Global Chief Compliance Officer, FalconX
$350-425k
+ Performance-linked bonus + Equity
More information about location
Digital asset trading platform
Open for applications
Digital asset trading platform
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$350-425k
+ Performance-linked bonus + Equity
More information about location
201-500 employees
Company mission
To build the connective tissue for open, permission-less, and truly global digital assets to be adopted by mainstream institutions at scale.
Role
Who you are
- 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
What the job involves
- 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
Our take
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.
Renowned institutions like Accel and Tiger Global have adopted FlaconX, recognizing it as a leader in the space. Notably, the company earned the prestigious FinTech Breakthrough's 2023 DeFi Innovation Award for its FalconX 60 platform, a testament to its pioneering role in digital investment and risk management.
As institutional demand for crypto assets surges in the Asia-Pacific region, FalconX is expanding its footprint into Hong Kong. The company's decision to offer over-the-counter brokerage and crypto derivatives services aligns with the region's growing interest in virtual assert innovation and regulatory advancements. With a commitment to innovation and a proactive approach to expansion, FalonX is well-positioned to further solidify its position as a leading player in the digital asset trading space.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
7% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Jun 2022
$150m
SERIES D
Aug 2021
$210m
SERIES C
Total funding: $427m
Company HQ
East San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
Leadership
Raghu Yarlagadda
(Co-Founder & CEO)Co-founder and CTO at Sarada Educational Institutions. Former Advisory Board Member at JoyUp, and Product Lead at eightfold.ai.
Prabhakar Reddy
(Co-Founder)Previously an Investor with Accel Partners, Partner at Singularity Ventures, and CEO at Dramatize. Also co-founded and was CEO of nFusion.
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