Risk and Compliance Manager - AML / KYC

KYC/AML Compliance Manager (6 months)
Closing Date: Monday 16th June 2025
Location: UK or Germany (remote)
Gold Standard are looking to hire a KYC/AML Compliance Manager as a consultant for a 6-month period, who will be responsible for the development, implementation and oversight of the organization anti-money laundering (AML) & Know Your Customer (KYC) Policies and ensure that these are aligned with best practices and legal requirements. This role will excite someone who has a clear understanding of AML/KYC and who is excited about taking ownership of a growing Not for Profit’s AML/KYC policies development. Only candidate based and with the correct legal right to work documents in Germany or the UK will be considered.
WHO WE ARE: Gold Standard is a not-for-profit organization that helps companies understand the role they should play in creating a net-zero, sustainable nature future and provides tangible ways for them to contribute. This includes investments in their value chains, carbon credits, and other mechanisms for high-integrity climate action that delivers real impact for people and nature. The Gold Standard Foundation was established in 2003 by WWF and other international NGOs as a best practice standard to ensure projects that reduced carbon emissions under the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) also delivered sustainable development benefits. Today, our standard, ‘Gold Standard for the Global Goals’, allows climate and development initiatives within carbon markets, corporate supply chains, and sustainable finance to manage, measure and maximise their impacts toward the Net Zero ambition of the Paris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goals.
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE OF WORK
Develop Best Practices: Collaborate with Gold Standard teams to develop KYC/AML policies and processes. Ensure policies and processes are aligned with best practices and legal requirements.
Training and Capacity Building Develop training materials on KYC/AML practices as needed, based on policies and procedures. Conduct training sessions for staff to enhance understanding and implementation of KYC/AML policies and processes.
Reporting and Documentation: Prepare regular reports outlining compliance status, findings, and recommendations for improvement. Provide insights and updates to management on KYC/AML issues.
Required Skills and Experience: Experience in developing policies relating to KYC and AML Experience in KYC and AML compliance, preferably within the non-profit or environmental sector. Strong understanding of regulatory requirements related to KYC/AML. Knowledge of the Voluntary Carbon Market sector. Excellent analytical, communication, and interpersonal skills. Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU: A mission-driven organisation working at the leading edge of climate and sustainability. Rewarding work in a dynamic non-profit environment. A collaborative workplace within a multicultural team. An ambitious, agile and flexible environment. We are unable to sponsor VISAs and only candidates with the correct right to work documents will be considered.
OUR VALUES: Pioneering - We focus on those that have the most promise to contribute to our vision and mission, bringing them to market with the requisite planning and resources. Rigorous - We build on our reputation for quality and rigor with more robust measurement of outcomes, stronger safeguards and greater impact across the Sustainable Development Goals. Our objective is to make rigor simpler and more achievable at scale. Collaborative - We work with key partners who share our goals and complement our strengths. Our partnership strategy aims to move beyond working opportunistically as a delivery partner in favor of collaborating in long-term strategic synergy. Transparent - We were established to bring confidence, trust, and accountability to carbon markets. We will continue to take strides to improve transparency in our own processes, in the broader market and in non-market mechanisms
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Gold Standard provides equal opportunity for all job applicants and employees and is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination. We are dedicated to an inclusive culture, and we strive to create a workplace where teams of people with diverse backgrounds, characteristics, perspectives, ideas and experiences work together.