OKX

Senior Compliance Analyst

OKX

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • California, New York

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Salary

💰 $107,000 - $160,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Maintain and renew 40+ state money transmitter licenses (MTLs), including renewals, biennial reports, corporate updates, and new license applications
  • Manage a large portfolio of regulatory reporting obligations, ensuring timely and accurate submission of monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, annual, and biennial reports
  • Coordinate with state regulators on annual assessments, examinations, and ad-hoc requests
  • Maintain a detailed calendar of licensing and reporting deadlines and proactively address requirements
  • Collaborate with executives, counsel, and regulators on attestations, filings, and corporate disclosures
  • Document and streamline licensing, reporting, and compliance workflows to ensure consistency and audit readiness
  • Oversee compliance with state unclaimed property and escheatment requirements, including customer outreach, due diligence, and timely reporting/remittance of abandoned property
  • Maintain accurate records of dormant accounts, uncashed checks, and other escheatable property and collaborate with Finance, Operations, and Product for reconciliation
  • Serve as the compliance point of contact for regulators and auditors on escheatment-related matters
  • Conduct comprehensive CDD and EDD reviews for retail and institutional clients, including verification of identity, beneficial ownership, and source of funds/wealth
  • Investigate escalations related to PEPs, sanctions screening, and adverse media, providing detailed analysis and recommendations
  • Support Payment Risk, Fraud, and Market Surveillance teams by conducting due diligence reviews on escalated cases and suspicious activity
  • Maintain accurate case documentation and ensure data quality across compliance systems
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to refine escalation workflows, improve screening processes, and strengthen risk rating frameworks
  • Assist with regulatory mapping and reporting to ensure U.S. compliance obligations are identified and met
  • Review onboarding and lifecycle escalations for AML/CFT and sanctions adherence
  • Monitor compliance program effectiveness through oversight metrics and reporting
  • Support audits and regulatory examinations by preparing documentation and responding to inquiries
  • Maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and documentation

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in compliance, AML/CDD, licensing, or regulatory risk within financial services, fintech, or cryptocurrency
  • Strong understanding of U.S. financial services regulations, AML/CFT obligations, sanctions regimes, MTL licensing requirements, and escheatment laws
  • Proven experience managing complex compliance reporting programs and regulatory submissions
  • Excellent analytical, organizational, and time-management skills; ability to prioritize under tight deadlines
  • Strong communication skills for interactions with internal stakeholders, executives, regulators, and counsel
  • High ethical standards, professional integrity, and willingness to challenge and escalate when needed
  • Familiarity with compliance systems, NMLS, and regulatory reporting portals
  • Prior experience managing state MTL licensing and escheatment programs (nice-to-have)
  • Knowledge of state-specific statutes governing money transmission and abandoned property (nice-to-have)
  • Experience in a Compliance/Legal/Risk function at a crypto company (nice-to-have)
  • Industry certifications (e.g., CAMS, CRCM, CFE, PMI) (nice-to-have)
  • Familiarity with crypto products, blockchain analytics, and emerging financial crime typologies (nice-to-have)
  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Law, or related field (or equivalent experience) (nice-to-have)