⚡ Sr. Director/Head of Compliance (cryptocurrency)
💼 Trading Platform
💲 $265,000-$350,000 + 30% Bonus + Equity
🌎 New York / Jersey City
A leading trading platform empowering retail investors with cutting-edge tools, committed to building a trusted, compliant, and accessible financial ecosystem for the retail users. With a mission to advance financial inclusion and digital asset adoption, serving retail customers with a secure, user-friendly experience and best-in-class compliance.
About the role:
As Senior Director of Compliance (crypto), you will be responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing a comprehensive compliance and risk framework aligned with U.S. federal and state regulatory requirements governing digital asset platforms. This includes FinCEN/BSA obligations, AML/CTF programs, sanctions compliance, consumer protection standards, and state-level virtual currency licensing requirements.
The Perfect Candidate
- Cryptocurrency Exchange experience as a Compliance Leader
- Exposure to complex crypto regulations
- Proactive improvement of process
What You’ll Do
- Regulatory Oversight: Lead compliance with evolving digital asset regulations and NYDFS requirements, ensuring licensing, audit readiness, and proactive regulatory engagement.
- Program Leadership: Own the design and evolution of supervisory and governance frameworks, scaling them across new products, markets, and regulatory regimes.
- Crypto Governance: Oversee digital asset classification, AML/KYC controls, blockchain analytics tools, and incident response protocols.
- Training & Risk: Shape enterprise-wide compliance training and lead investigations tied to crypto-specific risks.
- Strategic Partnering: Work alongside product, engineering, and leadership to enable innovative offerings while maintaining regulatory integrity.
Qualifications
- 7+ years of compliance or AML/BSA experience in financial services or digital assets.
- Strong working knowledge of FinCEN, BSA/AML, OFAC, and state money transmission/virtual currency licensing requirements.
- Ability to build, scale, or enhance compliance programs in a fintech or high-growth environment.
- Familiarity with compliance and AML technology (e.g., transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics, case management).
- Clear communicator with strong executive presence and collaborative leadership style.
- CAMS, CRCM, JD, or similar credential is a plus but not required.
Why Join
- $265,000 + 30% Bonus + Equity
- Comprehensive medical coverage for you and your family.
- 401k with employer contribution.
- Generous PTO and paid holidays.
- Performance-based bonuses.
- Relocation package
- Commuter benefits
