Head of Compliance & MLRO Crypto Derivatives Licensing
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About the Role
A fast-growing crypto trading platform seeks a Head of Compliance & MLRO to run the compliance function for a regulated spot exchange and lead the application for a derivatives license.
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Responsibilities
- Lead the Compliance and MLRO function for a regulated spot exchange, managing a team of AML analysts
- Keep all policies updated and aligned with regulatory rulebooks and federal level regulation
- Translate regulation into operational processes with defined roles, thresholds, timelines, and audit trails
- Discharge all MLRO duties including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious activity reporting
- Act as primary point of contact with regulator for ongoing supervision and inspections
- Lead the full Derivatives licence application process from gap analysis to go live
- Draft new policies for derivatives activity and amend existing policies to incorporate derivatives requirements
- Work with product, legal, and engineering teams to secure approval and launch new business lines
Requirements
- Experience as MLRO or Head of Compliance in a regulated financial services or crypto firm
- Deep knowledge of AML/CFT regulations and regulatory reporting
- Experience with licensing applications, preferably derivatives or digital assets
- Strong leadership and team management skills
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Role Overview
- A fast growing crypto trading platform is seeking a Head of Compliance & MLRO. The company holds a licence from a leading virtual asset regulator to operate a regulated Spot exchange and is part of a larger international trading group.
Role & Responsibilities
- Lead the Compliance and MLRO function, managing and developing a team of AML analysts.
- Keep all policies continuously updated and aligned with evolving local regulatory rulebooks and federal level regulation.
- Translate regulation into operations: convert every applicable regulatory requirement into concrete internal processes, steps and checks embedded in the business's systems and procedures with clearly defined roles, thresholds, timelines and SLAs, escalation points, quality controls, complete audit t
- Discharge all MLRO duties, including oversight of transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, suspicious activity reporting and regulatory filings.
- Act as the primary point of contact with the regulator for ongoing supervision: prepare submissions, respond to regulator queries clearly and articulately, and manage inspections and periodic reporting.
- Lead and project manage the full Derivatives licence application process, from gap analysis and application preparation through to regulator engagement, approval and go live.
- Draft the new policies required for derivatives activity and amend existing policies to incorporate derivatives requirements (market conduct, risk disclosures, margin and liquidation, client suitability, and related areas).
- Cascade the derivatives framework down to process and procedure level, ensuring every new requirement is operationalised to the same audit ready standard as the Spot business.
- Work hand in hand with the regulator and the company's product, legal and engineering teams to secure approval and launch new business lines, including crypto and stock perpetual futures.
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