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Head of Financial Crime Compliance

Reap
Dubai, UAE
Executive
6 days ago
AML/CFTRegulatory ComplianceTransaction MonitoringSanctions ScreeningRisk ManagementTeam Leadership
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About Reap

  • Reap is a global financial technology company headquartered in Hong Kong with employees across multiple countries.
  • We enable financial connectivity and access for businesses worldwide by combining traditional finance with stablecoins for efficient money movement.
  • Through our stablecoin powered corporate cards, payments, and expense management tools, we streamline financial operations and help businesses scale.
  • Backed by leading investors including Index Ventures and HashKey Capital, Reap is building the future of borderless, stablecoin enabled finance.

Why Reap?

  • Reap is building a globally scalable compliance infrastructure that supports growth without proportional increases in operational complexity.
  • The Head of Financial Crime Compliance will play a critical role in ensuring the organisation maintains strong regulatory standards while leveraging technology, automation and AI.

What You'll Do FCC Governance & Risk Management

  • Own and maintain the Group Financial Crime Compliance framework, policies and standards.
  • Lead enterprise wide AML/CFT risk assessments across all jurisdictions.
  • Define financial crime risk appetite, governance standards and oversight mechanisms.
  • Drive FCC maturity, audit readiness and remediation programmes.

Financial Crime Oversight

  • Oversee higher risk client and transaction reviews.
  • Provide guidance on sanctions, PEP, adverse media and financial crime escalations.
  • Govern transaction monitoring, sanctions screening and ongoing due diligence frameworks.
  • Review complex investigations and oversee SAR/STR decision making.

Monitoring, Investigations & Controls

  • Own transaction monitoring governance, typology development and detection optimisation.
  • Oversee monitoring effectiveness, sanctions controls and investigation standards.
  • Identify emerging financial crime risks and recommend enhancements to controls and detection capabilities.
  • Lead financial crime reporting, management information and risk analytics.

Sponsor & Scheme Oversight

  • Provide oversight of financial crime requirements across sponsor programmes.
  • Support PIF, TPA and programme approval processes where financial crime requirements apply.
  • Ensure financial crime controls meet internal, regulatory and scheme expectations.

Regulatory Engagement

  • Act as a key point of contact for regulators, auditors and external stakeholders on financial crime matters.
  • Lead AML/CFT audit preparation and regulatory examinations.
  • Support licensing and regulatory change initiatives impacting financial crime controls.

Training & Leadership

  • Lead the global FCC team and operating model.
  • Build organisational capability through training, awareness and continuous development.
  • Assess resource requirements and support hiring and organisational planning.

AI & Automation

  • Establish governance and oversight for AI enabled compliance solutions.
  • Support the implementation of AI assisted transaction monitoring, investigations and sanctions screening capabilities.
  • Ensure financial crime data, processes and controls are structured to support automation and future AI initiatives.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering and Data teams to improve compliance data quality, reporting and workflow automation.
  • Maintain appropriate governance, explainability and human oversight for AI assisted decision making.

What We’re Looking For Experience

  • 12–15+ years' experience in AML/CFT, financial crime compliance or regulatory compliance.
  • Proven experience as an MLRO, AMLCO or Head of AML/CFT within a regulated financial institution.
  • Experience building and scaling compliance functions across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Experience supporting Visa or Mastercard programmes is highly desirable.
  • Experience with digital assets, stablecoins or fintech products is advantageous.

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