About the Company
BlackBull Markets is one of New Zealand’s standout fintech success stories. Founded in Auckland in 2014, it has grown at pace into a multi-regulated, multi-asset broker giving traders in more than 180 countries institutional-grade access to hundreds of markets. It now has offices across Cyprus, Mexico and Dubai, and has placed several times on the Deloitte Fast 50.

Still founder-led, the business has kept its entrepreneurial, agile edge, with strong technology, a commercially driven team and a clear appetite for new markets. It moves quickly and thinks globally, and compliance plays a critical role in its growth plans.

The Role
Reporting to the CEO, with a direct line to the Board and Audit and Risk Committee, the Chief Compliance Officer is the Group’s most senior compliance appointment. You will sit on the Executive Leadership Team as a peer to the CFO and other C-suite leaders.

You will own the compliance framework across every jurisdiction in which BlackBull holds a licence. That means turning differing regulatory regimes into one coherent, defensible Group standard as the business matures and prepares for its next stage. It also means working inside the commercial agenda: shaping new products and markets early and finding the compliant route to the outcome.

This is an office-based role in Auckland.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set the Group compliance strategy and framework across all jurisdictions
• Partner with the executive team on new products, markets and initiatives, finding the compliant route to the commercial outcome
• Hold senior accountability for regulatory licences across New Zealand, Seychelles and future markets
• Act as primary relationship holder with the FMA, the Seychelles FSA and other regulators, leading inspections, audits and licence variations
• Act as designated AML/CFT Compliance Officer, with ultimate accountability for the Group AML/CFT programme
• Report on compliance to the Board, the Audit and Risk Committee and the executive team
• Approve Group compliance policies, adapted for local law where required
• Oversee controls testing, regulatory change, conduct, marketing compliance and breach governance
• Lead, develop and grow the compliance team, starting with a Compliance Manager in Auckland

Key Skills & Experience Required:

• 12+ years in compliance, legal or regulatory roles within OTC derivatives, CFDs, FX or broader financial markets, including at least 5 years leading a compliance function
• Proven track record leading compliance for a multi-entity or multi-licence group, including a CO, MLRO or equivalent regulated role
• Strong working knowledge of AML/CFT and conduct obligations across several regimes, such as New Zealand, Seychelles, ASIC or CySEC
• Direct regulator engagement, including licence applications, inspections and audits
• Experience as part of an executive team, credible at Board level
• Commercially minded and solutions-focused. You build trust with sales, marketing and operations and hold the line when it matters
• Experience in a fast-moving trading environment is ideal
• Tertiary qualification in law, finance, risk or a related discipline; ICA or ACAMS certification highly regarded

What’s in it for you
This is the opportunity to set the compliance agenda for a New Zealand-built business with genuine global reach. You will sit on the executive team, reporting directly to the CEO, with a clear mandate to build a Group compliance function as BlackBull matures and expands into new jurisdictions.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and executive incentive structure
• A mandate to build a best-practice compliance function within a growth business
• Office-based in Auckland, with flexibility around international time zones when the work needs it
• Regional travel as required

To be considered for this position, please submit your CV via the link below. For a confidential discussion, contact Daniel Turner at Hunter Campbell on 021 193 0369 or email danielt@huntercampbell.co.nz.