Head of Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance
Farfetch
Accounting & Finance, Compliance / Regulatory
Porto, Portugal
Posted on Dec 13, 2025
Farfetch is a leading global marketplace for the luxury fashion industry, connecting customers in over 190 countries with items from more than 50 countries and over 1,400 of the world’s best brands and charming boutiques from around the world. Farfetch opens a world of luxury for endless expressions of style, delivering a truly unique shopping experience and access to the most extensive selection of luxury on a global marketplace.
LEGAL
The Legal team is a strategic business area ensuring we navigate the complexities of a global business and acting as guardians of our legal integrity, providing expert advice to protect our interests, manage risks, and ensure compliance.
PORTO
Our office is near Porto, in the north of Portugal, and is located in a vibrant business hub. It offers a dynamic and welcoming environment where our employees can connect and network with a large community of tech professionals.
THE ROLE
The Head of Financial Crime and Regulatory Compliance is a senior compliance leader responsible for building, scaling, and overseeing global programs that protect the company from regulatory, financial, and reputational risk. This role spans multiple high-impact domains including AML, sanctions compliance, ESG reporting readiness, and additional cross-functional compliance obligations such as Product related compliances.
You will shape the company’s compliance strategy across multiple jurisdictions, drive the build-out of core financial crime controls, prepare the organization for upcoming ESG/CSRD requirements, and support emerging compliance areas critical to business expansion.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Program Oversight
- Design and oversee AML frameworks across multiple six jurisdictions, including Customer Due Diligence, Partner Due Diligence, Transaction Monitoring, and Suspicious Transaction Reporting.
- Establish consistent governance standards, documentation requirements, and operational controls to ensure regulatory alignment across markets.
- Identify emerging AML risk typologies and direct the development of monitoring rules, analytic methods, and escalation criteria.
- Sanctions Compliance Management
- Lead global sanctions screening for new and existing customers and ensure compliance with U.S., U.K., E.U., and other applicable sanctions regimes.
- Oversee sanctions system configuration, alert review procedures, and escalation protocols to maintain screening accuracy and defensibility.
- Provide guidance to business teams on sanctions implications for customers, products, and market expansion.
- ESG and CSRD Readiness
- Lead planning and coordination for the organization’s preparation for CSRD and related ESG reporting requirements.
- Establish processes to collect, verify, and document ESG-related data across multiple functions.
- Develop governance standards, reporting timelines, and internal guidance to support compliance with emerging sustainability regulations.
- Cross-Functional Compliance Support
- Provide strategic oversight across adjacent compliance domains, including Product compliance (e.g., U.S. consumer product requirements), INFORM Act obligations, and fraud-related controls.
- Support design and operation of monitoring mechanisms for fraud, seller abuse, or related risk indicators, coordinating with internal functions as needed.
- Advise senior leaders on regulatory developments, risk exposure, and control enhancements relevant to business operations.
WHO YOU ARE
- 12–15+ years of progressive experience in Compliance, with strong exposure to AML, sanctions, or financial crime risk management and related compliance domains.
- Experienced in designing and scaling compliance programs across multiple jurisdictions and compliance areas.
- Strong understanding of global regulatory frameworks related to AML, sanctions, and Anti-Corruption.
- Familiarity with ESG and sustainability reporting; CSRD experience is a plus.
- Proven ability to build intelligence-driven monitoring programs and high-quality control environments.
- Skilled stakeholder manager with excellent communication and influence capabilities.
- Comfortable operating in fast-paced, evolving environments with complex global regulatory expectations.
- Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and capable of driving cross-functional initiatives at senior levels.
REWARDS & BENEFITS
- Health insurance for the whole family, flexible working environment and well-being support and tools
- Extra days off, sabbatical program and days for you to give back for the community
- Training opportunities and free access to Udemy
- Flexible benefits program
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES STATEMENT
- FARFETCH is committed to being an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is celebrated. We make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, marital status, medical condition as defined by state law, physical or mental disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, genetic information or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state or local laws or ordinances. If you require special accommodation, please let us know.
SCAM DISCLAIMER
- It has come to our attention that there may be fraudulent activities involving individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent Farfetch in order to attract candidates to a SCAM. Please be aware that Farfetch does not conduct recruitment processes through messaging apps or any unofficial communication channels, other than our official careers website. Additionally, Farfetch will never ask candidates for any form of payment during the recruitment process.