpret gaming regulations, data protection laws (e.g., GDPR), and other relevant legislation applicable to the company. Develop and implement compliance policies and procedures to ensure adherence to all relevant requirements, including data protection. License Management: Manage the application and renewal processes for Malta Gaming License and other relevant licenses . Maintain positive relationships with regulatory authorities and ensure prompt communication and reporting as required. Managing licence applications and ensuring compliance with license conditions and requirements. Data Protection and Privacy: Ensure that the company's data processing activities comply with data protection laws and regulations. Implement data protection policies and procedures, including data handling, security, and breach response. Internal Audits: Conduct regular internal audits and compliance reviews to identify and address potential issues related to data protection. Implement corrective actions and monitor their effectiveness. Prepare comprehensive audit reports for management and regulatory authorities, including data protection compliance. Training and Education: Develop and deliver compliance training programs for employees, focusing on data protection and privacy regulations. Keep employees informed about the latest developments in data protection laws. Risk Management: Identify and assess compliance-related risks, including data protection, and implement mitigation strategies. Establish a risk-based approach to compliance management. Reporting: Prepare regular and ad-hoc reports on the company's compliance status, including data protection and privacy, for senior management. Report any significant compliance issues or data breaches to relevant authorities as required. Policy Development: Collaborate with legal and other relevant departments to develop and update compliance policies and procedures, with a strong emphasis on data protection. Ensure policies are consistent with data protection and privacy regulatory requirements. Data Breach Response: Develop and maintain a data breach response plan and ensure that it is followed in the event of a data breach. A competitive salary and range of benefits are available.
Head of Legal and Compliance
Posted 5 days ago- Malta, EUROPE
- Attractive Salary
A well -respected iGaming business is looking to hire due to growth and internal promotion. As Head of Legal and Compliance you will mentor a team and cover a varied set of legal and regulatory matters. This is an onsite position with attractive salary. Compliance: Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements by keeping abreast of regulatory developments; systematically creating, updating, implementing, monitoring, and enforcing policies, procedures, guidelines, and manuals; providing effective advice, support, and training across the business; managing regulatory reporting processes and liaising with authorities Licensing: Obtain and maintain gaming licenses in multiple jurisdictions by managing license applications, regulatory relationships and ensuring compliance with licence conditions and requirements Suppliers: Draft, review and negotiate compliant contracts with services providers and other suppliers and maintaining systematic contracts management Customers: Update, implement, monitor, and enforce compliant customer terms and conditions, and advise in relation to customer complaints and disputes. General: Deal with a variety of topics related to the operations of the company, act as a service provider to and work in close collaboration with stakeholders within the business, and manage external legal services, paper and electronic filing and administrative procedures Experience/Attributes; A qualified lawyer with iGaming experience. Lawyers from related industries will be considered. Ability to take ownership in a dynamic environment and have a positive, ‘can-do’ attitude Excellent organisational skills and take pride in being quality-oriented with a keen eye for detail and coming up with creative solutions Be approachable and an effective communicator across all levels of the business and influence key internal and external stakeholders, and provide expert advice to support the strategic agenda A down-to-earth personality and are a lifelong learner Great solving-skills with an optimistic approach
Technical Compliance Manager - Italian Regs
Posted 18 days ago- Malta, EUROPE
- Attractive Salary
A growing iGaming company that has strong market share in Virtual Sports is looking to hire a Technical Compliance Manager. You will have extensive Technical Compliance experience within Italian Regulations. This is a brand new hire as the Technical team is brought in-house. This is a fabulous opportunity to make the role your own. Ideally based in Malta, there may be flexibility to work this as a remote based role. Attractive remuneration is available.
