: Crypto Legal & Compliance Officer
Ubiti TechnologiesLekki, LA, NG
Type
Full-time
Work setup
Remote
Experience
Mid
Posted
28 days ago
🌍 Fully remote
What legal & compliance roles in crypto pay
96 salaries · our own dataMost legal & compliance roles in crypto pay between $90k and $265k, with a median of $173k.
As a Crypto Legal & Compliance Officer at Ubiti Technologies, you support the legal, compliance, AML/KYC, regulatory, and risk management operations of a fintech company. You ensure that Ubyflow operates responsibly, maintains proper documentation, and follows applicable regulatory requirements in the crypto and digital assets space.
What you'll do
- Develop, review, and maintain company compliance policies, AML/KYC procedures, and internal control documents.
- Monitor customer onboarding, KYC verification, enhanced due diligence, and transaction risk.
- Ensure the company complies with relevant government bodies, fintech regulations, AML/CFT requirements, and partner compliance standards.
- Review crypto-related transactions for compliance risks, suspicious activity, sanctions concerns, and red flags.
- Maintain proper regulatory documentation, compliance registers, and audit-ready records.
- Liaise with regulators, compliance consultants, tax consultants, banking partners, crypto liquidity partners, and legal advisers when required.
- Follow up with the tax consultant to ensure company tax matters are handled properly and paid as required.
- Support onboarding with partners, exchanges, payment providers, and liquidity providers.
- Prepare compliance reports for management and escalate any legal or regulatory risks.
- Advise management on legal, regulatory, and compliance issues affecting crypto, payments, and digital asset services.
- Review contracts, partnership documents, NDAs, onboarding forms, and compliance questionnaires.
- Train staff on AML/KYC procedures, customer risk, transaction documentation, and compliance standards.
What you bring
- A bachelor's degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
- Legal background or compliance experience.
- A good understanding of AML, KYC, CDD, EDD, sanctions screening, PEP checks, and suspicious transaction monitoring.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to keep proper documentation.
- The ability to interpret regulatory requirements and advise management clearly.
- Independence and the ability to follow up on compliance tasks without constant supervision.
- Good communication and reporting skills.
Nice to have
- Experience in fintech, crypto, banking, payments, or financial services compliance.
- Knowledge of the Nigerian fintech and crypto regulatory environment.
- Experience with SCUML, CAC documentation, tax compliance, AML policy drafting, or partner onboarding.
- Understanding of blockchain transactions, crypto wallets, exchanges, stablecoins, and OTC trading.
- Ability to prepare compliance reports and risk assessments.
What we offer
- Competitive salary based on experience
- Full-time position
- Location: Lekki, Lagos
