Head of Financial Crimes Compliance
We are looking for a Head of Financial Crime Operations to join our rapidly growing FinTech company. The Head of Financial Crime Operations will be a results-oriented compliance professional who can lead a team of SMEs to sustainably implement compliance controls, regulatory obligations, protect our company from financial crimes, and be able to thrive in a high growth tech startup environment.
Paxos is on a mission to enable the movement of any asset, any time, in a trustworthy way. Today’s financial infrastructure is archaic, expensive, inefficient and risky - supporting a system that leaves out more people than it lets in. So we’re rebuilding it.
As a regulated blockchain infrastructure company, we use technology to tokenize, custody, trade, and settle assets for enterprise clients like PayPal, Novi, Bank of America, and Interactive Brokers. Paxos is a top-funded blockchain company, with more than $500 million in total funding from leading investors like OakHC/FT, Founders Fund, PayPal Ventures, and Declaration Partners. Together, we empower today’s financial leaders to build a more open, trusted economy.
As Head of Financial Crime Operations, you’ll get to:
Oversee implementation of all operational objectives of the Compliance program, including transaction monitoring and investigations, client onboarding and customer due diligence, SAR writing, sanctions screening, etc.
Scale the compliance operations team to support business growth in line with sustainable risk management and compliance support
Manage and develop key metrics to determine the health of the compliance program
Oversee end-to-end investigations on a range of cases triggered from KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics.
Use transactional and other data to identify trends and patterns associated with financial crime risks.
Effectively manage with business, operational teams and law enforcement throughout the client customer lifecycle to detect and mitigate financial crime risks.
Your experience should include:
7+ years of financial crime compliance team management experience
A fundamental understanding of AML, KYC and Sanctions regulations
Experience overseeing multiple Compliance functions, including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, client onboarding and KYC
Strong writing capabilities where deliverables are to be reviewed by regulators, auditors and law enforcement
Experience managing operational data sets including reporting KPIs/KRIs to leadership
You are comfortable working in a fast-paced and tech-oriented environment within a global team setting
You embody our culture and values.