Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Solaris is Europes leading embedded finance platform. Solaris full German banking license and proprietary modular B2B tech stack empowers its partners from SMEs to large multinational non-financial companies to offer compliant customer-centric banking services providing seamless experiences to customers across all industries. Founded in 2016 Solaris pioneered the Banking-as-a-Service market with an unparalleled combination of tech and banking. Solaris is headquartered in Berlin and employs 300 people in Europe.

We are seeking an experienced diplomatic and highly structured Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager to serve as the central liaison between our institution and key external stakeholders including regulators (e.g. BaFin Deutsche Bundesbank Einlagensicherung) and external auditors.

You will report directly to the Chief of Staff and in this highly visible role you will orchestrate all formal regulatory correspondence and audit communications. Your primary mandate is to ensure that all inquiries reports and ad-hoc requests are answered precisely on time and - crucially - in strict alignment with the companys overarching strategy risk appetite and management requirements. You will act as the gatekeeper for external communication ensuring a consistent compliant and strategic narrative.

Your Task:

• Central Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for external regulatory bodies (BaFin Bundesbank Einlagensicherung) and external audit firms (e.g. Year End Auditor).
• Correspondence Management: Draft review and finalize formal responses regulatory filings and statements ensuring accuracy consistency and professional diplomacy.
• Deadline Governance: Establish and enforce a rigorous tracking system to guarantee that all regulatory and audit inquiries are answered strictly within required timelines.
• Strategic Gatekeeping: Critically review all outgoing regulatory communication to ensure the content reflects the institutions strategic goals current management directives and internal risk policies.
• Cross-Functional Coordination: Collaborate closely with internal departments (Risk Management Compliance Finance Legal Operations and Internal Audit) to gather necessary data and synthesize complex multi-disciplinary information into cohesive regulatory responses.
• Executive Advisory: Prepare briefings and advise the Management Board on ongoing regulatory dialogues potential areas of friction and recommended communication strategies.
• Audit Facilitation: Coordinate the end-to-end lifecycle of external audits and regulatory inspections (e.g. BaFin special audits / Sonderprüfungen according to 44 KWG).
• Information Flow: Manage the secure and structured provision of documentation and data to auditors.
• Remediation Tracking: Oversee the internal tracking of audit findings and regulatory mandates ensuring that remediation plans are communicated effectively back to the regulators.

Depending on your level of experience your responsibilities and scope of role will range. We dont care much about fancy titles but rather about real personal and professional development as laid out in ourlearning framework. Lets figure together out how you can contribute to our team.

• Masters degree in Law Economics Business Administration Finance or a related discipline.
• 7 years of professional experience in Regulatory Affairs Compliance Legal or Audit within the financial services sector or at a Big 4 auditing/consulting firm.
• In-depth practical knowledge of the German and European banking regulatory frameworks (e.g. KWG MaRisk CRR/CRD WpHG and relevant BaFin circulars).
• Proven experience in managing complex time-sensitive cross-functional projects particularly involving regulatory requests or audit management.
• Fluent-level German language skills (mandatory for formal legal/regulatory correspondence) and fluent English with an exceptional command of written business and legal terminology in both languages.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to navigate sensitive dialogues with authoritative external bodies and handle high-pressure audit situations smoothly.
• Ability to distill complex technical or legal issues into clear strategically aligned and persuasive management summaries and regulatory responses.
• Confidence to challenge internal stakeholders (including senior management) to secure high-quality input on tight deadlines.
• A calm structured approach to working under strict non-negotiable regulatory deadlines.
• Absolute precision in written communication recognizing that regulatory correspondence carries significant legal and reputational weight.

• Home office budget.
• Learning & development budget of 1000 per year and a transparent growth framework to support your career goals.
• Competitive salary and a variable remuneration program.
• Monthly meal allowance.
• Deutschland ticket subsidy.
• 28 vacation days increasing by 2 days after 2 years and 3 days after 3 years with Solaris.
• Opportunity towork abroad for up to 12 weeks per year.

While job ads usually paint an ideal picture of a candidate studies show that most applicants meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Unfortunately many promising candidates tend to apply only if they meet all the criteria. So if you think you have what it takes but dont necessarily meet every single item in the job description please contact us anyway. Wed love to talk with you and find out if you might be a good fit for us.

At Solaris we are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where all Solarians feel valued respected and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse workforce that reflects the diversity of our communities. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of color ethnicity religion sex origin disability marital status citizenship or gender identity. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.

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DE: annual gross salary range for this position is:

75.000 - 100.000 EUR