Compliance Specialist

About the role

Da Vinci is a unique proprietary trading firm specializing in market making, volatility trading and arbitrage across major global exchanges. Leveraging cutting-edge, in-house developed strategies, we identify market opportunities while providing liquidity and enhancing market efficiency.

We are currently looking for a Compliance Specialist. The team is responsible for ensuring the firm operates within regulatory frameworks while supporting the business to innovate responsibly. This is a broad and hands-on role that will expose you to all aspects of compliance in a high-performance trading environment, both in traditional finance and digital assets. The role is based in our Amsterdam office.

Da Vinci offers a dynamic work environment, where employees are given the freedom to come up with great ideas and the space to push these to completion. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of a successful and fast-growing company.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct regulatory analysis in relevant financial markets regulations.
• Provide advice and effective guidance across the organization.
• Draft, review, and maintain compliance policies and procedures to ensure internal frameworks remain effective and aligned with current regulatory requirements.
• Deliver training to staff on company policies, compliance obligations and best practices.
• Perform ongoing monitoring and reporting to identify, assess and mitigate compliance risks.
• Assist in managing regulatory requests, audits, inspections and internal reviews, ensuring timely and accurate responses.

Requirements:

• A university degree in finance, economics, law or a related field.
• Market‑knowledge depth: Demonstrated understanding of traditional finance markets and/or digital‑asset markets. Please note that this does not include AML/KYC experience.
• 5-7 years of relevant experience (a role in compliance, legal or regulatory affairs is a plus).
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with an eye for detail.
• A proactive, curious mindset and willingness to take ownership.
• Comfortable working in a technology‑driven trading environment.
• Fluent in English; Dutch is a plus but not required.

Benefits:

• An opportunity to work beside the best in the field
• A base salary starting from EUR 80K (based on experience)
• Excellent variable pay and growth opportunities
• A relocation package when moving from abroad, including a relocation budget, flight coverage, house-finding service and expat support
• Fresh breakfast, lunch and dinner prepared by our in-house chef
• Social events and after-work drinks
• Reimbursement of travel costs to and from the office
• Sponsored gym membership
• In-house game room (pool table, board games and console games)