Compliance Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Design, implement, and continuously enhance the AML/CFT compliance program for El Salvador, aligning with global standards.

• Lead and execute process improvement initiatives across operational workflows and control frameworks in LATAM jurisdictions.

• Act as the main liaison between the global compliance operations team and the local/regional team, ensuring synchronization on policies, procedures, escalation protocols, and regulatory standards.

• Create scalable solutions aimed at operational efficiency, considering both existing regulatory requirements and expected changes.

• Foster cross-functional collaboration to tackle regulatory challenges, engaging with Legal, Finance, Risk, and Product teams as necessary.

• Support knowledge-sharing across compliance functions and assist with training initiatives for the regional team.

• Review and address escalated Transaction Monitoring cases referred by the operational team, applying senior risk-based judgment to complex or ambiguous alerts, making final determinations on suspicious activities, and ensuring all case documentation meets the evidentiary standards required for regulatory defensibility.

• Manage the preparation and timely submission of all required periodic regulatory reports to local authorities.

⛳️ Requirements

• 4–6 years of validated experience in global AML compliance standards relevant to VASPs/PSPs, with comprehensive knowledge of AML/CFT operations (CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions, PEPs).

• A minimum of 2 years of validated experience in compliance within a Crypto company. [Mandatory]

• Strong stakeholder management skills: capable of engaging with senior leadership and cross-functional teams.

• Advanced understanding of AML/CFT compliance operations, including CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions, and PEP screening.

• Proven ability to independently handle high-risk cases and make well-informed, risk-based compliance decisions.

• Proficient in blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs, or similar).

• Familiarity with regional and global VASP regulatory frameworks, particularly focusing on El Salvador. Experience in additional LATAM jurisdictions is advantageous.

• Fluency in Spanish is mandatory; proficiency in English is highly preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package

• L&D programs and education subsidy for employees' growth and development

• Various team-building programs and company events