Head Financial Crime Compliance (Crypto)
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As Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Revolut, you will design and lead the future of oversight and compliance for all things crypto. You'll blend regulatory expertise with a deep understanding of business risk to ensure our crypto products meet global AML/CTF standards, operating across multiple jurisdictions in a fast-moving, digital environment.
What you'll do
- Steer cryptoasset products through the global financial crime regulatory landscape
- Manage FinCrime compliance across multiple crypto jurisdictions and entities
- Define and maintain all group-wide financial crime policies, staying ahead of regulatory developments
- Provide oversight and support to the identification, remediation, and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents
- Offer second line of defence support to the business and first line of defence FinCrime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems
- Ensure FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations, including the development of new products and customer acquisition
- Establish, maintain, and review dashboards to identify areas that fall outside risk appetite and require further investigation
- Prepare reports to group committees and the Board, escalating any key or high-risk financial crime compliance issues
What you bring
- 7+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and sanctions), covering retail and business customers across KYC, CDD, transaction monitoring, and risk assessments
- Expertise working with crypto products and a strong understanding of related FinCrime risks, frameworks, and legislations such as FATF and TFR
- Experience managing FinCrime risk in a regulated entity under frameworks like MiCA and VARA
- Excellent knowledge of global requirements for financial crime controls
- An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
- Exceptional ability to identify financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advise on best practices to address them
- A track record of stakeholder management, collaboration, negotiation, and effective communication
- Fluency in English
Nice to have
- A professional qualification from an internationally recognised body such as ICA or ACAMS
- Knowledge of key regulatory issues on anti-fraud and control assessment processes
What we offer
- Poland: PLN27,100-PLN31,900 gross monthly
- Other locations: compensation will be discussed during the interview process based on your qualifications, skills, and previous experience
About Revolut
Revolut is a financial super app on a mission to give people more visibility, control, and freedom with their money. Since 2015, it has built a powerhouse of products including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travelling, serving over 80 million customers worldwide. The company employs 13,000+ people across offices and remote teams globally.