Chief Financial Officer
Posted 26 days ago- Malta, EUROPE
- Attractive Package
An excellent opportunity has arisen to lead the finance team of an internationally successful iGaming company. The business is established and keen to continue growing market share across the globe. You will provide strategic financial leadership, overseeing the Finance function and driving initiatives that align with our business objectives. Your expertise will be vital in optimizing financial performance, managing risk, and ensuring compliance in the dynamic and evolving iGaming industry. The role will be based in Malta and reports to the CEO. The role will cover; Finance Strategy: Develop and execute the financial strategy for the business, forecasting and budgeting to support growth. Work with senior leadership to develop budget proposals and track progress. Business Performance: Prepare monthly reporting, build budgets, financial reports, analyses, and presentations when required. Track cash flow, analyse the company’s financial weaknesses and strength, whilst proposing corrective actions. Regulatory Compliance: Ensure adherence to regulatory, tax, and legal requirements relevant to the iGaming industry. Full responsibility for all statutory obligations and governance including the annual audit and internal processes. Policy Development: Develop and enhance financial control policies, procedures, and processes. Financial Leadership: Lead and direct the finance team, ensuring that key processes are in place to underpin all financial, tax, regulatory and statutory reporting obligations, delivering continuous improvement around reporting and controls. Oversee the preparation of all applicable reporting deliverables . Stakeholder Collaboration: Collaborate with cross functional teams to optimise financial performance providing financial, commercial, and operational insight to senior leadership to support with decision making. Audit Management: Manage multiple audit relationships and processes applicable to the various companies within the Group. Financial planning: Coordinate activities across the finance function for all markets, this includes support with budget planning and revenues for European and US markets. What you already have: Minimum of 10 years of progressive financial leadership experience, with a proven track record as a CFO or senior finance executive within the iGaming industry. Strong technical accounting skills, specifically relating to IFRS and IAS requirements Understanding of corporate structure planning and related tax issues Familiarity with the regulatory landscape of the iGaming industry Ability to develop and execute financial strategies that drive business growth and value creation. Strong experience of business strategy and commercial finance. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with a data-driven approach to decision-making. Exceptional leadership and team-building capabilities, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to present complex financial information to non-financial stakeholders. Previous experience implementing and delivering financial systems capable of timely reporting. Familiarity with iGaming platforms. Unwavering commitment to ethical conduct, integrity, and transparency. How we approach things: Medium-sized company with a start-up culture and a can-do ethos. Package; Competitive remuneration package including bonus and LTIP A hybrid and flexible working schedule. Generous time off varied based on the country of residence.
Head of Compliance
Posted 41 days ago- Istanbul, Turkey
- Attractive Salary
A completely unique opportunity has arisen to work for a growing business that is located in Istanbul to head their Compliance team. The company operates out of Istanbul and has just been granted a Master license to operate a 'Game of Chance'.Responsibilities: Development and management of Turkish compliance policies and processes. Ensure ongoing monitoring and reporting for Turkish exchange transactions. Focusing on internal compliance policy review, including ongoing assessments, assisting with, internal audit reviews, and ongoing or ad hoc reviews for users or transactions. Providing statistics on monitoring completion and maintaining register as needed. Making recommendations for enhancing the firm’s systems, controls and processes. Responsible for the business’s overall risk management Key contact in the organization of local risk operations. Perform risk identification and assessment. Develop policies and standards to eliminate or minimize key risks Implement a strategic plan to prevent, eliminate and mitigate risks Identify key metrics for risk monitoring and conduct regular reporting for management and executive leadership. Fulfil all compliance regulatory and risk reporting requirements Requirements: University degree in business administration, (business) law, finance, risk and treasury or similar. At least 7 years experience in risk, fraud, compliance, AML or regulatory function and experience working with any regulated financial services business in legal or compliance roles preferred. Certification in compliance or risk management is a big plus but not required. Proficiency in compliance applications and tools. Good overview of relevant legal and regulatory requirements as well as ICAAP and risk management KPIs and measures. Team spirit, very good analytical skills, a critical mindset and the ability to solve complex problems as well as a sense of responsibility and a proactive attitude are appreciated. Excellent problem-solving, analytical and organizational skills. Passionate about crypto; fintech industry experience would be an advantage. Fluent English language skills are a must. To be considered for this role you will be a Turkish National living closeAn excellent salary is available for this role. to Istanbul.
