Global Chief Compliance Officer, FalconX

• 12+ years of relevant compliance and regulatory experience in finance, fintech, or crypto exchanges (experience in AML/BSA compliance is a must)
• Experience advising on compliance programs involving institutional financial products such as swaps and other derivatives
• Must be initiative-taking, flexible, innovative and adaptive
• Prior Head of Compliance or Chief Compliance Officer experience in finance, fintech, or crypto exchanges (prior experience scaling a global compliance program preferred)
• Experience collaborating with product and engineering teams to automate compliance workflows and systems
• Passionate about crypto (DeFi and CeFi),
• Ability to help transcribe global regulatory requirements into recommendations
• Ability to drive implementation of recommendations and support growth in a fast changing landscape and managing uncertainties
• Robust leadership abilities with team management skills
• Comfort working in a dynamic, rapidly growing start-up environment
• Well-developed presentation skills with the ability to articulate complex problems and solutions through concise and clear messaging
• Collaborative, humble, steadfast, deep integrity, and a "we before me" approach
• Experience in managing regulatory exams and relationships with examiners, auditors, and other external partners
• Awareness of regulatory requirements including local and US laws, international and industry standards
• Experience writing and implementing policies and procedures, management information and reports
• Experience within the OTC, listed derivatives and swaps businesses is an advantage
• Effective communicator with senior stakeholders both verbally and written, including experience delivering trainings
• Extraordinary attention to detail and strong analytical skills
• Genuine interest in Digital Assets and regulatory framework
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• Relevant experience in compliance, legal or other high control-related function in the financial services industry, a regulatory organization, a consulting firm, or a combination thereof
• Experience and/or exposure to compliance work in multiple global jurisdictions
• Preparing or contributing annual compliance reports and other compliance materials for executive management, boards of directors and regulators

• We are seeking an experienced Global Chief Compliance Officer to lead our distributed, global compliance team
• Our department prevents, detects and mitigates compliance and regulatory risks across the company and helps to strengthen our culture of compliance
• As a company involved in digital assets, this role will also be relied on for training and knowledge sharing
• The team monitors existing and new rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training to all colleagues
• We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory digital asset landscape
• Lead, develop and implement the global compliance programs, including Know Your Customer (KYC), Anti-Money Laundering (AML), trade surveillance, sanctions and derivatives compliance programs for FalconX in the US, APAC, and Europe
• Advise and implement enhancements to the overall Compliance Program, including oversight of policies and procedures
• Tasked with management of our distributed, Global Compliance team
• Communicate with regulators globally on behalf of the company, including derivatives regulators, commodities regulators, crypto regulators and other financial regulators
• Strengthen and maintain the compliance framework through the development and implementation of comprehensive policies and procedures
• Work with product, legal and other departments to ensure successful launches of new products
• Apply for and maintain licenses that are important for business growth, and work closely with legal team to identify gaps in our regulatory license structure
• Respond to regulatory inquiries, audits, examinations and investigations, and liaison with regulators around the world
• Manage and address any conflicts of interest that may arise by determining reasonable steps that should be taken to confront or mitigate the conflict of interest
• Provide reporting to management and Board of Directors. Escalate reporting when relevant

Total funding: $427m

FalconX is driving the decentralized financial future with its digital asset trading platform, catering specifically to institutional users. Offering a suite of tools, from trade execution to market making and credit management, FalconX simplifies crypto strategy management through a unified interface.