Paxos

Head of Financial Crimes Compliance

Paxos

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $187,000 - $214,500 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • 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.

Requirements

  • 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.
Benefits
  • Offers Equity
  • 20% annual bonus
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
transaction monitoringinvestigationsclient onboardingcustomer due diligenceSAR writingsanctions screeningKYCAMLblockchain analyticsdata analysis
Soft Skills
team managementstrong writing capabilitiescommunicationcollaborationproblem-solvingorganizational skillsadaptabilityleadershipattention to detailcultural alignment