Financial Crime Compliance Officer
Posted 47 days ago- Singapore
- Competitive Salary
Due to expansion, an exciting Fintech business is looking to hire a Compliance Officer in Singapore. You will help to detect fraudulent activity, suspicious/illegal behaviours and patterns, as well as assist in projects focused on preventing and detecting financial crime. As part of the AML Investigations team, you’ll be responsible for conducting a variety of tasks such as alert reviews, investigations, preparing narrative information for STR filings, conducting enhanced due diligence, and participating in ad-hoc projects as needed. You will use internal and external investigative resources and apply logical research techniques. The Role: • Conduct daily reviews and triaging of alerts utilizing real-time blockchain analytics monitoring, manual reports or internal/external referrals. • Review potential matches against various regulatory watchlists and conduct additional research to ascertain validity of matches; escalate potentially suspicious activity to management. • Conduct regular risk assessments and monitor suspicious transactions to identify potential money laundering activities. • Where appropriate, facilitate Requests for Information (RFIs) with cross-functional staff in the investigation of transaction monitoring cases. • Conduct research using internal and external sources to help determine potentially suspicious activity and disposition of adverse news. • Create, update and maintain files and records related to all supporting information used in mitigating the alerts. • Filing of Suspicious Transaction Report to the relevant authorities globally depending on the Company’s obligation • Work closely with other teams, such as KYC, Legal and IT Security Team, to ensure that all AML-related activities are aligned with the company’s overall compliance strategy. • Assist with the validation of the transaction monitoring system or any updates required. Experience Required: • 4+ years’ experience in conducting AML related alert reviews, account activity analysis and due-diligence in a financial services institution. • Strong writing, analytical and communications skills. Must be able to execute tasks within tight deadlines. • Strong interpersonal skills are necessary to work effectively with colleagues across regions and business units. • Should be a self-starter, organized, detail oriented, and results driven. • Excellent command of spoken and written English is required. A competitive salary is available for this role. .
Head of Compliance
Posted 48 days ago- Malta, EUROPE
- Attractive Salary
A growing iGaming company is looking to employ a Head of Compliance to manage a team of Compliance Managers. This is a hybrid working position. Working across multi jurisdictions, you will have leadership experience and enjoy working in a multi-cultural environment. Main duties; Assist the compliance department and operational compliance teams with aligning practices and processes across markets to enable consistency; Develop and champion the framework for managing and maintaining internal policies, plus responsibility for company policies, ensuring that the same is maintained and distributed and correctly notified to relevant regulators; Support the compliance team in delivering helpful and pragmatic advice on a range of compliance issues; Implement, manage and oversee adequate training for regulatory compliance throughout the business, enabling cultural ownership of compliance issues; Manage relationships with external advisors appointed to assist the compliance department; Deal with any other general business compliance matters which may arise from time to time; Develop and oversee control systems to prevent or deal with violations of regulatory guidelines and internal policies and establish processes for monitoring compliance with standards and regulations; Keep abreast of regulatory developments within or outside of the company as well as evolving best practices in compliance control; Prepare reports for the Chief Compliance Officer and executive team and external regulatory bodies as appropriate. You Have: Strong understanding of the UK regulated market with experience in other markets beneficial. Minimum of two years in a similar role. Strong attention to detail and analytical thinking An attractive salary is on offer for this position.
Group MLRO
Posted 165 days ago- Malta, EUROPE
- Attractive Salary
An established iGaming company is looking to hire a Group MLRO. With a small team for support, working across a variety of jurisdictions, the main duties will include; Ensure that the Company's employees are adequately trained to identify and internally report transactions involving unusual or suspicious circumstances; Receive internal reports or disclosures of suspicious transactions, deciding whether these should be reported to the competent authorities and if appropriate, making such external reports; Report external suspicious activity and/or recording reasons for not reporting suspicious activity; Ensure that a defence (with appropriate consent) is applied for and acted upon as necessary; Maintain records of internal and external reports and subsequent actions taken; Respond to requests made by competent authorities as appropriate; Ensure that another qualified employee deputizes during temporary unavailability as designated employee or otherwise; Maintain insight in all high-risk customer accounts and conduct checks on a representative sample of customer accounts. Report to senior management and the board of directors on the effectiveness of the implementation of the Company’s AML/CFT framework; Provide the general counsel and legal, compliance and risk function with input on policies & procedures, manuals and guidelines concerning the prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism. Requirements; Bachelor or higher degree in a relevant field Extensive proven experience in AML ideally within the iGaming industry or similar industry with a strong background working within an AML function Experience in dealing with different authorities such as MGA, FIAU, NCA, UKGC etc. In-depth knowledge of Money Laundering and Terrorist Finance regulations and other relevant regulatory obligations Ability to stay up to date with relevant developments Excellent interpersonal and communication skills Be a person of integrity and sufficient seniority Be reliable, precise and well-organized Have strong organizational and analytical skills Ability to show commitment, dynamism and team player Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment Ability to work with minimal supervision An attractive salary is on offer for this position.